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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 22h

Not about Dick Cheney lol

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 22h

Just here weeping at work now listening to Norman Greenbaum

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 23h

I’m using my single, non-transferable vote to support union backed candidates for school board in Cedar Rapids who will stop wasteful spending on administrative salaries that should go to the classroom instead.

Elinor A. Levin @levinforiowa.bsky.social · 23h

Remember to vote your local ballot! #IC27 is up and running here at Dream City!

Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

Just how I talk

Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

We all have a lot to learn

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone’s ignorant of something

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

just was extending the hypothetical out. He didn’t know when he got it is what Im weighing on. If he found out later I can’t really be sure why he handled it how he did without making it up in my head.

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

Is it just the tattoo for you or do the other concerns count as Nazi concerns for you as well?

Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

It’s kinda the group dynamic of demonization as a whole that I’m against

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

I’m almost 40

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

Am I supposed to use my privilege to speak out where others can’t or am I supposed to not say anything because I am privileged?

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

Mostly slept through high school

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

lol to talk like that about a scene from Indiana Jones

Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

Less believable to me but there may be more to the symbol than I know. Gut estimate the SS bolts are maybe 5x more known than the skull? There aren’t a lot of other SS symbols i dont think.

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

I didn’t know. Just asked a smart guy at work who did know and he said he doesn’t think most people do. But the proof is in the pudding as they say. People have seen it, many are saying they had no idea. People don’t know how many people live in our country today. Lots of stuff people don’t know.

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

If I really had to guess what happened I would say Platner and his crew knew what it was at the time and got it because they were dehumanized killers and identified with it. He regretted it at some point, but was more concerned with his other actions and the tattoo was a symbol of what he did

Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

When did you learn about it? Lots of people who are closer movie watchers than me it seems. I think I’ve always known about skull and crossbones in general, but the specific one I don’t ever remember coming up

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

Literal threats of violence smh

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

I am not impartial but you can trust me

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

I only care if he knew at the time he got it. He’s probably more likely to have known than most at the time too but there’s no real certainty from anyone on that.

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

That’s fair lol but the whole thing started with the shirtless wedding video. They should find someone who was there and offended by it.

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

No I don’t think that’s the same

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

Blonde, gun… I’m supposed to look at his hat when I am 15 years old watching this?

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

I would definitely bet it’s closer to 10%

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Dexter Merschbrock @dexterm.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a unique version of a very common symbol that is more associated, at least to me, with something else