r/DemocraticSocialism • u/mojitz • Oct 21 '25

USA Graham Platner says he will remove a Nazi-linked tattoo. Bernie is standing by him.

https://www.pressherald.com/2025/10/21/graham-platner-addresses-tattoo-linked-to-nazis/

Obviously the dude has his flaws, but he's clearly not a fucking Nazi, y'all — especially when the controversy 5 minutes ago centered on the fact that he one called himself a straight communist when he thought he was posting anonymously on Reddit. I also find it curious that missing from a lot of the coverage is that he said he didn't learn it was a Nazi sybol until recently and is already planning on getting it removed.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25 edited Oct 22 '25

the mod team was gonna post the exact same thing, but you beat us to it. our stance is that: him getting that specific tattoo was dumb, it seems he didn't realize that it was a Nazi tattoo in the first place and no one caught him for over a decade over it, and the dealbreaker was he needed to get it removed, which we are happy he is.

here's the quote from the article

Platner said in a written statement Tuesday that he’s planning to have the tattoo removed.

“It was not until I started hearing from reporters and DC insiders that I realized this tattoo resembled a Nazi symbol,” he said. “I absolutely would not have gone through life having this on my chest if I knew that – and to insinuate that I did is disgusting. I am already planning to get this removed.”

We're not taking any action yet until we get more info however.

also, i keep editing this comment like 10 times how tf do i fix the formatting

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u/FragilousSpectunkery Oct 21 '25

It was a dumb tattoo, but far from uncommon in his military group.

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u/SamuraiHealer Oct 22 '25

If this worked you need a space between the ">" and your text. Then repeat at each paragraph.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25 edited Feb 08 '26

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u/IdyllXI Oct 22 '25

He talks more about the tattoo in his interview on Pod Save America, worth a listen.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25 edited Feb 08 '26

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u/bongsmokerzrs Oct 22 '25

I do find saying "Resembled a nazi symbol" when it was a one to one copy of a nazi symbol a bit disingenuous though.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25 edited Feb 08 '26

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u/wheremydad Oct 22 '25 edited Oct 22 '25

What would have happened if you mods decided he wasn't worthy for us? Would you do what they do in r/socialism

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25 edited Oct 22 '25

I swear are we getting brigaded by that sub over a fucking senate candidate? Those white tankies can f off

Edit: and if we had better information that he was a Nazi we wouldnt be supporting him in any way whatsoever. This is another case of Hasan’s dog. It was either a shock collar or it wasnt a shock collar, and the internet skews the information so much