People can change and grow from the dumb shit they say and do. But y'all want sit around being A bunch of purist fucking clowns having A cry. Weak.
They can indeed. But there is no sign that Graham Platner ever did. You don't care though, because he said '"free health care" And like the Fetterman supporters, you will fall for it every time.
Literally 5 seconds of searching what he said about the Iran war.
“As I go all over the state of Maine, what’s wild to me is everybody gets it. Everybody understands that this is not a war that is in the best interests of the United States, certainly not in the best interests of the American people,” Platner told a crowd of 100 people gathered at The Little Meeting House in Windham. “If we live in a small-d democracy, if we have representation that is supposed to represent the people of this country, why is it that a war that absolutely no one seems to think is a good idea cannot be resisted at the highest levels of political power?”
How is that relevant to Graham Platners terrorist past? Give me a statement where Graham Platner apologized for joining the military and the war crimes he committed.
I’m not going to play this game with you, bud.
Uh oh someone knows they lied.
Someone knows your bullshit
Former blackwater merc with a literal Nazi tattoo:: Liberals: "is this a progressive?"
More Zionist propaganda. No, Schumer, we're not voting for Mills so she can lose to Collins.
Zionist propaganda as in "Graham Planters step-brother is a high ranking Israeli propagandist close to Netanyahu"?
I mean you can say that but without a source it's not worth much
I'm waiting for your better candidate because you have one right?
The #1 response of people who will never vote for a better candidate when presented with them anyway
Didn't think so
Seems like this instance needs to define what 'progressive politics' are. From my perspective, US electoral methods are currently constructed in a way where 'leftist' ideas are simply not allowed to advance. Like, yes Platner is guilty of war crimes but he is the less worse candidate, so sure vote him in and then move on and do the real work of community building, organizing, unionizing, and building a powerful labor bloc that is not beholden to any political party. Elections will not save us.
An unrepentent mass murderer Nazi is a progressive to you?
No, not at all. I'm saying that the likelihood of getting a 'progressive' candidate on a ballot is extremely unlikely. I'm also saying that 'politics' and specifically 'progressive politics' is far more than just elections. I'd contend that most 'governance' is done by unelected government workers. I'm saying that political candidates dont matter as much as us building our own communities and networks. I'm saying that arguing over which candidate would fuck us over the least is largely a waste of time. Progressive politics, in practice, should devote less time to electoralism and more time to developing their communities - government be damned.
~~Platner is a full on trained actor op caught lying multiple times. You don't believe in him. You just want to believe in him and trick yourself.~~
You are misinterpreting my comment, and you seem to be trying your best to antagonize. I wrote, pretty explicitly, that I don't believe in him. I don't believe in any candidate... except maybe Claudia de la Cruz. I'll repeat again: Progressive politics is more than just elections. Productive discussion - even in small forums like this - are far more useful than arguing about a candidate in an election that I would guess that none of us here can even vote in.
My bad I misread your comment you are correct. Still it's important to call out the Platners of the world because they exist to funnel people's energy into a false goal.
He didn't get that Nazi tattoo as a child btw. Was a fully grown adult believing that shit. Sure fuck the purity tests but this is a literal Nazi tattoo.
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