First, he was ‘outed’ by Maine Wire (a far-right news site; same story got picked up by the Daily Caller) as working with the Socialist Rifle Association some time after the pandemic to train people in gun safety and marksmanship. The SRA is very explicitly anti-fascist, and radically inclusive; they are pro-LGBTQ+, pro-feminism, etc. If he had genuine Nazi leanings, I highly doubt that he’d be helping the SRA in any way. That’s not dispositive, but it’s a pretty solid indicator that, at the very least he believes that 2A rights are for everyone, and not just people like him.
Second, you are correct that we don’t know for sure that he is who he says he is. I know people through the Liberal Gun Club that knew him growing up, and say “he’s the real deal”, but that’s not proof. On the other hand, we know exactly who Susan Collins is. We also know exactly who Janet Mills is. And Mills is a politics-as-usual Democrat. She’s fine, really, she’s very acceptable as a governor. She was Chuck Schumer’s personal pick for the next Maine senator (which, IMO, should be a huge fucking red flag right there; no one in a contested primary that’s endorsed by Schumer or Jeffries should be selected as a nominee). She simply is not up to the task of being a senator, not at this time in history. Biden was politics as usual, and the politics as usual is exactly what got us Trump 2.0.
So, is (was, now that Mills is out) Platner a gamble? Yes. But he’s a gamble where the two choices that are known are both not acceptable.
I appreciate context on that first part, and Ive always believed his story on his tattoo, being a “it was a tattoo shop pick and i was military. It looked cool.” I didnt know it was a nazi tattoo either.
On his race, may e i havent been clear but id pick this guy every time. I wish he didnt have his baggage but ill take what i can get
He was def. my choice over Mills. There was a guy named Tucker that was also running, he seemed good, no baggage I know of, but he didn’t seem to get any traction.
I only knew it was specifically a Nazi symbol because of Death In June. Back when I lived in Chicago, the were doing a show in the city, and a number of people I knew were excited to see them. A lot of other people I knew were trying to tell those people that DIG was explicitly pro-fascist. I asked why they said that, and oof… Apparently DIG uses the totenkopf in cover art, AND collaborated for a long time with Boyd Rice, who is very well known for his strong fascist stances. That was, I dunno, something like 2010? I’d definitely been interested in Nazi shit, reading a lot about WWII, but the totenkopf in particular wasn’t something that I’d recognized as being explicitly a Nazi symbol. So, yeah, his story seems plausible to me. I know a lot of people said that the cover-up was Fenris, and therefore he was using Norse imagery which is ALSO fascist, but I found an interview with the tattoo artist, and she said she was using Celtic imagery. Soooooo…
Two points:
First, he was ‘outed’ by Maine Wire (a far-right news site; same story got picked up by the Daily Caller) as working with the Socialist Rifle Association some time after the pandemic to train people in gun safety and marksmanship. The SRA is very explicitly anti-fascist, and radically inclusive; they are pro-LGBTQ+, pro-feminism, etc. If he had genuine Nazi leanings, I highly doubt that he’d be helping the SRA in any way. That’s not dispositive, but it’s a pretty solid indicator that, at the very least he believes that 2A rights are for everyone, and not just people like him.
Second, you are correct that we don’t know for sure that he is who he says he is. I know people through the Liberal Gun Club that knew him growing up, and say “he’s the real deal”, but that’s not proof. On the other hand, we know exactly who Susan Collins is. We also know exactly who Janet Mills is. And Mills is a politics-as-usual Democrat. She’s fine, really, she’s very acceptable as a governor. She was Chuck Schumer’s personal pick for the next Maine senator (which, IMO, should be a huge fucking red flag right there; no one in a contested primary that’s endorsed by Schumer or Jeffries should be selected as a nominee). She simply is not up to the task of being a senator, not at this time in history. Biden was politics as usual, and the politics as usual is exactly what got us Trump 2.0.
So, is (was, now that Mills is out) Platner a gamble? Yes. But he’s a gamble where the two choices that are known are both not acceptable.
I appreciate context on that first part, and Ive always believed his story on his tattoo, being a “it was a tattoo shop pick and i was military. It looked cool.” I didnt know it was a nazi tattoo either.
On his race, may e i havent been clear but id pick this guy every time. I wish he didnt have his baggage but ill take what i can get
He was def. my choice over Mills. There was a guy named Tucker that was also running, he seemed good, no baggage I know of, but he didn’t seem to get any traction.
I only knew it was specifically a Nazi symbol because of Death In June. Back when I lived in Chicago, the were doing a show in the city, and a number of people I knew were excited to see them. A lot of other people I knew were trying to tell those people that DIG was explicitly pro-fascist. I asked why they said that, and oof… Apparently DIG uses the totenkopf in cover art, AND collaborated for a long time with Boyd Rice, who is very well known for his strong fascist stances. That was, I dunno, something like 2010? I’d definitely been interested in Nazi shit, reading a lot about WWII, but the totenkopf in particular wasn’t something that I’d recognized as being explicitly a Nazi symbol. So, yeah, his story seems plausible to me. I know a lot of people said that the cover-up was Fenris, and therefore he was using Norse imagery which is ALSO fascist, but I found an interview with the tattoo artist, and she said she was using Celtic imagery. Soooooo…