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Why The Smears Against Graham Platner Didn’t Work (jacobin.com)
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[+] -7 points 6 months ago (9 children)

"Opponents", also known as "people who have thought about his past for more than 5 seconds and realized he could've truly had a dramatic personality change within the last year, but even if that is the case, pretty much anybody else is better qualified, and his reaction to people having concerns about his nazi past with nazi tattoos and nazi friends doing some nazi-esque shit in the name of the US military does not inspire confidence in his ability to recognize and respect humanity in all its forms."

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago* (7 children)

    hurray, 6 more years of Collins. That's what you want, right? Because that's the reality you're promoting.

    I don't know what fairyland unicorn candidate you've got hidden somewhere, but we have to live in this reality. And in this reality, the choice was between Schumers handpicked corpo geriatric AIPAC Janet Mills, the GOP lapdog Susan Collins, and Platner. Make your pick lefty. Or run yourself. If no one is good enough for you, then go on, go set the example.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Millions of people live in Maine, progressives like you pushed this asshole cuz he said 'Schumer bad' and yall refused to see any red flags. Now the most predictable scandal ever derailed his campaign, and Dems are forced to choose a candidate without a proper primary, again. And you'll probably still blame Dems somehow, refuse to learn anything, and fall for the next tshirt/hoodie wearing 'blue-collar' idiot that runs.

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  • [+] -7 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    You can't escape the fact that Platner is either:

    A. A liar, a mercenary, and a nazi

    or

    B. A ptsd suffering veteran with an incredibly unstable personality which currently aligns with our political views

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

    I can escape your false dichotomy, and do. I reject your premise on the grounds that not everyone sees things in extremes. You should try it.

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  • [+] -7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    It's not an extreme, the second scenario appears to be the mainstream view among democrats, although with less focus on the potential for an unstable individual to do unexpected things.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    the second scenario appears to be the mainstream view among democrats

    Why the fuck would "the mainstream view among democrats" be even the slightest bit persuasive? Cite proof or GTFO.

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

    dude... you're really doubling down on this. So, trauma shaming is fine. You're saying "hey people with PTSD, you're unstable and shouldn't be trusted. Your traumas make you a worse person". That's what you're putting out. You good? Are you good with that message?

    What's a parallel here? You about to tell rape victims that their traumas makes them unreliable judges of character? Does that sound alright to you? Same thought process. Is that the kind of person you are? Someone who shames people for having trauma in their past?

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  • [–] -5 points 6 months ago

    No I reject that completely, leaders need to be held to a higher standard. There are so many ways for him to invest in and volunteer his time to help his community that don't involve giving him power over others. Mental health issues and/or an unstable personality should absolutely be taken into account for senate candidates, lest we get another Fetterman. Additionally, just framing it him having PTSD is rather disingenuous. Platner was not the victim of a war, he was the openly admitted participant in a black ops wet-work team. He has, under his own volition, admitted to torturing people. If he feels traumatized by that, well, i have a hard time being very sympathetic. Comparing that to a victim of rape is probably not your best work.

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