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[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago (19 children)

I didn't really follow the tattoo business. I did see some pushback from the right claiming that the picture was just "annotating" his hand and that it wasn't actually faking a tattoo. Then saying, "this is why you can't trust the left". Anyone know about that?

I mean regardless, it doesn't mean they're in a gang, annotated photo or not. That isn't due process.

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 months ago (15 children)

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This is the photo in question. You can clearly see it has been annotated with the text MS13.

The problem, however, is twofold:

Trump has said on multiple occasions now that it depicts the literal text "MS13" tattooed on the individual, despite it clearly being superimposed for the sole purposes of annotation. This is an example of POTUS not being able to either admit when he's wrong or ascertain the difference between reality and his desires.
The symbols annotated don't have any correlation with MS13. If the administration is seriously considering smiles and crosses as evidence for gang activity then a whole fucktonne of Christians are about to be deported.

So what does an actual MS13 tattoo look like?

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Prominent and obvious, not this small, subtle, common, symbolic tattoos.

None of that compares to the fact that Trump has denied this person's Constitutionally granted rights and installed himself as judge, jury, and executioner.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Okay, so it clearly looks annotated to me. So it wasn't that the people criticizing the photo were saying that the MS13 itself was written on his hand ... it was more of the fact that he's superimposing meaning onto his hand tattoos and claiming it means something else. Sorta like his hurricane path.

See, this is the thing. I don't check into each of these stories because there's a lot of garbage. Then I'm watching some news coverage and then some right-wing guy comes on and gives it some "spin" and I'm like, "wait ... do they have a point?". Urgh.

None of that compares to the fact that Trump has denied this person’s Constitutionally granted rights and installed himself as judge, jury, and executioner.

I couldn't agree more.

[–] Fish@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Trump claimed in an interview that the tattoo literally says MS 13 and is not superimposed. Here's an excerpt from that interview:

https://youtu.be/W5r_ehoxTag

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Urgh ... I HATE TRUMP

He's so rude (and I get it, it's an intentional power play): "I've never heard of you", "you're not very nice"

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