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[CW: SA] Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her (www.politico.com)
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Surely this is another GOP psyop! I know some folks on here were sure the last one was, after all

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[–] 61 points 2 months ago (24 children)

Hasan, the Chapos, etc: shocked-pikachu

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  • [–] 42 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    Ryan Grim of Drop Site News has been intolerable on this.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 months ago*

    The problem with Ryan is that apparently he knew Platner from when he was a bartender in DC. We should know from Bernie 2020 how much being "good friends" with someone can warp your judgement dem

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  • [–] 32 points 2 months ago* (5 children)

    Ryan Grim has been a bad take machine lately. What is with these journalists that start out with good positions always devolving into chuddery and crankery? Taibi, Blumenthal, Grim, etc.

    There seems to be a type. Why is it so rare to find any principled journalist in the alt journalism western world? Only ones I can think of in the "alt" sphere that haven't embarrassed themselves are Richard Medhurst (admirable for standing up against legal pressure and trumped up terrorism charges from 2 countries) and Ben Norton. I guess that's your answer right there, if you stick to your guns and say the truth no matter what they law cracks down on you or you get kicked to the curb from your job.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I genuinely think they give themselves brainworms by being on twitter all day long

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  • [–] 36 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Sanders is the one who comes out of looking this most like a chump I think. He very vocally protected him on the nazi tattoo issue, using his jewishness as a shield. They are very closely tied together in the public consciousness of anybody that knows about Platner.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 months ago (12 children)

    This is a massive L for Hasan and he's gotta own up to it but when were the chapo boys doing anything to support this piece of shit or his campaign?

    All they've done is make fun of what a weird chud this guy is, they were literally calling him a "wokeremoved" even before this came out due to his reddit comments about how he fantasized about SAing a hypothetical burglar who broke into his home and how he explained in said comments that he isn't gay becauseremoved is about power

    Maybe it wasn't the most principled leftist criticism of this war criminal piece of shit but it sure as hell wasn't an endorsement

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  • [–] 27 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    CTH downplayed criticism of him being a blackwater merc and having a nazi tattoo, they definitely had a "I don't give a shit about these issues and neither should you, hold the line and vote progressive" subtext

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  • [+] 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)
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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Will Menaker endorsed voting for him explicitly. He's obviously a nazi, he had a croat nazi tattoo from a parlor that was full of SS bolts and swastikas (I know what croat tattoo parlors are like that offer totenkompfs to US Marines). That's on top of him volunteering for private mercenary groups. Felix should know better than to downplay this shit.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    saying he didn't think the guy was actually a Nazi, just a dumbass

    I've just been posting this everywhere:

    From Mein Kampf vol. 2, Chapter VII: The Struggle with the Red Front

    Never give nazis the benefit of the doubt. They say the wrong things on purpose. The nazis of today have disciplined themselves to "hide your power level." Maybe some dumbass gets caught in the crossfire, not realizing what fascists do to infiltrate enemy organizations. But that's exactly what a nazi would say to avoid getting punched in the face. Too fucking bad if you got the wrong tattoo by mistake.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    Will said "If I lived in Maine I would still vote for him."

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMZkm7qi3OI

    I can imagine if someone wanted to hear what they want to hear, they might point out that they're shitting on him plenty. But if you listen to this critically, you will notice it's mostly excuses. They seem completely unbothered by that guy's platform, saying they're "cool with it", despite Platner's platform being liberal Hitler.

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