Platner, a US veteran and mercenary, has continued to receive support from “progressive” Democrats even after it was revealed he had a Totenkopf, the favored symbol of Hitler’s SS, on his chest for nearly two decades.

That such iconography could circulate for years within the US military and diplomatic-security apparatus underscores what the World Socialist Web Site reported six years ago in “Neo-Nazi networks exposed across US military”: fascist and white-supremacist currents have been cultivated inside the armed forces.

  • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    First, how is that worse than the likely alternative? Is there anyone in the race besides the Republicans that even stands a remote chance? And trust a random website and random people on the Internet. Or Bernie Sanders who has built a name and reputation for himself. I think I’m going to side with Bernie here.