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Bernie has been dropping truth bombs for decades (discuss.online)
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[–] 2 points 6 months ago (9 children)

I've probably had a dozen reddit accounts over the years. I would imagine that he did too.

People that actually wanted Collins to lose wanted a better candidate to win the Democratic primary so that she would face a less problematic opponent. The people that wanted her to WIN are probably ecstatic that they get to campaign against someone they can throw on an attack ad with their neo-nazi tattoo.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    I've probably had a dozen reddit accounts over the years. I would imagine that he did too.

    This sounds like you’re just reaching for something to keep the narrative going. Despite the tattoo, the dude does not come across as a Nazi. And his excuse for the tattoo sounds reasonable.

    I’m not too familiar with previous elections, but Collins has beat plenty of other democrats. Janet Mills seemed a pretty standard candidate. Platner was backed by Bernie Sanders. I honestly give that more weight than anything.

    Republicans can try their attack ads, but it didn’t work in the primaries. Going into the actual election, this will be old news.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (5 children)

    I am responding to statement that his posts on reddit somehow prove that he isn't a nazi, which is an absurd claim to make about a person that made those posts with a totenkopf drawn on his chest.

    I am not sure what you are saying about "the primaries" but Platner is getting the party nomination without having to actually run in a primary. He is the only candidate from the party and will be on the ticket without a single person voting for him ahead of the election. Running unopposed candidates without a primary has worked out great for the DNC so far.

    But yeah, I guess we get to do the experiment to see if a weak republican can lose to a nazi and if that somehow results in things being better for us.

    Fun. I kinda thing the stakes are too high to be playing this game right now, but here we are.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    I am responding

    No, you’re reaching. You called him an out and proud Nazi and have nothing to show for that comment except a tattoo that he has a reasonable excuse for. You don’t believe him cause you don’t want to.

    As for the primaries, you’re technically right that there are not primaries. But that is not because he didn’t face competition. His competition desperately tried to say the same things you are, but it wasn’t effective. And it won’t be in the election either.

    Lol, “weak republican”. Omg you’re a trip. She’s a Republican in a consistent democratic state that has beaten 5 democrats. You keep saying things that make me think you’re full of crap, but this one was too much.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    His competition bowed out because the DNC pulled funding because something made them not worry about this guy being too progressive, his "reasonable excuse" is an obvious lie, and you are running on pure pathetic hopium because you are too fucking lazy to hold the party accountable for its part in this.

    THIS is why we are here. People like you with your eyes closed just going along because doing anything else is just too hard. Remember this conversation in a year when you wonder how this happened.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    something made them not worry about this guy being too progressive

    You keep making stuff up and hoping it’ll stick.

    They dropped out because he was trouncing them in the polls. DNC did not want him to do well, but they cannot deny how well he’s doing.

    Which goes to my entire point at the start of this thread. DNC has been holding back progressive candidates with the argument that they aren’t electable. If this guy runs as a progressive and wins, something 5 traditional democrats were unable to do, it only goes to show the DNC has been wrong this whole time about what is electable.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    The DNC isn't holding back progressives because it thinks they will lose. It is holding them back because they WILL WIN and the people that pay them don't want to see them get elected. The fact that you haven't figured this out tells me all I need to know about you.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    It was also Mills who pushed this narrative before dropping out of the primary.

    I’ve seen him talk in person and my bullshit detector is pretty good. It didn’t go off for what he said about it and his upbringing mirrors mine besides the military part. It’s possible he’s a better liar, but there isn’t much incentive to believe anything Collins says over Platner.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago

    Anyone who is running against a Nazi is going to "push the narrative" that people shouldn't vote for the Nazi. That isn't exactly a difficult strategy to come up with.

    Not sure what to tell you, but every time he opens his mouth he sounds like he is lying to me. So i guess we will see. Best of luck.

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