▲ 72 ▼ Graham Platner said he joined the marines to kill people, and had an excellent experience doing so. (lemmy.ml) submitted 1 year ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml 54 comments fedilink hide all child comments source
[+] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -9 points 1 year ago* (7 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml [S] 10 points 1 year ago "Treats to Americans and also I want to improve the military" - Graham Platner. Why even bring up the genocide in Gaza when advocating for a mass murderer who wants to boost the military? permalink fedilink source parent [–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (5 children) The primary is still seven months away. Platner says some good things, but given his absurd lies about his lack of knowledge about his nazi tattoo, and his vague downplaying of these murder-loving reddit comments as being "a long time ago" (without even actually disavowing anything specific) despite them reaching all the way up to 2021, it's difficult to believe anything he says. Since Maine voters do seem to have an appetite for the actually-progressive policy positions he's endorsed, shouldn't someone more credibly holding those positions run? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Maybe, why maybe and not obviously yes? but Democrats are running an 80 year-old conservative they're also running a 41 year old murder enthusiast who is larping as a progressive, and they're bolstering his credibility by pretending to fear his policies. it's called hedging. His problem is he never expected to run for office and therefore didn’t delete his socials. You think the problem is that he didn't delete is socials? (He actually did delete them and hoped to get away with it, it's just that reddit archives exist and someone leaked his username to CNN.) I think the problem is actually that (in his own words) he "wanted to have an adventure and kill some people. Joined up in ‘04, did Fallujah and Ramadi, and managed both." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago* (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] causepix@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago I'm going to need to see more than a shitpost from Reddit before I'll pick up a torch and fall in line with a mob of pro-genocide hypocrites against a legitimate progressive. Yo where do you think you are? The folks in this comm range from generally progressive to straight up ML... why are you shadowboxing liberals rn?? permalink fedilink source parent [–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Democrats like yourself insisted that this wasn’t a big deal lol! you obviously have me confused with someone else permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) [–] yonderbarn@lazysoci.al -4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I, among other people, had no knowledge that the tattoo he got was Nazi related. It just looked like a generic skull with cross and bones tattoo, typical for the military. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* It's the third most recognisable nazi symbol after the swastika and ss runes. Maybe on par with the black sun, but you'll see it on the uniform of every nazi in any movie. It's literally the skull the "Are we the baddies" skit is about permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml [S] 10 points 1 year ago "Treats to Americans and also I want to improve the military" - Graham Platner. Why even bring up the genocide in Gaza when advocating for a mass murderer who wants to boost the military? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (5 children) The primary is still seven months away. Platner says some good things, but given his absurd lies about his lack of knowledge about his nazi tattoo, and his vague downplaying of these murder-loving reddit comments as being "a long time ago" (without even actually disavowing anything specific) despite them reaching all the way up to 2021, it's difficult to believe anything he says. Since Maine voters do seem to have an appetite for the actually-progressive policy positions he's endorsed, shouldn't someone more credibly holding those positions run? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Maybe, why maybe and not obviously yes? but Democrats are running an 80 year-old conservative they're also running a 41 year old murder enthusiast who is larping as a progressive, and they're bolstering his credibility by pretending to fear his policies. it's called hedging. His problem is he never expected to run for office and therefore didn’t delete his socials. You think the problem is that he didn't delete is socials? (He actually did delete them and hoped to get away with it, it's just that reddit archives exist and someone leaked his username to CNN.) I think the problem is actually that (in his own words) he "wanted to have an adventure and kill some people. Joined up in ‘04, did Fallujah and Ramadi, and managed both." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago* (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] causepix@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago I'm going to need to see more than a shitpost from Reddit before I'll pick up a torch and fall in line with a mob of pro-genocide hypocrites against a legitimate progressive. Yo where do you think you are? The folks in this comm range from generally progressive to straight up ML... why are you shadowboxing liberals rn?? permalink fedilink source parent [–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Democrats like yourself insisted that this wasn’t a big deal lol! you obviously have me confused with someone else permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) [–] yonderbarn@lazysoci.al -4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I, among other people, had no knowledge that the tattoo he got was Nazi related. It just looked like a generic skull with cross and bones tattoo, typical for the military. