• dustcommie [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    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?

      • Huldra [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.net
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        2 months ago

        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.

      • Dimmer06 [he/him,comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        2 months ago

        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.

    • spectre [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      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).