Still not sure how I feel about him, but if lemmy.ml and Chuck Schumer are both trying to smear him that seems like good indications.

No idea why this wasn't suitable for !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works. it seems obviously to fall under the "general tankie behavior" category and/or the tankie folks trying to weigh in on American politics to depress support for progressive-ish candidates which they periodically do.

Anyway, whatever, it was removed there, and it's posted here now.

Lemmy.ml mods don't like Graham Platner and are trying to imply he is a literal Nazi
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[–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaPgDQkmqqM&t=135s

In this case, the "positions" are "he is in any way a Nazi" vs "he is NOT in any way a Nazi," and the "next argument" is whether or not we can find anyone who isn't a Nazi in any way, instead. The frame is that having this tattoo means he's in any way a Nazi or that's relevant to this discussion.

(Watch the video for how "next argument" and "frame" line up within the propaganda technique. It's a very powerful method, it's especially effective in this type of online discussion.)

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