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So Graham Platner (the blackwater mercenary) has a nazi tattoo on his chest (old.reddit.com)

submitted 2 months ago by goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org to c/gossip@hexbear.net

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Idk what is most surprising here:

he hasn't gotten it covered (apparently had since 2006)
this made it through the pod save edit to be shown on their video
pod save had him on

Wonder what the excuses will be this time on why it's okay he's still in the race as if he wins probably will be another fetterman.

Or maybe I'm so conspiracy brained I wonder if this is a way to make the ancient governor running look like the best candidate

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[–] CleverOleg@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What’s key here though is I really don’t think ANYONE who we should take seriously or consider a comrade is saying Platner is a “leader” of the left. I believe most hexbears who are positive about Mamdani (or Platner before all this), myself included, see these people as weather vanes. They show there is definitely potential for the working class in the US to congeal into a class for itself. They show that people think the status quo is fucked and they want something better. But our class consciousness is so fucked and we have such a long row to hoe, it’s not unreasonable to point to political reps that might do things that the working class wants (even if they are only doing it for opportunistic reasons) and leverage that into more class consciousness.

[–] WildWeezing420@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

What’s key here though is I really don’t think ANYONE who we should take seriously or consider a comrade is saying Platner is a “leader” of the left

Elected representatives are leaders. Just one more social fascist with a nazi tattoo bro, just one more - electoralist addicts coping

[–] CleverOleg@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They are leaders in a definitional sense, not in a leader that we are upholding as our leader.

You are seeking out the least charitable possible explanation in this entire thread, including calling me a Nazi / social fascist elsewhere.

[–] WildWeezing420@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

They are leaders in a definitional sense

ah so... leaders?

You want guys like this to win and for America to become more like this guy? We could have one billion mamdanicans and we'd still be a social fascist shithole. This is a flawed conception of how to do politics

[–] WildWeezing420@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You literally deleted your comment in shame where you said that "hexbear is getting too leftcom for me" because we were purity testing over nazism.

[–] CleverOleg@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

I deleted it before you commented because I felt it wasn’t useful to the discussion, then undeleted it when I saw you commented because I’m not a jerk.