He was in a Japanese POW camp, if I recall correctly.

The basic tools of military action are things that would be horrorific crimes in civilian life. A war crime is an act so egregious that it stands out against that background. Somehow we never have that conversation honestly before we go to war.

A war is not when you just kill bad people, it's when a whole society commits to imposing it's will through violence on another. Burning men alive and blowing them to pieces with the knowledge that innocents will die along with them is normal in war.

Hawks are the most obvious offenders, but the same basic principle is at work with people watching footage from Ukraine and calling the killing of fighters that are clearly not hors de combat war crimes.

A consistent theme across the discourse is that people simply do not appreciate the baseline destructivness and horror of war.

"Strong men make good times..", or so I've been informed.

In addition to everything else they are, attempts to shift the blame to a certain Mediterranean country for our foreign policy decisions are an abdication of responsibility.

khameini you magnificent bastard. those camera angles can only mean one thing. he was working on a Descent remake when we popped him

i bring this up periodically but goddamn is it easy being a dude. so little is expected of us. you can coast and people will treat you like a champion

It's funny to me when people who love to go on about second order effects of economic policies and the challenges of central planning without local knowledge suddenly drop all of that when it comes to foreign policy.

It would be genuinely insulting to your intelligence to accept that you actually believe that. Bernie Sanders, America's most prominent Jewish Leftist, is unlikely to be a fan of an imaginary"nordic eugenics program."

There is no Nazi endorsed by Bernie Sanders running in the Democratic primary in Maine, and I think you almost certainly know that.

I've spent most of this thread making fun of you. I really thought that was obvious.

I'm from Baltimore, and it was a joke.

If, as he seems to be on track to be, he's elected and maintains a progressive voting record on civil rights, foreign policy and immigration, would that convince you that he's not? Can we put a date when we should expect him to do the face-heel turn and start drafting the Nuremberg laws?

On a more serious note, are there any conceivable circumstances that would convince that you're wrong? If Platner starts talking about the great replacement, for example, that would demonstrate to my satisfaction that he's a white supremacist.

Trying to keep the foreigners out are we? You know who that sounds like?

If you're calling Briahna Joy Gray, a person who no doubt sucks in her own way, a Nazi, there's a very conspicuous reason not to take you seriously.

Believing that symbols have a kind of independent, often supernatural power has perhaps always been part of human nature. Personaly, I've always found it strange.

It seems to me like it's the other way around. People are very mad at Platner because he had a tattoo of the other team's mascot, which I admit was not a great choice, despite his track record of holding the opposite of their beliefs.

Since you're so convinced that, implausible as it might seem, a close ally of Bernie Sanders is, in fact, a Nazi, would like to bet on how his commitment to National Socialism will manifest itself if and when he takes office?

Are you under the impressions that the Hell's Angel's, a famously progressive group of people, deal meth and kill people, but have really principled views about fascist imagery? Hunter Thompson wrote about the Nazi stuff, it was part of their whole thing about looking like the capital-B "bad guys".

I agree that the Totenkopf has no place in civilized society, something Platner wasn't part of when he got it. He was a Marine, and Uncle Sam's misguided child have customs all their own.

If you saw someone at the gym with an SS tattoo, you'd be justified in thinking they're probably a Nazi. If you saw them put on a Hell's Angels jacket, and knew anything about biker culture, you'd be a lot less justified.

I personally don't believe you'd heard of Nate Cornacchia until that Yahoo news story. While it seems like he has some less that great views, he's been a guest on @theteamhouse.bsky.social a bunch of times. So far as I can tell, he mostly talks about vet stuff.

If anyone believes this, they really ought to be backing Collins in the general. The difference between perennialy "concerned" Rockefeller Republicanism and National Socialism dwarfs every dispute in mainstream American politics.

Would you support Collins against him in the general? Because, if I actually believed he was a Nazi, I would without hesitation. The fact that other people aren't saying that inclines me to think this is somewhat less than serious.

I don't think he's a Nazi, and I don't believe you do either.

Look at the country right now and tell me you honestly believe this a real liability for Platner. If they spend millions labeling Platner as a fascist, the Republicans would succeed only in turning out their base for him.