• artyom@piefed.social
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    4 months ago

    I dunno what they’re expecting. He said the allegations were false. Why would he do that and then give “contrition and humility” to the people that supposedly made horrendous false allegations against him that torpedoed his career?

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      4 months ago

      It goes deeper than that because the person who’s accusing him stated plainly that he was actually blackout drunk when the incident occurred and that he didn’t remember it the next morning.

      Though I got to say for me, my doubt about him came several weeks ago when it was revealed that he had a Kik account he had been using up till less than a year ago that he was using to meet women. And if you know anything about Kik, you know that’s a very concerning thing. People use that platform are not good people.

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        The Kik thing wasn’t that serious. Most people would just go on tinder or another dating app to cheat but living in rural Maine that’s a recipe for getting caught. He probably used Kik for its global reach, not because he’s one of the awful users you hear about. Even more relevant to Platner, there are sub Reddits dedicated to meeting other consenting adults via Kik (Or at least there used to be, I haven’t checked in years).

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      4 months ago

      What’s crazy is everyone acting like he was “forced” to do this.

      Dude could have 100% just stayed in the race, no one had the authority to make him drop out.

      If he was half the monster the media has been wanting us to believe he is, he definitely would have stayed in the race, and no one could have done anything about it.

      He got Franklen’d

      Edit:

      Chuck Schumer did say he’d cut of DSCC support…

      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dscc-says-it-will-pull-funding-from-maine-senate-race-if-platner-doesn-t-drop-out/ar-AA27lokf

      For those who don’t know DSCC is what Schumer and the neoliberals still control after losing the DNC, it’s really not that important, but it’s wild so many accounts are suddenly showing up on Schumer and Israel’s side on this.

      Even if they just fell for the propaganda, it’s not a good sign for midterms they were fooled so easily, and since it worked it’s going to be more prevelent.

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        4 months ago

        Fuck Schumer, fuck the DNC and fuck all the idiots that thought it was a good idea to run a guy that had a Nazi tattoo on his chest for 18 years as a progressive.

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          4 months ago

          He was also a guard at Abu Ghraib… during the torture and systematic sexual assaults. And then he joined up with blackwater because he hadn’t had enough killing.

          But hey! Anti-establishment hero, amirite?!?!? Real shame there was a concentrated smear campaign run on a politician in an important race. Damn you secret establishment cabal!

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            4 months ago

            He was a guard in the area of Ghraib 2 years after the scandal broke. And you don’t get to choose your orders in the military.

            Misinformation and botnetting like the establishment did to him reveal a deep rot in our campaign and political system, on top of everything else wrong with it.

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        4 months ago

        If he was half the monster the media has been wanting us to believe he is, he definitely would have stayed in the race, and no one could have done anything about it. He got Franklen’d

        Franken was not credibly accused of rape and sexual sexual assaults… Maybe he stopped because if he didn’t there would actually be a criminal investigation. You know, because of the crimes?

        Just the fact that he re-enlisted twice to go to unjust wars and then signed up to be a mercenary makes him a monster. The rape and Nazi tattoo just adds more fuel to an already burning pile of shit.

        many accounts are suddenly showing up on Schumer and Israel’s side on this.

        People have been saying this shit for over a year. You just claim anyone who disagrees with your terrible takes have fallen for propaganda.

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        4 months ago

        The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is the Democrats’ fundraising arm specifically for Senate races. It has been an entity for more than 100 years.

        It’s not “what Schumer and the neoliberals still control after losing the DNC.” I don’t even know what that’s supposed to mean.

        It’s important because it’s one of the major three national Democratic Party committees that collect and spend funds on federal-level elections. (Republicans have parallel committees, too.)

        Withholding funds from a specific Senate race is a pretty serious step for the party to take.

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          It’s not “what Schumer and the neoliberals still control after losing the DNC.” I don’t even know what that’s supposed to mean

          I meant they are two distinct organizations:

          1. DNC

          2. DSCC

          And that since the neoliberals lost the DNC, they keep acting like the DSCC is important.

          Withholding funds from a specific Senate race is a pretty serious step for the party to take.

          If you had been asking questions instead of making false statements and waiting for someone to correct you, I’d have linked some resources for how much the DSCC normally pays, and how much the DNC has been paying since the neoliberals got the boot.

          Now I’m never going to see any of your comments again instead.