We read Graham Platner’s whole Reddit archive. The vilification of the Maine candidate for Senate doesn’t square with what he actually wrote in his posts.
Is this guy just some artificially propped up guy/war criminal that says he is a communist and now leftists(very broad) are fighting about it? I am pretty out of the loop on this just seeing posts here that seem to assume the context
He said he was a communist in some old reddit posts like 5 years ago and disavowed.
I guess he’s said some socdem things but that’s not enough to get the backing of anyone to the left of Bernie Sanders on is own. Not to mention everything else.
Has he done anything other than say some socdem things? Also disavowed being a communist lol (but apparently not his military past), so is it just DSA Bernie types trying to bat for Platner instead of like any other organizers?
There was a nascent SRA group that fell apart quite quickly that he might have been involved in. Nothing else to my knowledge besides a hyper-local thing opposing some sort of development.
There isn’t really much of an activist scene in Maine, especially the part of the state where he’s from. Still you’d think he’d have done something to make a name for himself before becoming Bernie money’s candidate for Senate.
I’m pretty much where you’re at. I think Bernie duped a bunch of people into it with his endorsement (cause he clearly cares exclusively about social democracy while disregarding imperialism).
Is this guy just some artificially propped up guy/war criminal that says he is a communist and now leftists(very broad) are fighting about it? I am pretty out of the loop on this just seeing posts here that seem to assume the context
He said he was a communist in some old reddit posts like 5 years ago and disavowed.
I guess he’s said some socdem things but that’s not enough to get the backing of anyone to the left of Bernie Sanders on is own. Not to mention everything else.
Has he done anything other than say some socdem things? Also disavowed being a communist lol (but apparently not his military past), so is it just DSA Bernie types trying to bat for Platner instead of like any other organizers?
Has anyone seen this guy at any org meeting? Done a shred of mutual aid? Attend a single food not bombs meal?
The only thing I have seen cited as activist work in his adult life is something that sounds like a local climate change org.
But he fucking owns an oyster farm, he’s fighting for his business interests lol.
There was a nascent SRA group that fell apart quite quickly that he might have been involved in. Nothing else to my knowledge besides a hyper-local thing opposing some sort of development.
There isn’t really much of an activist scene in Maine, especially the part of the state where he’s from. Still you’d think he’d have done something to make a name for himself before becoming Bernie money’s candidate for Senate.
I’m pretty much where you’re at. I think Bernie duped a bunch of people into it with his endorsement (cause he clearly cares exclusively about social democracy while disregarding imperialism).
DSA actually has nothing to do with him surprisingly. Bernie definitely does though.