The violence that Platner (voluntarily) participated in was absolutely not justified

It’s one of my issues with him (not really relevant since I can’t vote in Maine). It’s a combination of things, but the four tours in Iraq and then working for Blackwater is a major issue with him imo

Maybe we should have higher fucking standards than “boy, I hope this guy doesn’t turn out to actually be a Nazi like the tattoo suggested”

Oh ok so you don’t know how elections work in the US. Got it.

Nah, all she has to do is say some leftist-adjacent things and suddenly none of that matters anymore

Fuck Nazis and fuck murderers who get Nazi tattoos.

And I guess fuck me for having standards.

The number of people they use in that kind of calculation is constantly shifting.

If you add 100k jobs, while also having 100k people entering the demographic, then the % is gonna stay the same

I’ve heard whiteness be described as “proximity to power”, which seemed pretty accurate

They’ll just say it’s fake

They’ve done several crypto pump and dump schemes, for one.

That’s changed since January 2025. He’s enriched himself to the tune of billions of dollars

Decades of conditioning

Donald Trump worships nothing/nobody but himself

She’s not out of there yet, Platner has only won the Democratic nomination. He still needs to run against her.

I’d like to ask you what kind of person voluntarily serves four tours in Iraq (including guard duty at Abu Ghraib prison), only then to get a job at Blackwater to continue the same kind of work? What kind of person does that? Even without the Nazi tattoo, that would have been more than enough to raise red flags. Shit man, just working at Blackwater is a problem for me.

Anyway, there’s a full archive of his reddit posts and comments, which is why I said to Google it yourself.

I will concede that maybe “gleefully” is a little hyperbolic, and “without empathy or remorse” is probably more accurate.

I’m not astroturfing shit, I’m just fucking pissed at all the “I refuse to vote for someone who supports genocide” people bending over backwards to avoid criticizing a man who has a Nazi tattoo and has openly talked about murdering Iraqis.

Apparently all you need to do is just say some socialist shit, and you’re golden.

Have some fucking standards.

I hope all of this concern ends up being unwarranted, I really do. And I would hold my nose and vote for him in the general if I were in Maine.

But this “how dare you be at all skeptical of a man with a dark, murderous, past and a Nazi tattoo on his chest” shit is just too much.

Like that’s really all it takes? Just pay some lip service to socialism, and you’re willing to ignore the biggest red flag for a Democratic Senate candidate I can remember ever seeing?

Platner walks the walk of of a populist.

What does this even mean, he’s never held public office.

If you really want to go by the man’s actions, there is plenty of info out there about the awful shit that he got up to in Iraq.

Fetterman won because he wasn’t doctor Oz.

Not true. People were absolutely excited about Fettermam winning the nomination.

Really? That’s your argument? That there’s no way that a person would ever recognize an infamous SS symbol, so they must be lying? Lol wow.

I don’t know what else to tell you beside, yes I fucking did.

Pretty much anyone who has ever, in their life, studied WW2 and the Nazis beyond a surface level knows the symbol. I grew up watching WW2 documentaries on History Channel, so I’m sure that didn’t hurt.

And even if you haven’t, it’s literally the symbol in the “are we the baddies?” sketch.

Regarding the tattoo, my guess is that he never planned on having the electorate see the tattoo. But why the fuck do I need to analyze this guy’s decision about not covering up his Nazi tattoo?

For me, “he has a Nazi tattoo” is enough for me to not support him for public office. It’s very simple.

As I’ve said before, I’m not in Maine, but I would vote for him in the general if I was, and hope he’s not a fucking Nazi. Because in our shit system, it’s still a better choice than any Republican.

But I guess fuck me for wanting the bar to be a little higher than, “just vote for the murderer with the Nazi tattoo and hope for the best.”

It’s also pretty disheartening (and unfortunately, not all that surprising) to see the "I refuse to vote for anyone who supports genocide"crowd bend over backwards to avoid being critical of this fucking guy. The reddit edgelord who murdered Iraqis civilians.

Yes, fucking gleefully.

Do yourself a favor and Google “Graham Platner quotes about killing”

Jesus Christ how low is the bar? Yes I’m going to hold his words and actions against him, he’s running for public office and those words and actions are fucking horrifying.

Today I learned that knowing something means that I’m in its thrall.

Good to know!

Otherwise generic looking skull and crossbones

So disingenuous. It does not look generic at all. This is a generic skull and crossbones ☠️

The death skull is a very specific design