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* It's the third most recognisable nazi symbol after the swastika and ss runes. Maybe on par with the black sun, but you'll see it on the uniform of every nazi in any movie. It's literally the skull the "Are we the baddies" skit is about permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Maybe, why maybe and not obviously yes? but Democrats are running an 80 year-old conservative they're also running a 41 year old murder enthusiast who is larping as a progressive, and they're bolstering his credibility by pretending to fear his policies. it's called hedging. His problem is he never expected to run for office and therefore didn’t delete his socials. You think the problem is that he didn't delete is socials? (He actually did delete them and hoped to get away with it, it's just that reddit archives exist and someone leaked his username to CNN.) I think the problem is actually that (in his own words) he "wanted to have an adventure and kill some people. Joined up in ‘04, did Fallujah and Ramadi, and managed both." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago* (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] causepix@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago I'm going to need to see more than a shitpost from Reddit before I'll pick up a torch and fall in line with a mob of pro-genocide hypocrites against a legitimate progressive. Yo where do you think you are? The folks in this comm range from generally progressive to straight up ML... why are you shadowboxing liberals rn?? permalink fedilink source parent [–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Democrats like yourself insisted that this wasn’t a big deal lol! you obviously have me confused with someone else permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Maybe, why maybe and not obviously yes? but Democrats are running an 80 year-old conservative they're also running a 41 year old murder enthusiast who is larping as a progressive, and they're bolstering his credibility by pretending to fear his policies. it's called hedging. His problem is he never expected to run for office and therefore didn’t delete his socials. You think the problem is that he didn't delete is socials? (He actually did delete them and hoped to get away with it, it's just that reddit archives exist and someone leaked his username to CNN.) I think the problem is actually that (in his own words) he "wanted to have an adventure and kill some people. Joined up in ‘04, did Fallujah and Ramadi, and managed both." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago* (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] causepix@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago I'm going to need to see more than a shitpost from Reddit before I'll pick up a torch and fall in line with a mob of pro-genocide hypocrites against a legitimate progressive. Yo where do you think you are? The folks in this comm range from generally progressive to straight up ML... why are you shadowboxing liberals rn?? permalink fedilink source parent [–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Democrats like yourself insisted that this wasn’t a big deal lol! you obviously have me confused with someone else permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago* (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] causepix@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago I'm going to need to see more than a shitpost from Reddit before I'll pick up a torch and fall in line with a mob of pro-genocide hypocrites against a legitimate progressive. Yo where do you think you are? The folks in this comm range from generally progressive to straight up ML... why are you shadowboxing liberals rn?? permalink fedilink source parent [–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Democrats like yourself insisted that this wasn’t a big deal lol! you obviously have me confused with someone else permalink fedilink source parent
[–] causepix@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago I'm going to need to see more than a shitpost from Reddit before I'll pick up a torch and fall in line with a mob of pro-genocide hypocrites against a legitimate progressive. Yo where do you think you are? The folks in this comm range from generally progressive to straight up ML... why are you shadowboxing liberals rn?? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Democrats like yourself insisted that this wasn’t a big deal lol! you obviously have me confused with someone else permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yonderbarn@lazysoci.al -4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I, among other people, had no knowledge that the tattoo he got was Nazi related. It just looked like a generic skull with cross and bones tattoo, typical for the military. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* It's the third most recognisable nazi symbol after the swastika and ss runes. Maybe on par with the black sun, but you'll see it on the uniform of every nazi in any movie. It's literally the skull the "Are we the baddies" skit is about permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mathemachristian@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* It's the third most recognisable nazi symbol after the swastika and ss runes. Maybe on par with the black sun, but you'll see it on the uniform of every nazi in any movie. It's literally the skull the "Are we the baddies" skit is about permalink fedilink source parent
