Larry is a well-known cranky weirdo who has spouted a lot of falsehoods and nonsense in the past so I’d take him with well more than a grain of salt

How did she guess my stripper name.

Once again, "Decadence" – in this case demonstrated by Texan higher education institutions – is simply not valuing valuable things.

A prime example, provided in this case by Texan higer ed administrators: bsky.app/profile/eica...

I have read a lot of history, but until the last few years I didn't really understand what "decadence" was. And it isn't what I thought.

"Decadence" is simply not valuing valuable things.

They served me the most fabulous scallops I've ever had!

The irony of that being "intentional inclusivity"...

"In the great muppet pageant of human life, transgender people are the Gonzos" is not a wholly inspiring perspective.

I think neither of those things, Margaret, but I do believe you're an imbecile for claiming otherwise. Perhaps if you'd stayed in school a little longer you would have understood the errors in logic you've just demonstrated.

Because like it or not, Margaret, your political decisions are fucking things up all over the world, and as extraordinary as this may seem to you, the rest of the world therefore cares about the next American problem we'll have to fucking deal with.

Oh good. Because the decisions made by the American electorate recently have produced such wonderful results.

Either you know Nazis when you see them, or no one has any idea what a Nazi tattoo looks like, but it can't be both.

Honestly, what a stupid thing to say.

That's not my claim, but your misrepresentations are – to use the appropriate pun – old hat at this stage.

If Platner were as good a candidate as you claim, you would not have to engage in manoeuvres this desperate to defend him.

Nazi iconography is far more prevalent in the US than the UK, in part *because* of Hollywood, and because of your country's white supremacy problem.

You're so full of bullshit, Margaret.

The point – which I have now made repeatedly, but you seem determinedly slow on the uptake – is that this has been a fixture of war movies FOR DECADES. You don't need to remember something you saw 20 years ago; "Nuremberg" and "The Zone of Interest" came out *last year.*

Bikers: famously devoid of white supremacy and Nazi iconography.

Again: your ignorance is not a defence of Platner's behaviour.

"Marines are dumb"
"I'm an ex-Marine with multiple postgraduate qualifications"
"I don't see the connection"

...in that case, are you sure it's the Marines who aren't good at joining the dots?

Indeed, Margaret. Right now, the primary beneficiary of my forbearance is you.

But dickheads who wear the fucking totenkopf get no leeway at all.

The uniforms are accurate. Just as they're accurate in Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, Inglorious Basterds... the list goes on. But unlike Platner, you don't claim to be a history buff, so your ignorance doesn't defend him.

Try another tack.

It doesn't "vaguely look Nazi". It is explicitly Nazi: it's the fucking totenkopf.

But thank you for demonstrating so publicly and explicitly the dishonesty of your position.

I'm a former Royal Marine. With two masters degrees and a doctorate. And who cross-trained with US Marines more than once.

Your turn.

Western culture has been awash with Nazi iconography for decades because they are the archetypal 20th century baddies. And especially the SS. Your claim that no one knew what the symbol was, as it was never seen, is demonstrable bullshit.

Try a different argument, because no one's buying that one.

Steven Spielberg didn't invent the Nazis' uniforms, Margaret.

Margaret, that is absolute horseshit, and denigrates the level of basic historical knowledge possessed in your armed forces.

The USMC is not so stupid as you claim.

If your argument is "it's impossible to work out whether the self-confessed military history buff who permanently altered his body to sport a Nazi tattoo *that he got in Europe* knew what the symbol was," I am going to stand here, point, and laugh raucously at you.

*Yet again I tap the sign* bsky.app/profile/seea...

**INDIANA JONES** IS NOT THE POPULAR MEDIA OF SOME UNKNOWN AND MYSTERIOUS FOREIGN COUNTRY.

“In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political,

I must listen to the birds.

And in order to hear the birds,

the warplanes must be silent”

- Marwan Makhoul

On the contrary, it's hard to think of a more degrading position to take than "By virtue of her success and national origin, Charlize Theron is not Pure™️ enough a victim to satisfy my personal requirements for trauma revelation. She should just keep quiet about what happened to her."
Shut TF up.

I didn't know that! Thanks!

My hot take: we still need oil, but it's obsolescent as fuel.