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Why The Smears Against Graham Platner Didn’t Work (jacobin.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by pete_link@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] midribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Reading is hard sometimes, I'm sorry you struggled with it:

Jewish Insider first reported about the former acquaintance, who recalled Platner referring to the image as “my Totenkopf” in a joking way more than a decade ago. CNN spoke with that same acquaintance, who reiterated the recollection. Genevieve McDonald, Platner’s former political director, told the Bangor Daily News that she had been aware of the tattoo since at least August and that Platner himself acknowledged it “could be problematic.”

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

My mistake. Not sure why the word search didn’t find it before. I’ll restore the original comment. I’ll forgive the self-righteous indignation because I can understand why having your memory questioned is frustrating.

[–] midribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

You didn't question my memory, you questioned my honesty, and I took that personally. I appreciate the apology.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Good thing I’m not campaigning for office, or that mistake would disqualify me.

[–] midribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I question whether you are qualified to be a moderator, seeing how you called me a liar, called me indignant for correcting you, and failed to restore my comment after promising to do so 3 hours ago, probably because restoring it would make you look silly for removing it in the first place.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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