PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — His U.S. Senate campaign under fire, Maine Democrat Graham Platner said Wednesday that a tattoo on his chest has been covered to no longer reflect an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol.
The first-time political candidate said he got the skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007, when he was in his 20s and in the Marine Corps. It happened during a night of drinking while he was on leave in Croatia, he said, adding he was unaware until recently that the image has been associated with Nazi police.
Hell if you want to go for something ancient there some pretty awesome bronze age symbols, how about something Etruscan, or perhaps something kinda forgotten like the Neo-Hittites. I’m saying this as a fucking Neo-Pagan who fused ancestor worship with Odin worship, those symbols are just too fucking volatile most of the time unless you use them as a base to work off of and be transformed into something not immediately recognizable.
I hate this. I’m of Scandinavian heritage and so basically I just don’t get to celebrate, explore or display any history or culture. Because some terminally online person will accuse me of being a secret nazi.
Well, unless you’re doing it to cover up a Nazi tattoo I think you’ll be okay. I’m just saying if I were Platner I would have gone with Mickey Mouse or something.