A Zionist Israeli step-brother who Graham is very close with.
Again you can’t attack his policies or the reality of the smeer campaign so instead you try to imply he’s secretly a Zionist. Do you have any idea how many anti-zionists that have Jewish Zionist family could say the same?
Meaning his wife is likely Israeli dual-citizen as well.
Great facts and logic here, just making shit up
Combined with him not calling for a full weapons embargo on Israel and taking all the J-Street positions
Again, what happened to your facts and logic? That’s demonstrably false. AIPAC Tracker includes J Street and all other israel lobbies, in case you didn’t check that.
Platner said his own views on Israel do not exactly align with J Street’s: “I do not let organizations dictate my opinions or politics to me. But I’m happy to work with folks who I think broadly, very much, share similar values and a similar outlook on the future.”
Asked to elaborate, he responded, “In order for the future to be one of safety and justice and decency, I firmly believe that everyone in the region, everyone who’s currently existing within, I would say, the security boundaries of what is currently the State of Israel — to include the occupied territories because I think that, at this point, it’s hard to say there isn’t any Israeli power in those areas — I think absolutely everyone needs to be given the exact same rights and freedoms.”
Him being an unrepentant mass murderer (of brown people which you don’t care about of course) frequent liar and cheater on his wife. It’s a red flag minefield.
Oh so because I don’t think all veterans are Nazis, because I think people have the capacity to grow, because I know how critical anti-imperialist veterans have been in anti-war movements in this and other countries, because I hold politicians like Platners opposition who VOTED for these wars more accountable than the individual soldiers, many of which took the fucking poverty draft, and especially ones that came out of the experience being anti-war, I’M the one who actually hates brown people? What a fucking brain-dead take.
Go ahead, support Susan Collins, you’re already doing everything you can to help her. Surely she must align more with your views than Platner, because you clearly want her to win instead.
No clear consideration of the actual policies in play, or the opposition and their policies, or the ground game and grassroots support, or who’s launching the attack ads, or how critical Maine is as a senete seat, or really any aspect of the reality of moving electoral politics left in America. What is this? You call this activism? You call this productive?
I used to have you tagged as an ally, now you’re just a Bad Empanada Stan and I don’t get why because he’s accomplished literally nothing. At least Mike from PA has produced actual progress in his own state. Both Mike and Hasan also promote and donate to viable left flank candidates. By why consider listening to people who are actually putting in the work to grow the left movement in America when you could instead listen to an Australian in Argentina who’s made it clear that he’s only making his content for the money (which he did without question when he and Hasan were both on Noah Samson’s live-stream.)
Why would you not use every opportunity to gain power, electoral or otherwise? The more left populist gains are made, the more popular and viable they clearly become nationwide. Electoral politics is only one avenue of organization, and one the DSA has been getting much better at. Where was the other viable candidate in Maine? Grassroots support is critical for viability.
Refusing to participate in elections, is conceding to the opposition in advance. Revolution doesn’t occur with is a single line of attack, class war is a multi-front war. Politicians are not friends, they are tools that are only as useful as what they will vote for.
Without electoral politics we don’t get Bernie, AOC, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Talib, Mamdani, Adam Hamaway, Adbul el-Sayed, Summer Lee, ect.
Maine proves the bar for candidates with left populist politics is incredibly low, clearly far lower for white men, and that progressive candidates can have widespread viability. Regardless of your personal view of veterans, it’s a pro when it comes to the average voter. And on top of that he’s an anti-war, anti-zionist, anti-genocide veteran who’s got a bunch of popular progressive policies. And in addition to that he’s also up against the pro-war Pro-Israel Republican fascist Susan Collins, who’s far worse on literally every single issue. He’s not head-to-head with another progressive in the primary. The choice is clear.
No clear consideration of the actual policies in play, or the opposition and their policies, or the ground game and grassroots support, or who’s launching the attack ads, or how critical Maine is as a senete seat, or really any aspect of the reality of moving electoral politics left in America. What is this? You call this activism? You call this productive?
This pretty much nails it, it’s the same histrionic purity testing every time. The dude refused to call it a genocide and instead said what matters are people are starving. Then when there were indictments that it is a genocide, he started calling it a genocide. So I guess he was supposed to get drawn into stupid debates about the definition of words instead of stating plainly that Israel was starving people 🙄
Funny enough, it’s the same tactic Republicans use. They only cynically use attacks from a left-framework in order to attack left candidates. They do this all the time. Whether it’s false antisemitism slander or smear campaigns of shit a decade ago. In fact, the tactic goes as far as attacking liberation movements for not being sufficiently pro-LGBT, as Israel does against Hamas to western audiences. It’s all cynical, and all to prevent any left movement in it’s respective context.
