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[–] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 52 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (36 children)

I’m so fucking sick of hearing about this guy, both from people who hate him and people who love him.

Either he wins or he doesn’t. I don’t live in Maine, I have no input on the matter. His main opponent dropped out so he probably will.

If he wins, I hope he supports the policies he claims to. I don’t live in Maine, so I have no influence on whether he does or doesn’t

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

His main opponent dropped out so he probably will.

His Maine opponent dropped out so he probably will.

[–] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

Thank you, I almost spelled it that way but decided against it lmao

yeah would really love to further increase military spending! Really hopes he gets in to do that progressive promise!

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago

it's not about the race per se, it's about whether nazi blackwater mercenaries who say they oppose arming israel are acceptable to "the left"

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is crazy how he went from some guy I maybe heard a streamer mention like once to one of the most talked about candidates in the entire internet left-sphere.

Like I recall subs I'm on having whole struggle sessions about this dude and I was just like "idk how the fuck this even is".

[–] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it would go away instantly if the succ faction of the US left would stop defending him

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Here's the thing, how many of us live in Maine? Not enough to swing the election either way I'm sure. Whether he gets condemned or defended literally affects nothing to Jack shit.

[–] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (31 children)

That's not what is relevant about him. Discussing any electoralism anywhere in this country is a waste of time for everyone invovled. The reason why he's worth discussing is because it outs closet nazis and chauvinists. Anyone who defends Platner and says stuff like "I don't care what he thinks, as long as he votes for healthcare!" can be placed on a list for re-education or wall after the revolution. Discussing him is helpful in left spaces for identifying those in need of education and bullying. Every person defending him would vote for Hitler. He's a literal litmus test for identifying AOCIA types and social fascists.

[–] Dimmer06@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

This is the one good thing about his campaign tbh. All these radlibs showing their true colors to defend him.

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[–] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And yet the western left doesn't spend 2 seconds before condemning Hamas.

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I have never condemned Hamas so please leave me alone.

[–] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Many on this site did. People who are now mods called Hamas and Hezbollah fascist on October 1, 2023. They were upvoted and the person they argued against was permanent banned.

https://hexbear.net/comment/4036177

In addition, people who have defended Mamdani, AOC, Platner and Sanders and electoralism generally remain a large part of the userbase who only sour long after the obvious occurs.

https://hexbear.net/post/6442067

Just search Mamdani or Fetterman or Platner in search, sort by old, and you'll see what I'm talking about. Originally these people were popular to mildly controversial and anybody calling them out was seen as a "crank".

There was contentious threads on Platner on this site with struggle session rainbow lines and hundreds of comments. People arguing seriously that he didn’t know about the Nazi tattoo he got in Croatia.

https://hexbear.net/post/6495410

Are we going to look inwards about this type of chauvinistic behavior? Can we reflect or just continue being smug and pretending we were always correct and didn’t repeatedly ban and ostracize the people who were actually correct.

[–] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But I will never let the overwhelming majority of the western left and progressive liberals forget this.

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I mean, he's a Maine character

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[–] kotak_doost@hexbear.net 50 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I always hated this guy, but that's mainly because I hate the troops.

[–] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 2 months ago
[–] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 30 points 2 months ago

Any decent person would, upon realizing that a gesture they made at a huge public event was being interpreted as a Nazi salute, simply make an announcement on the social media website they own explaining it was not their intent, what their actual intent was.

To my knowledge musk did none of this and was actually kind of coy about it? That's enough to assume it was intended as a Nazi salute.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago

Thesis + antithesis = synthesis

Nazi billionaire republican + Nazi tattoo democrat war enjoyer = gee we live in a country that is waaaay too comfortable with Nazi shit among us

[–] sleeplessone@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago

My favorite song by Blackwater Oyster Kulak is Don't Fear the Wrecker.

[–] Arahnya@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

i thought "hexbear.net" was the handshake & was confused

[–] Guamer@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

doesn't the dem establishment hate him?

The Bernie Stay-Behind Network (aka the Left-Wing of the Social Fascists) are all-in on him, every single person tangentially connected to "progressive" DNC politics have all gone full Nazi to defend him.

[–] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 2 months ago

Only the Zionist dems. The socdem dems in senate and democratic voters love him.

[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Just want to point out there's a mirror to this meme where zionists who want him to lose and leftists who want him to lose shake hands

[–] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

yeah and it would be found on the DNC facebook page. Is that your cultural touchstone?

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