Post #3831627
2026-07-07 01:00 UTC
+1. Everyone says Nazi tattoo like it was a swastika lol. The Death Head was pretty well neutralized in 2007. It was in the same tier as barber wire, just an edgy thing people did. Call of Duty offered it as a official emblem you could put on your playercard lol. The ADL didn’t even consider it a hate symbol until 2020.
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@edible_funk@lemmy.world 2026-07-07 13:13
It is an exclusively Nazi symbol. It hasn’t been neutralized at all, US Americans are just stupid. The goddamn thing is literally in every piece of media featuring SS officers. It’s in memes. It’s incredibly recognizable to anyone that actually earned their high school diploma. You can argue whether Platner knew what is was when he got it, but you don’t get to argue that the totenkopf isn’t an exclusively Nazi symbol, because it is, and that’s clearly what the tattoo was of. We’re not republicans, we don’t substitute actual reality with our delusions because it’s convenient.