“At the time, I was proud…that I was good at it…I was proud of my service,” Platner said. “And for quite some time, actually, it was the most important thing that ever happened to me.”

“I derived a lot of pride and purpose from it,” Platner said of his military service. “As I've gotten older and come to grips with the fact that the violence I took part in effectively had no purpose, or it had no benefit for the United States. I don't think that the war in Iraq did anything good for the American people.”

By 2021, Platner’s change of heart appeared on Reddit.

“It was always difficult to square my politics with the job,” Platner wrote in a May 12, 2021, post. “Every day was a stark reminder of the ethical horror show that imperialist adventures often turn into.”

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/politics/maine-politics/us-senate-candidate-graham-platner-answers-questions-old-reddit-posts-combat-experience-maine-politics/97-fafe142d-d699-432f-a388-092849e0f712

Crazy how despite saying there are 17 comments on the post, yet the comments are empty.
Edit 1: Its counting the comments from a different community, but not showing those comments.

Edit 2: Is Graham Platner a perfect person? No. Is it possible his reform from a fascistic mercenary to communist is all a facade? Maybe. I am certainly not fully sold, but I am still leaving room for the possibility he really has changed. But cherry picking quotes without also showing that he has also confronted and condemned those very quotes I feel is very disingenuous. If your point cant hold up with the full context, maybe its not a point worth considering.

Even if this is all this guy is, I would like him on the senate floor. Especially if this is all this guy is. If electing him is the easiest way to get him there, so be it.

A lot of very stable and not at all unhinged takes from ml in the cross posted thread.