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Graham Platner was a Nazi extermination camp guard who killed Antifascists. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Graham Platner is a Nazi and anyone praising him is a Nazi.

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[–] Nefara@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Very interested in this guy now that the muck raking has started. Let's see why all of this nazi stuff is suddenly getting kicked up.

https://www.grahamforsenate.com/platform

I view most of my job as a US Senator as to do two things: one, to ban billionaires buying elections; two, to dismantle the “billionaire economy”, in favor of an economy that works for the American worker, for small business, for the vast majority of Americans

Ah yup that would do it.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I want to believe that it's all bullshit... But I find it a little hard to believe that he went so long, supposedly with leftist views, and he never found out that his chest tattoo is a Nazi symbol.

And Fetterman provided the blueprint.

Anyway, I hope I'm wrong.

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Drunkenly picking a tattoo off a wall is a past time for alot of military folk.

Have you not seen starship troopers.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

I don't really care, to be honest. I don't see that as a valid excuse in any way.

[–] Nefara@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Here's his response to the tattoo

https://files.catbox.moe/op9uzi.mp4

Honestly if he went through multiple screenings for hate tattoos and they never caught it I can see where he didn't know. There are a lot of symbols used by white supremacists and I can imagine someone accidentally wearing one if they don't know much about them. There's nothing in his platform that sounds nazi-ish, so I'm willing to believe him.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but most people who consider themselves socialist, are educated enough to see a skull logo like that and be like "hold up, let me do some googling". Even if it's years after he got it.

[–] Nefara@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

He said in the video it was gotten in 2007. Until I see evidence of him saying actual Nazi things like advocating for violence, holocaust denialism, admiration of authoritarianism/dictators, persecution of minorities or ethnicities, and other supremacist nationalist rhetoric I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Like being a guard at one of the most notorious torture camps in history?

[–] Nefara@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Source?

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

.....

Are you serious?

[–] Nefara@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The OP is just a screen shot of text, it has no information on the publication it came from.

[+] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml -6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Liberals would unironically be advocating for Adolf Hitler because he called himself a socialist.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

We just went through this with trump vs kamala

Kamala was literally committing genocide and she would still have been a better vote than Trump for the American people.

As I said earlier, the true winning move is to never end up here in the first place, yet here we are.

We have to do something, and right now anyone not touting MAGA shit should be seen as a temporary ally.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

The thing is that types like @geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml would rather keep their self perviced purity clean. It is easy to wait for perfection when they are not being rounded up by ice, nor being starved in a siege. They might say things like "all war is class war" but not seem to realize that all war is dirty. Its hard to imagine that they have serious ideas and movements if they don't even want to participate in local elections and minimize harm. If they put the amount of effort they do in discouraging voting into forming a third party they might have some electoral sway. Which would lend credibility to them being serious about building a parallel economy where people could escape capitalism, or that they would even show up to fight in some trenches (lord knows its hard to keep your shirt clean in those).

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

For the American people maybe. Same with Graham. But this harm reduction argument takes a nosedive when you factor in non American people which you consider subhuman.

Graham would run the MIC way more efficiently than an incompetent corrupt zombie.

Also fun fact if the politician doesn't care about killing brown kids in the Middle East they don't care about you either. Platner is another Fetterman and you are collecting "fell for it again" awards.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nay, cur, statements dream't by the mad hath not sweltered in my bossom.

He is not running in my state.

So I am not doing shit except making Andy Biggs feel unsafe to leave his house. Have fun with your dividing of what semblence of left wing politics there is in the US.

I will be targeting Republicans in person, with words, and crowds. Like every good American should be doing right now.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Consider sticking to /Politics if attacking Republicans is the extent of your overton window.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Protesting outside someone's home is not attacking lol its your duty as an American when politicians are fuckheads. And you should go to /Conservative if attacking the Left is all you can do. Absolutely insane you want to play games while the country is actively being ripped apart mid flight. And I know the left in America sucks but god damn we have to vote for someone. Theres no magical perfect leftist in existence.

[–] bluemoon@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

honestly americans can't be picky. i saw the NYC debate. your politicians are all wack. just pick whomever touts anti-billionare retherotic and the entire political scene turns towards being anti-billionare.

if there's one thing american colleges seem to teach it's european middleschool subjects and drama between people who are collectively punished (illegal in europe, since it creates antagonism and dissuades organization.)

do avoid this one thing you're all schooled to do: dramatically tear at others at sight of blood. stop being so puritan and dramatic: yes he's got a nazi tattoo without knowing it - american schools remove the demand to be litterate to graduate. yes he killed oppressed people - he was an american soldier. he is likely more popular on both rep. & dem. sides combined than any solely rep. or dem. politician. let him say Fuck Off Billionares. beggars can't be choosers, it'll get better the more politicians with that message you vote in

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 0 points 1 month ago

1: prison with human rights abuses is not the same as an extermination camp 2: very little of what he says here connects to the screenshot and doesnt link to the article 3: badempanada is a soulless clout-chasing shithead who will say anything for clicks