Again you can’t attack his policies or the reality of the smeer campaign so instead you try to imply he’s secretly a Zionist. Do you have any idea how many anti-zionists that have Jewish Zionist family could say the same?
Great facts and logic here, just making shit up
Again, what happened to your facts and logic? That’s demonstrably false. AIPAC Tracker includes J Street and all other israel lobbies, in case you didn’t check that.
All very different from the J Street position.
Oh so because I don’t think all veterans are Nazis, because I think people have the capacity to grow, because I know how critical anti-imperialist veterans have been in anti-war movements in this and other countries, because I hold politicians like Platners opposition who VOTED for these wars more accountable than the individual soldiers, many of which took the fucking poverty draft, and especially ones that came out of the experience being anti-war, I’M the one who actually hates brown people? What a fucking brain-dead take.
Go ahead, support Susan Collins, you’re already doing everything you can to help her. Surely she must align more with your views than Platner, because you clearly want her to win instead.
No clear consideration of the actual policies in play, or the opposition and their policies, or the ground game and grassroots support, or who’s launching the attack ads, or how critical Maine is as a senete seat, or really any aspect of the reality of moving electoral politics left in America. What is this? You call this activism? You call this productive?
I used to have you tagged as an ally, now you’re just a Bad Empanada Stan and I don’t get why because he’s accomplished literally nothing. At least Mike from PA has produced actual progress in his own state. Both Mike and Hasan also promote and donate to viable left flank candidates. By why consider listening to people who are actually putting in the work to grow the left movement in America when you could instead listen to an Australian in Argentina who’s made it clear that he’s only making his content for the money (which he did without question when he and Hasan were both on Noah Samson’s live-stream.)
Anyone who supports Nazis is not an ally of mine.
If he was just a veteran that’d be one thing. This guy loved killing so much he became a fucking Blackwater mercenary.
That’s unforgivable. He shouldn’t be running for office, he should be in prison.
I don’t disagree, other than I’m an advocate for restorative justice, and he’s by far the only path for a left Maine given the current conditions
Think outside the ballot box.
Why would you not use every opportunity to gain power, electoral or otherwise? The more left populist gains are made, the more popular and viable they clearly become nationwide. Electoral politics is only one avenue of organization, and one the DSA has been getting much better at. Where was the other viable candidate in Maine? Grassroots support is critical for viability.
Refusing to participate in elections, is conceding to the opposition in advance. Revolution doesn’t occur with is a single line of attack, class war is a multi-front war. Politicians are not friends, they are tools that are only as useful as what they will vote for.
Without electoral politics we don’t get Bernie, AOC, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Talib, Mamdani, Adam Hamaway, Adbul el-Sayed, Summer Lee, ect.
Maine proves the bar for candidates with left populist politics is incredibly low, clearly far lower for white men, and that progressive candidates can have widespread viability. Regardless of your personal view of veterans, it’s a pro when it comes to the average voter. And on top of that he’s an anti-war, anti-zionist, anti-genocide veteran who’s got a bunch of popular progressive policies. And in addition to that he’s also up against the pro-war Pro-Israel Republican fascist Susan Collins, who’s far worse on literally every single issue. He’s not head-to-head with another progressive in the primary. The choice is clear.
This pretty much nails it, it’s the same histrionic purity testing every time. The dude refused to call it a genocide and instead said what matters are people are starving. Then when there were indictments that it is a genocide, he started calling it a genocide. So I guess he was supposed to get drawn into stupid debates about the definition of words instead of stating plainly that Israel was starving people 🙄
Funny enough, it’s the same tactic Republicans use. They only cynically use attacks from a left-framework in order to attack left candidates. They do this all the time. Whether it’s false antisemitism slander or smear campaigns of shit a decade ago. In fact, the tactic goes as far as attacking liberation movements for not being sufficiently pro-LGBT, as Israel does against Hamas to western audiences. It’s all cynical, and all to prevent any left movement in it’s respective context.
It’s like they all get the same script hmmmmm what could it beeeeeee
Just say what you mean, or go back to reddit you insufferable fucking chud