PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — His U.S. Senate campaign under fire, Maine Democrat Graham Platner said Wednesday that a tattoo on his chest has been covered to no longer reflect an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol.
The first-time political candidate said he got the skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007, when he was in his 20s and in the Marine Corps. It happened during a night of drinking while he was on leave in Croatia, he said, adding he was unaware until recently that the image has been associated with Nazi police.
I might not have immediately recognized it as such, but it fits their design ethos so well, that at some point I would have looked it up. Even if it was years after getting it.
Edit: this is being too generous. After looking at it again, there is zero doubt in my mind that I would immediately recognize this as a Nazi symbol. It is the third most well known Nazi symbol after the swastika and the lightning bolts. It’s on the hat of every SS uniform in every WW2 movie and documentary I’ve ever seen (which is countless).
Nah I don’t believe that for a second sorry, you’re grasping at straws