# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2)

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**Created:** [January 5, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657 "2024-01-05T16:15:07Z")\
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You know Graham Platner, the charismatic young oyster farmer from Maine who’s running in the Democratic primary for a shot to unseat Susan Collins next year?

Turns out he has a totenkopf tattoo on his chest that he claims he “didn’t know the historical associations” of when he got it at the impressionable young age of (checks notes) 24.

[![](https://images.timesnownews.com/thumb/msid-153033590,thumbsize-730500,width-1280,height-720,resizemode-75/153033590.jpg) ](https://images.timesnownews.com/thumb/msid-153033590,thumbsize-730500,width-1280,height-720,resizemode-75/153033590.jpg)

> **[‘I’m not a secret Nazi’: Maine Democratic Senate candidate addresses tattoo](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/21/maine-graham-platner-tattoo-democrat-senate)**
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> Graham Platner says he didn’t know historical associations of skull-and-crossbones tattoo he got on his chest in 2007

This is why we can’t have nice things.

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