We read Graham Platner’s whole Reddit archive. The vilification of the Maine candidate for Senate doesn’t square with what he actually wrote in his posts.
I am far more concerned with the people who have pride in their stupid decisions and don’t own up to it and make changes.
The problem with those people, is you never learn about the secrets they are hiding. I mean, do you know the alternatives in that race? Are you better with a Trump sycophant? We will never get some superman ideal candidate, and people who are assuming that this thing makes him a nazi are incredibly ignorant about what it means to serve and how service people interact with the world. I just can’t get worked up over it unless he had some fascist history to go along with it.
His messaging was generally good. Mostly appeals to emotion but what little policy he had generally sounded like a step in the right direction.
But he also has no political background whatsoever and little to no activism/charitable footprint. All he ever was was “what he was saying” and… Fetterman got elected on a progressive platform and trump STILL talks about draining the swamp and stopping the Washington elites.
Nobody is saying we should only elect establishment politicians. But actually having a track record goes a long way whether that is in lower office or just a long, documented, history of activism.
Also, Smith-Rodriguez pulled out late last week (?) and is also a military veteran (no Blackwater tour though…) who had a VERY demsoc platform with actual plans and details. But she is a she and was driven out and, last I saw, endorsed Mills (?) because she was a victim of sexual assault during her time in the military and can’t support someone like platner (even before totenkampf-gate…).
Because… it fucking sucks when the person you Believed in sucks. But that is why you pay attention and learn and adjust.
I mean… why? It could’ve been a swastika and it would mean nothing if he wasn’t a Nazi, which we have no reason to believe it is given his Reddit history. Hell, morally there was no obligation for him to cover the tattoo after knowing what it was, because symbols don’t have moral value.
The Platner thing is interesting, I wanted him to succeed, I liked what he was saying but the totenkopf is too far.
I am far more concerned with the people who have pride in their stupid decisions and don’t own up to it and make changes.
The problem with those people, is you never learn about the secrets they are hiding. I mean, do you know the alternatives in that race? Are you better with a Trump sycophant? We will never get some superman ideal candidate, and people who are assuming that this thing makes him a nazi are incredibly ignorant about what it means to serve and how service people interact with the world. I just can’t get worked up over it unless he had some fascist history to go along with it.
His messaging was generally good. Mostly appeals to emotion but what little policy he had generally sounded like a step in the right direction.
But he also has no political background whatsoever and little to no activism/charitable footprint. All he ever was was “what he was saying” and… Fetterman got elected on a progressive platform and trump STILL talks about draining the swamp and stopping the Washington elites.
Nobody is saying we should only elect establishment politicians. But actually having a track record goes a long way whether that is in lower office or just a long, documented, history of activism.
Also, Smith-Rodriguez pulled out late last week (?) and is also a military veteran (no Blackwater tour though…) who had a VERY demsoc platform with actual plans and details. But she is a she and was driven out and, last I saw, endorsed Mills (?) because she was a victim of sexual assault during her time in the military and can’t support someone like platner (even before totenkampf-gate…).
Because… it fucking sucks when the person you Believed in sucks. But that is why you pay attention and learn and adjust.
I mean… why? It could’ve been a swastika and it would mean nothing if he wasn’t a Nazi, which we have no reason to believe it is given his Reddit history. Hell, morally there was no obligation for him to cover the tattoo after knowing what it was, because symbols don’t have moral value.