I’m not the person you asked, nor have I been going around defending Platner, but I have to admit that I don’t know what to believe. Between so much bullshit and disinformation floating around in general (especially against progressives/socialists), and remembering what happened to Al Franken in particular, it’s all too conveniently-timed and politically-motivated for me to trust the accusations.
I’m not going to go to bat for the guy (especially since it’s a moot point now anyway, obviously), but I’m not going to join the character-assassination dogpile either.
Between so much bullshit and disinformation floating around in general (especially against progressives/socialists)
Both sides use this to diminish and dismiss valid claims. Replace progressives/socialists with conservatives and it’s the same argument I see against the sex crimes on the right.
I’m not going to get into too much detail because I’m pretty fucking tired of this conversation these days, and as you pointed out it’s a moot point in this particular case, but we on the left need to step back and recognize that there’s issues with believing women on our side as well. That intersectionality exists and that there are many, many people on the left that have no idea what our rape culture has allowed to continue with regard to how we treat women. And that ignorance is not acceptable.
These claims against Platner are actually really credible. There’s quite a bit of evidence. I see a lot of this “I don’t know, maybe, maybe not, I didn’t look into it, I don’t know what the details are” as a defense to shrug this off.
Yeah. You can tell because he lost the primary.
Why do you defend Platner so much?
I’m not the person you asked, nor have I been going around defending Platner, but I have to admit that I don’t know what to believe. Between so much bullshit and disinformation floating around in general (especially against progressives/socialists), and remembering what happened to Al Franken in particular, it’s all too conveniently-timed and politically-motivated for me to trust the accusations.
I’m not going to go to bat for the guy (especially since it’s a moot point now anyway, obviously), but I’m not going to join the character-assassination dogpile either.
Both sides use this to diminish and dismiss valid claims. Replace progressives/socialists with conservatives and it’s the same argument I see against the sex crimes on the right.
I’m not going to get into too much detail because I’m pretty fucking tired of this conversation these days, and as you pointed out it’s a moot point in this particular case, but we on the left need to step back and recognize that there’s issues with believing women on our side as well. That intersectionality exists and that there are many, many people on the left that have no idea what our rape culture has allowed to continue with regard to how we treat women. And that ignorance is not acceptable.
These claims against Platner are actually really credible. There’s quite a bit of evidence. I see a lot of this “I don’t know, maybe, maybe not, I didn’t look into it, I don’t know what the details are” as a defense to shrug this off.
I get paid ~$17USD per day if I make enough comments. Thats more money than my cousin makes as a lorry driver.
Damn, not bad rates. Who do I contact to start getting paid for my loud opinions on the internet?
Idk I responded to a child sex trafficking ad on Vinted and next thing I know I was a third rank lieutenant in the Deep State