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Cirsium

(3,692 posts)
11. Yes, it is
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 01:10 PM
Oct 2025

It is obviously identifiable to anyone who has any knowledge of the Holocaust at all, and/or to any one bothering to do a little research. I would expect a candidate for the US Senate, especially in these times, to qualify on at least one and preferably on both accounts as a bare minimum requirement, even if they did not have the symbol tattooed on the body, and even if they weren't displaying that tattoo in public.

It doesn't resemble "a totenkopf (skull and crossbones)" it is the Totenkopf.

(The Totenkopf) became the symbol of the SS-Totenkopfverbande (one of the original three branches of the SS, along with the Algemeine SS and the Waffen SS), whose purpose was to guard the concentration camps. Many original members of this organization were later transferred into and became the core of a Waffen SS division, the 3rd SS "Totenkopf" Panzer Division, which engaged in a number of war crimes during World War II.

https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/totenkopf

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He wasn't prepared to run for the senate. yardwork Oct 2025 #1
You aren't wrong, but with that said.... democratsruletheday Oct 2025 #7
In that regards he sounds similar to someone we are all having to deal with as President currently. cstanleytech Oct 2025 #8
Dead rocks don't bounce as Steve Schmidt always says. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #2
A couple of points: Miguelito Loveless Oct 2025 #3
Yeah I wish they'd stop saying looks like a Nazi tattoo and say is a Nazi tattoo EX500rider Oct 2025 #4
It's not so obviously identifiable as a Nazi tattoo. It's not a swastika. thesquanderer Oct 2025 #9
Yes, it is Cirsium Oct 2025 #11
I wouldn't have known quakerboy Oct 2025 #15
OK Cirsium Oct 2025 #17
Exactly, when called on it Miguelito Loveless Nov 2025 #38
He referred to himself as a totenkopf, so he knew. tblue37 Nov 2025 #36
The Totenkopf is quite distinctive Miguelito Loveless Nov 2025 #37
re: "It is obviously identifiable to anyone who has any knowledge of the Holocaust at all" - not true. thesquanderer Oct 2025 #21
Oh, for crying out loud Cirsium Nov 2025 #24
My own experience with Jewish classmates Miguelito Loveless Nov 2025 #39
Yes, it is -- please quit acting as an apologist for this guy and this symbol obamanut2012 Oct 2025 #14
I'm not an apologist for anyone/anything here. But it is not so obviously a Nazi symbol. thesquanderer Oct 2025 #22
I would not characterize Miguelito Loveless Nov 2025 #40
He referred to it himself as a totenkopf. tblue37 Nov 2025 #35
I've spent much of my life explaining why Dixiecrats weren't really Democrats. Now I gotta explain why a Nazi tatooed Silent Type Oct 2025 #5
And, 5) GP had Another campaign manager Drop OUT.. Cha Nov 2025 #30
Maine voters had better rethink their vote when those closest to him leave him. ancianita Oct 2025 #6
This! FakeNoose Oct 2025 #19
I'm not, either, though I was born in Bangor. No matter what polls say, the whole state has already voted for Mills ancianita Oct 2025 #20
Planter has lost 3 campaign managers now.. Cha Nov 2025 #27
You are absolutely correct, Cha. sheshe2 Nov 2025 #33
Right? It will be Maine's Senator, But Cha Nov 2025 #34
Three now. sheshe2 Nov 2025 #31
I am not a Mainer either. sheshe2 Nov 2025 #32
Now it's time for Platner to leave Wild blueberry Oct 2025 #10
Thanks! JoeOtterbein Oct 2025 #12
Those are two very significant departures. Maybe nepo-kid should depart as well. Hekate Oct 2025 #13
There's 3 Top Campaign managers Leaving NOw... Cha Nov 2025 #26
The end is near... QueerDuck Oct 2025 #16
What happens in Croatia doesn't stay in Croatia. Reddit, either. betsuni Oct 2025 #18
Another loss LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2025 #23
TY LMPV.. I was just coming to post about Cha Nov 2025 #25
This happened a few days ago. iemanja Nov 2025 #28
I am glad he's crashing now Keepthesoulalive Nov 2025 #29
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