How old are you, out of curiosity? Were you not around when everyone’s living grandfathers were WWII vets? Maybe the younger generations do not know this. But I assure you, it used to be very widespread knowledge.
I am closer to retirement than I am to college and my grandfather, who is literally my hero, killed Nazis in France and Germany. His father’s body carried shrapnel from the first time Germany got unruly. The shrapnel was too close to his spine to remove it.
When I sit here laughing in disgust at the slander thrown toward Platner, it’s not from a place of ignorance about the topic. I’m pissed because I understand what the Nazis were, and it dishonors the sacrifices, lives, and deaths of hundreds of millions of people to pretend Platner is one of them.
Ok, so you’ve been around a while. How many people in your many years have you seen with that particular skull tattooed on them? Is this a common sighting in your experience?
Edit: I’m in my mid 40s and that number for me is zero. Also I would add that if Platner said “I was young and stupid and I regret it” I would find that a lot more respectable. But I’m not in Maine so my opinion really does not matter here.
That’s because you’re lying.
How old are you, out of curiosity? Were you not around when everyone’s living grandfathers were WWII vets? Maybe the younger generations do not know this. But I assure you, it used to be very widespread knowledge.
I am closer to retirement than I am to college and my grandfather, who is literally my hero, killed Nazis in France and Germany. His father’s body carried shrapnel from the first time Germany got unruly. The shrapnel was too close to his spine to remove it.
When I sit here laughing in disgust at the slander thrown toward Platner, it’s not from a place of ignorance about the topic. I’m pissed because I understand what the Nazis were, and it dishonors the sacrifices, lives, and deaths of hundreds of millions of people to pretend Platner is one of them.
Ok, so you’ve been around a while. How many people in your many years have you seen with that particular skull tattooed on them? Is this a common sighting in your experience?
Edit: I’m in my mid 40s and that number for me is zero. Also I would add that if Platner said “I was young and stupid and I regret it” I would find that a lot more respectable. But I’m not in Maine so my opinion really does not matter here.
He’s not one of them. He’s just like them.
My grandfather wanted me to say FUCK YOU for that ignorant take.