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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world -4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (34 children)

Might be an unpopular comment, but I googled the Jerusalem cross and it appears to be more of a religious symbol than anything.

Saying he has tattoos linked with white nationalists is just sensationalism. And it has gotten the exact response in this thread that it wanted.

Edit:

For the pitchfork wielding lemmings, if you search for “Jerusalem cross” on ADL Hate Symbol Searcg, it returns ZERO results.

Hating on this guy because you misinterpreted a tattoo that he has only makes you and people like you look ridiculous. And when the next guy stands up and says actual hateful things, WE won’t have a voice because YOU wasted it on garbage news stories like this one.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 20 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

They might mean other tattoos, he seems to have a collection.

It still makes him a religious weirdo, possibly with a bizarre crusade fetish. Not a great look.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world -2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The article specifically mentioned that tattoo and no other ones… I’m not saying this dude is qualified for the job. There’s probably tons of legit reasons to hate this pick.

This article is just rage bate, though. And judging by this thread it is a successful one.

[–] TheHighRoad@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

It also means he's a terrible Christian because Christians are not supposed to tattoo themselves 🙄

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