@reesetheone1 He was too far left in all the places Jimmy Carter was too far left. He tired to keep his actions as president in line with the teachings of his faith. He couldn't say that his views on immigration were informed by his faith without abortion being brought up in response.
@steady_drumbeat Shitposts aren't to be taken seriously.
He didn't use his real name.
Reddit culture is a continuation of Something awful, /. Fark and usenet before that. The expectation that everyone is themselves didn't start until Facebook.
@cakeboss26@fawfulfan I'd have guessed it was the logo for an 80s punk band.
70s British punks used Nazi iconography to piss off their parents who lived through the blitz. 80 US hardcore bands used a similar aesthetic but were careful not to use actual Nazi symbols.
@fawfulfan My guess is that he knew what it is and kept it anyway because not all the guys he got it with made it back.
It's a really bad tattoo. People only keep bad tats if they mean something. A buddy of mine kept his jailhouse tat as a reminder that he didn't want to go back.
@davidclowery Did you ever hear the Alice Donut live album? It was their first time playing CBGBs and they vastly overestimated their popularity on the east coast. Only eight people showed up so they copied the crowd noise and stage interactions from a Kiss live album.
@_AmandaKerri@RadioFreeTom Calling PTSD and moral injury a "myth" is the cause of so much intergenerational trauma.
Planter has openly talked about dealing with it in therapy.
@RadioFreeTom You'd prefer "diagnosably mentally ill?"
My WWII vet grandfather took his own life when I was a teenager. It's impossible to say how much the war contributed but it sure as shit didn't help.
@DavidAFrench People are messy. Messy doesn't mean criminal, but it might mean having done some things that -- there but for the grace go I -- could have ended up that way.
Most troubled cousins and crazy uncles don't stay that way. People are more than the sum of their past actions.