LMAO this is the single most low IQ take on the internet right now. It is a flashing sign that says “Do not take this person seriously.”

Lmao “being another Fetterman” is the best litmus test for how seriously I should take your thoughts. It’s reductive as hell & completely detached from reality. It’s a testament to how the identity politics crew on this site judge by identity+vibes and nothing else.Policy never even enters your mind

How would you interpret instead?

Again, literally not a nazi. Words have meaning and this is such bad faith. But I suppose it makes sense that nobody gives a shit about the truth on this god-forsaken website. It’s just 1000% vibes until the end of time.

I think I’m done chatting with you man. Truly unprecedented levels of dense.

Cool man. Enjoy remaining ideologically pure as the nation descends into actual fascism led by actual Nazis. I’m sure your purity will bring you great comfort during Stephen Miller’s fourth reich.

I mean honestly I don’t totally disagree. I sure wish this wasn’t something he was dealing with. But it’s a different world post-Trump and I reaaaaaally think we need to lay off the day dreaming of a return to Obama-era respectability politics

Yes he used to have some bad views. He clearly no longer does. We have spent years trying to change white people’s minds about racial issues. We finally get through to somebody and your response is “fuck you for not figuring it out sooner”. In what world is that any way to build a movement?

I agree it would be unlikely such a candidate would ever make it that far because of structural racism but if they did, I’d support them because policy matters far more than rhetoric and vibes. But again, if you can’t understand that this guy is in your side, I don’t know what to tell you man

It’s obvious you’re just going off of vibes because he’s clearly become pretty anti-racist and feels active disdain towards actual racists. I think you really underestimate how good it could be for the movement to have someone that talks like he wants to literally punch the racists on our side.

If you read his Reddit posts and think “this is a Nazi”, you should seek medical attention immediately.

(2/2)…can also move in traditionally white spaces with credibility AND offer a credible anti-war, anti-military-industrial complex perspective is an ENORMOUS asset to the movement. If you don’t get that, I don’t think you’re serious about achieving meaningful change via electoral processes.

Man you don’t know a fucking thing about me. I’d absolutely support a black candidate with the same views and history. I’m aggressively anti-racist. I also think the only way we achieve racial justice is if we build a broad, cross-racial coalition, and a dude that is so rock-solid on policy that…

And if you think we actually offered anything meaningful economically, I’m sorry but you’re just really, really wrong. Like please articulate what Biden or Harris were selling economically. What was their pitch other than “Not Trump” and “We’ll take it back to how it was under Obama”?

One of the few things I thought Hillary Clinton nailed was the deplorables comment because I actually agree, I think a lot of these people are irredeemable. But we don’t have to change the mind of all of them. The margins are razor thin and if we got through to even 5%, we win the WH and Congress

My only request to you is to keep an open mind with him if he gets elected cuz I really don’t think he has a Nazi bone in his body. I’ve listened to him talk a loooot and I think he may pleasantly surprise you. Might take a while but I’d put money on it.

Sure. And there’s a lot of reasons for that. I’d argue that a major reason for that is Dems haven’t had a compelling story to tell in response to Republicans’ “blame the economy on the minorities”. They haven’t given them anything to vote FOR economically

It’s not fucking Nazi apologia. I promise you. Poll ten people. A LOT of people don’t know. I asked like 6 college-educated, progressive friends and ONE of them knew what it was.

I think that’s a decent argument against any sort of national candidacy if he would ever try to run for prez or VP in the future. But Maine is white as fuck and it’s highly unlikely to be an issue for him imo

Sure but it’s clear that MANY voters in Maine do not give a shit about the “scandal” & if he can survive this, I genuinely think he’s gonna be Teflon in the general. Like find me a centrist, Platner-curious voter that is gonna care enough about this shit in a post-Trump world to vote Collins instead

I agree that either would be far preferable to Collins and I’d (begrudgingly) support Mills if she won the nomination. But we don’t have to keep nominating old candidates that don’t stand for shit and bend the knee to corporations.

Please feel free to die on the hill of defending Schumer though. That’s definitely a winning strategy man. You’re clearly a brilliant tactician.

Re: the tattoo. He said he picked it off the wall drunk in Croatia. If you know anything about the history of fascists in Croatia, this should not surprise you.

Let me help you. Send this picture to ten friends and ask them which one is the nazi symbol. I would be STUNNED if even 5/10 got it right

He has spoken about what he did for Blackwater and it was literally just doing diplomatic security. That shit is extremely common and it’s not some evil mercenary shit, I’m sorry.

He said he picked the design off the wall when drunk in Croatia. If you know anything about the history of fascists in Croatia, this should not surprise you.

Let me help you. Send this picture to ten friends and ask them which one is the nazi symbol. I would be STUNNED if even 5/10 got it right.

Trump just asked for $200 billion for Iran. It’s the only fucking issue. We could fix most of what’s wrong with this country if we ended the military-industrial complex.

And honestly I’d be sympathetic to your tattoo argument if it was a swastika. But I love WW2 and I didn’t even know what it was

I’m real Kitty <3 and def not a doctor. You and I probably agree on a lot of stuff and I’m trying to save well-meaning Dems like yourself from continuing to nominate milquetoast, centrist, corporate-friendly Dems because that’s a pathway to full-blown fascism. Nobody wants 2016-era Democrat politics

Maybe in an ideal world, that’s how it would work. But people are tired of establishment bullshit, and if Schumer and Jeffries want to remain limp, weak, angry-letter-writing corporate Dems, you’re gonna start seeing a lot more Platners pop up. Time to move to the left or get the fuck out the way

That shit fucking sucked in NC and I wish there was a way to impeach her, but you truly just sound like someone with Fetterman PTSD. It’s such a lazy comparison, I’m sorry.

If Warren and Bernie are on board, I’m sure they’ve seen the depths of his oppo file. I truly think you are drastically underestimating how pissed people are about Trump and this dumb fucking war, and Platner is an elite messenger to deliver the anti-war message.

Sorry but if you read all of his Reddit posts and think he is an actual Nazi, you are 1. Mentally ill 2. Illiterate about what Nazis stand for, and/or 3. Literally illiterate.

Like come the fuck on. It’s insulting for you to truly think I’m dumb enough to believe this guy is a Nazi.