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Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner says nobody ever told him the large SS-Totenkopf tattoo he's had on his chest for the last 18 years is a Nazi symbol (www.notus.org)
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (7 children)

Can people change, recognize their bad behavior in the past, and atoll for it now?

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Really hard to tell with politicians, the whole game is to seem like a good person to as many voters as possible. You only find out once they don't need voters anymore.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago

    Ok, well I'll take that over politicians now that don't even bother to lie. Democrats nowadays don't lie and cater to the Right.

    At least Obama ran on a campaign of change while fucking us all in the ass. Politicians doing that though shift the Overton Window and change the permission structure for what you can and can't say on a political campaign.

    Graham Platner will do his job in pushing the envelope, and other progressives will follow suit.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    Yes.

    Are they entitled to support from progressives and endorsement of his political campaign from the left? No.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm not saying Vote Blue No Matter Who.

    I am saying that Platner is taking it from both sides right now, when Leftists could show some support by trying to gather a unified front.

    Platner isn't perfect. He's done a lot of bad shit. But him winning in Maine means other progressives that AREN'T him become more confident in running.

    Let's not forget the DNC's role in this.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I'm not in Maine, so my vote doesn't count. I'm allowed to criticize a political subject, principled criticism is one of the only ways to uncover truth.

    Also there is a difference between a united front and a popular front. In a united front, left groups retain their ability to constructively criticize each other and maintain independence and democracy, while working practically to achieve ends that would be a clear improvement for working class conditions.

    A popular front is when left groups dissolve themselves into a movement, which would be actually controlled by the most powerful group, in this case the DNC. I don't trust the DNC, and they are extremely difficult to work with. Popular fronts are authoritarian and disastrous.

    There is no indication that electing one possibly left wing senator would be a marked improvement, or that giving power to the DNC in this one race would improve conditions for the vast majority of people.

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