Putting a Democrat with a Nazi tattoo in the Senate normalizes Naziism in our federal politics for a long ass time.

All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner."

It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.

He got a tattoo. He didn't know what it meant. You didn't know what it meant.

2 hours ago, you discovered what it meant.

So now it's clear to everyone that he should always have known, and is an idiot/monster for not always knowing what you learned 2 hours ago.

That about right?

I think the hospital waiting room is probably the last place they should have a news ticker

It isn't necessarily the veteran part thats the problem. It's seeing service, as noted, as solely a value add and not something that -- especially given the last couple decades of actual wars -- should be regretted. I'll take lefty troop candidates but they *have to* be critics of their own role.