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Voters Weigh In, and from Waterville to Ogunquit, Mainers Are Standing By Graham Platner (www.dropsitenews.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/37972636

Nathan Bernard
Oct 23, 2025

“It’s been a helluva week,” said Platner as he took the stage. “I went from being a communist on Thursday to a Nazi by Monday.”

Platner opened his address by discussing the skull tattoo. Just a day earlier, Platner sent the internet into a frenzy over a skull tattoo revealed to be inked on his chest resembling Nazi iconography. He claimed ignorance of the tattoo’s links but apologized and fully covered the tattoo with Celtic knots and dogs. “I got it covered because I do not want something on my body that represents in any way the antithesis of my politics,” Platner said. “I grew up as a little punk rock kid listening to Dead Kennedys and Dropkick Murphys. So, I would say hating and fighting Nazis has been a big part of how I see myself. My continued disgust of racism, anti-semitism and Nazism has been a constant throughout my life. And still today anchors much of my politics.”

He concluded, “Fascism is a cancer, and it has no place here.” The statement was met with a raucous applause.

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[–] yonderbarn@lazysoci.al 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That opening line is perfect.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 4 points 4 months ago

It also throws into sharp focus the whole bullshit of the whole thing.

I was a little reluctant to post The Card Says Moops, because the video talks about a type of bad faith behavior that is different from accusing him of being a Nazi because of the tattoo. But the title fits exactly.

They don't actually think he's a Nazi, and they're not really trying to make a case that he is. There actually is a case that he's a communist, because he at least described himself as one and most of his policies are pretty in line with that type of general alignment, but the Nazi thing there is about as much of a case for as there is that the "Moops" invaded Spain. They don't care. They just care that it will score points if they pretend it's a super big deal and keep talking about it.