How "Nazi" must a tattoo be

[EdmondDantes_]

5. I think it's complicated by knowledge of the origin

Sure it's hard to find someone who doesn't recognize a swastika or the stylized SS. But I have a degree in history and wouldn't have recognized the tattoo as the same as the nazi group. Barring other evidence that he subscribes to nazi beliefs, I can see plausibly that in his mind it wasn't a nazi tattoo. But given the origin, it needed to be removed/covered which he says he's done. So I can say the tattoo is a nazi tattoo but I don't have enough evidence to say if he was aware.

There's some difference in how I would interpret it by partisanship, but the modern Republican party has embraced racism and things like the group chat that are excused make the denial less convincing. But that need to be firmly against nazism means he can get credit for covering it, coupled with other problematic things, would make it very hard for me to support him in a primary if I was a Maine voter.