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favoredponcho@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.world · 6 days ago

Graham Platner Wins in Maine, Turning Anti-Establishment Fight on Susan Collins

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Graham Platner Wins in Maine, Turning Anti-Establishment Fight on Susan Collins

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favoredponcho@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.world · 6 days ago
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Amid a raft of negative press that emerged in the last days of the primary, Maine voters picked the Marine Corps veteran in a landslide.
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    This guy had a literal nazi concentration camp guard tattoo on his chest and that wasn’t even enough for democrats voters to not vote for him lol.

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      He… had a deathshead tattoo that he got while drunk on leave from the marines in Croatia. He didn’t know what it was other than “cool skull” and got it covered when he found out what it was.

      He also was the only person in the race saying “tax the rich” and “Medicare for all”

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        That’s his story, but it doesn’t check out. He knew what it was. He’s supposedly a war history nut lol.

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        He also murdered innocent civilians, and liked it so much he went back 4 more times! Then he became a mercenary for hire, to kill even more people!

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          What are you even talking about? He hasn’t killed a single American!

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            There are people who genuinely think like this, in this thread.

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              Oh I know it

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          What a nonsensical and useless statement.

          Like, just, completely bad faith argument.

          If you hate all US politics and see it all as hopeless and pointless why are you even commenting here?

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            ??

            If you think these basic facts about this man’s life are an argument, I think you need more help than I can provide.

            I don’t support murderers or people who get Nazi tattoos? Seemed pretty obvious why I was commenting?

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              I think it’s pretty obvious that you wouldn’t support any candidate in a US election, which means that you disliking one means basically nothing.

              Just say you don’t believe in electoralism and nock it off with the rhetorical nonsense, you’re not doing any good here or helping your cause.

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                Unfortunately, your conclusions are garbage, as we can see from this thread. Good luck with your Nazi-murderer senator!

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      Having a genocidal tattoo is still a lesser offense than actively aiding and enabling a genocide.

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        Whatever helps you sleep at night.

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          That’s a weird response. Why wouldn’t I be able to sleep? What do you think I’ve done that would make me loose sleep over guilt?

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        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War

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      It’s funny cause republican voters still vote for child rapists lol

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        Who are you talking about?

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        One can say raping children is a prerequisite to be a Republican politician.

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