Chatters deflated this dude in record time. Weaponizes mental illness and then immediately back peddled saying "you know that's not what I mean". Paints them as monoliths BE fans. Puts a ban out on all BE supporters in the chat for being "parasocial thinkers". Then mopes and pouts for the next 20+ minutes.
I enjoy Hasan, I like the Fear& podcast, but I also see his limitations, and it fully drives me up a wall when he starts dropping "mental illness" derogatorily. Use that college education and find some new fucking words.
Anyway, I don't know much about Graham Platner, but I love this part of his Wikipedia page:
He was pictured holding a sign reading "Free Kosovo, Chechnya, Kashmir, Palestine, Kurdistan, Tibet". When he was 18, he was quoted in the Bangor Daily News after protesting President George W. Bush and the Iraq War at an appearance by Bush at Bangor International Airport.[7]
Platner enlisted in the Marine Corps shortly after graduating from high school, and served three tours in Iraq, in areas including Ramadi and Fallujah.
How do you get from "protesting the Iraq war" to "did three tours in Iraq including Fallujah"?
I get it, he's doing the populist thing, but we should be clear that populism isn't socialism by it self. If I have that wrong then maybe Donald Trump is the greatest socialist of our time.
I have more faith in Zohran coming out of the DSA then this guy coming off the oyster boat. I have a funny feeling he won't be met with the same resistance that these DSA candidates are getting hit with. At least there is a chance thr DNC turns on the DSA and forces them to rethink their strategy. There is nothing supporting this guy should he get the same treatment. I don't think he will though. I think the dems like dudes who do 5 tours as an imperial foot soldier and another as a security contractor for the State Department.
I think what I and others have grown to see as criticism of Hasan here is how little he appears to factor in peoples proximity to the democrats and the DNC. The democrats as an organization are not interested in ending the genocide. They voted in favor of it just last week. For this guy, I have a strong feeling he's going to fit right in because he is clearly a military enthusiast, which tells me Gaza is only a bargaining chip for him (maybe). Could he be anti war consistently? It's hard to say, but I know that this current DSA situation stands a better chance of being actually principled on the matter as opposed to this independent/Democratic hopeful.
Hasan always seems to admit or take this position after getting into spats with his chat. I'm honestly suspect of powerful figures finding the light on Gaza now because there is a clear "point of no return" that were entering into or HAVE entered into where the population will be so damaged by the famine that they will experience yet unheard of mass levels of health complications that will last for generations. I think some people seeking power are cynical enough to make that calculation.
Oh yea I agree I don't trust the vet guy lmao, but when I hear the actual arguments from hasan in this sort of thing I tend to agree with the reasoning and strategy, have not paid attention this time. He also shits on the DNC and anyone close to it a lot so I feel like he's not naive on this guy, the bar is just incredibly low regarding palestine, and I get it tbh. Anything that can move the needle and put pressure now even if the guy is shit layer, Palestinians don't have a lot of time.
At least that's how I understand it. People seem insistent to put online figures on a good or bad pedestal when I really don't care about them beyond actual results.