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John Loeffler
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Yeah, fuck this guy & fuck his defenders. I’m sorry, he clearly knew what it was, and he wasn’t shy about it to the point of taking his shirt off on the reg while drunk. If he knew the name of it, he could have/should have googled it, been horrified, and got it removed asap. He didn’t. End of story
But according to a person who socialized with Platner when he was living in Washington, D.C., more than a decade ago, Platner had specifically acknowledged that the tattoo was a Totenkopf, the "death's head" symbol adopted by an infamous Nazi SS unit that guarded concentration camps in World War II. "He said, 'Oh, this is my Totenkopf," the former acquaintance told Jewish Insider recently, speaking on the condition of anonymity to address a sensitive issue. "He said it in a cutesy little way." The exchange occurred in 2012 at Tune Inn, a popular dive on Capitol Hill where Platner later worked as a bartender and was a frequent patron while he attended The George Washington University on the G.I. bill, according to the former acquaintance. He would often take his shirt off drinking with friends late at night at the bar, and on at least one occasion had stated he knew what the tattoo represented, the former acquaintance recalled. Platner gave varying accounts of the image during this time, saying at one point he was aware it was a Totenkopf when he had first gotten the tattoo several years prior and at another time claiming he had not known, according to the former acquaintance. The mixed accounts indicate that Platner has at least long been aware of the symbols's connection to Nazism, even as he said in the podcast interview he was not familiar with any such association when he chose to get the tattoo.
October 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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A screenshot of a Fallout 4 notification that 'Everyone disliked that.'
August 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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A Ku Klux Klan member having their robe blown upwards a la Marilyn Monroe, revealing a police uniform underneath.
August 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Y’all can’t keep being this on the nose. Please stop. You’re just putting shit out into the universe now that it hasn’t thought of yet.
An Onion headline that reads ‘Congress plays keep-away with child’s school lunch’
July 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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An astronaut holding a gun threateningly behind another astronaut as they look at earth
January 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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we all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you
A headshot of Chris Cornell
December 25, 2024 at 2:18 AM
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Christmas time in the Northeast is a special time of year for a rare breed of man…
A white man in a black heavy parka, black, thick gloves, and black jean cutoff shorts with n a cold NYC winter street
December 25, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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The res publica of a city can always be found in its graffiti.
Graffiti on a NYC platform that reads ‘deny defend depose free Luigi’
December 22, 2024 at 7:27 PM