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In reply to the discussion: Why the 'Nazi tattoo guy' is winning in Maine [View all]
Behind the Aegis
(56,154 posts)70. Why is he winning? Seems it is right there in the first line.
The 'contempt' for 'elites*' is so overwhelming they are willing to OVERLOOK a Nazi tattoo and "could have a beer with the guy". Oh, so sorry, that was why BUSH the Lesser was winning. No, they are willing to OVERLOOK a Nazi tattoo as a "youthful oopsie."
If anything, the furor over the “Nazi tattoo” probably helps Platner in a weird way, as voters are rebelling against those despised elites trying to police what’s acceptable and telling them whom they can vote for. He has only risen in the polls since the first report about the Totenkopf.
What is more disturbing?
"Why the 'Nazi tattoo guy' is winning in Maine?" is an actual title to an article in 21st Century America.
That the Nazi tattoo, according to the article "probably helps Platner in a weird way" and saw his numbers rise AFTER it was reported.
That the 'Nazi tattoo guy' running in Maine is running as a DEMOCRAT.
That being against a Nazi tattoo is 'elites* trying to police what’s acceptable and telling them whom they can vote for'
(* "Elites" is/has been, many a time, used as a coded word for "Jew".)
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