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16. Politics in America today - a social media post from 10 years ago, and you're toast.

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Thu Mar 26, 2026, 07:28 AM

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Was that comment part of a pattern, a one-off, were there behaviors and publics stands along these same lines, etc.?

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ME-SEN: Mills releases another ad knocking Platner over sexual assault remarks [View all] RandySF Thursday OP

Now, I hate him even more. QueerDuck Thursday #1

I only recently learned about him from here on DU, and am, to put it niyad Thursday #87

Rightwing language... calling him progressive... ananda Thursday #2

These kinds of ads will cost us this seat Pototan Thursday #3

No, He will win the Primary and the GE . JI7 Thursday #6

No. Collin's will beat him. RandySF Thursday #9

No, he is a young white hetero man and that's all that matters in this race JI7 Thursday #11

41 is not exactly "young", even to my advanced years. niyad Thursday #13

Young for the Senate and compared to the women he is running against. JI7 Thursday #15

Collins has a ton of good oppo to use if Planter is the nominee LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #111

How will she beat him if he wins the Primary ? JI7 Thursday #115

I think that Collins will defeat Planter if he is the nominee LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #118

What oppo have you seen that will hurt him in the general election ? JI7 Thursday #119

He seems like one of those Joe Rogan type podcasters that are so popular. betsuni Thursday #123

Yes JI7 Thursday #124

The tattoo really pesters me LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #126

This is already known and it's not hurting him JI7 Thursday #127

Mills has not used this line of attack yet LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #128

So the Marines didn't want him back because - Nazi sympathizer mcar Friday #129

Collin's and the GOP will have fun with this LetMyPeopleVote Friday #132

Oh yeah mcar Friday #133

There is a ton of oppo already out that Collins and the GOP will use against Platner LetMyPeopleVote Friday #131

I have had a bad feeling Collins will skate by once again fujiyamasan Thursday #7

I don't think it's the moderate thing. I think it's because she probably brings things to the state JI7 Thursday #12

Platner basically wrote the ad for her. RandySF Thursday #10

So we should ignore things? EdmondDantes_ Thursday #24

If they disqualified Platner, it would be better to have them now karynnj Thursday #92

Just locker room talk... Boo1 Thursday #93

Very progressive of him JI7 Thursday #4

I do hope you forgot the sarcasm thingy. niyad Thursday #29

The sarcasm speaks for itself. MorbidButterflyTat Thursday #106

Not in this case. niyad Thursday #108

It's already... 2naSalit Thursday #5

That seems to be the standard answer Puppyjive Thursday #8

Wow, victim shaming big time. It's more like ply with drinks... Joinfortmill Thursday #18

And there is the fact that not all women or girls who are raped are niyad Thursday #30

That is true. Joinfortmill Thursday #95

This guy has at least had some very backwards views at one point SSJVegeta Thursday #14

He excused them by saying he was experiencing PTSD episodes. niyad Thursday #32

Social media should start coming with surgeon general disclaimers SSJVegeta Thursday #38

As I keep reminding people who do not seem to grasp the concept, once niyad Thursday #41

💯 SSJVegeta Thursday #122

Politics in America today - a social media post from 10 years ago, and you're toast. TheRickles Thursday #16

What about the Nazi tattoo? RandySF Thursday #17

Yikes! Joinfortmill Thursday #19

Yeah, that's what I want to know. AllyCat Thursday #22

I believe his story that it was a drunken night out with the boys. TheRickles Thursday #25

And how do you explain his working for Blackwater as a mercenary? EX500rider Thursday #28

Six months doing security for the US Ambassador in Kabul. Not the stereotype Blackwater stuff. TheRickles Thursday #34

Doing security IS typical Blackwater stuff. EX500rider Thursday #37

A totenkopf is not obscure. He knew what it was and kept it for years. WhiskeyGrinder Thursday #31

Had you ever seen this symbol before the Platner story broke? I hadn't. TheRickles Thursday #33

Having a passing knowledge of World War II and being someone who thinks it's important to keep an eye on Nazi WhiskeyGrinder Thursday #35

Actually, even I knew about that tattoo decades ago, but then, I pay niyad Thursday #42

Most people I know recognize(d) it immediately DFW Thursday #63

It's not common in the world of tattoos because most people don't get Nazi tattoos EX500rider Thursday #90

And called it his Totenkopf. yorkster Thursday #62

Link to prove that? questionseverything Thursday #66

Don't have a link, but have read somewhere yorkster Thursday #69

See my post right below. The evidence is damning. yardwork Thursday #73

Thx yardwork. yorkster Thursday #75

CNN: yardwork Thursday #71

I don't want politicians that support Israel blindly questionseverything Thursday #74

You'd rather a Nazi? mcar Thursday #79

If you think about it, that's a consistent position. yardwork Thursday #82

You trust people who tattoo themselves with Nazi imagery more than people who are sympathetic to Jews? Got it. tritsofme Thursday #89

He bragged about his Nazi tattoo for years. yardwork Thursday #36

That's what worries me 😞 MustLoveBeagles Thursday #49

Talk is cheap. He knew the tat was a Nazi symbol but did nothing about it mcar Thursday #59

This progressive isn't fooled by him MustLoveBeagles Thursday #81

Oh Planter "blames it on a drunken night".. But Cha Thursday #120

He has a long history of using gay as a pejorative and other slurs for gay people EdmondDantes_ Thursday #26

First of all, it was more than a single post. Second, the fact that he niyad Thursday #39

No one in their right mind would make such horrific comments mcar Thursday #57

Politics in America today .... MorbidButterflyTat Thursday #109

I was reading yesterday (not here), where he defended those vile niyad Thursday #20

Thank you for this mcar Thursday #60

You are most welcome. I was so outraged and offended on behalf niyad Thursday #85

Like Elon and his Nazi salute mcar Thursday #86

Exactly. F-leon skum may be autistic, but he is also a nasty little piece niyad Thursday #88

If he were a Republican Boo1 Thursday #21

Mills Zoom Town Hall WalkingMan1959 Thursday #23

Emerson just released a poll showing him leading Mills 55-27 bearsfootball516 Thursday #27

You know what that tells me? yardwork Thursday #44

Sadly, you are quite correct. niyad Thursday #47

Woman: flawed candidate, baggage, untrustworthy, who is she really. White man: Authentic! Fighting for me! betsuni Thursday #97

In 2016, I actually had a family member tell me that HRC wasn't qualified mcar Friday #130

This man has made offensive, derogatory and bigoted comments Quiet Em Thursday #40

Platner comes from the same billionaires who elected Trump twice. yardwork Thursday #43

Speaking of evidence, where's the evidence of billionaires supporting Platner? TheRickles Thursday #45

Ahem. yardwork Thursday #46

Two issues here - inappropriate rhetoric, and specific political platforms TheRickles Thursday #55

Democrats are pro-oligarch, "unable to fight Trump as the avatar of corporate oligarchic power" betsuni Thursday #96

Also, while I have your attention. yardwork Thursday #51

You might be right, and you might be wrong. TheRickles Thursday #58

For me personally AZProgressive Thursday #125

Mills is very supportive of Israel, and I have read she has been supported by AIPAC money questionseverything Thursday #56

Proof, please? mcar Thursday #64

You were asked yesterday for evidence and admitted you have none. yardwork Thursday #67

I'm allowed to have an opinion and state true things I have read or heard questionseverything Thursday #68

And when did Mills stop beating her dog? yardwork Thursday #72

Isn't this you asking someone else for a citation of something you could have googled? EdmondDantes_ Thursday #113

Having AIPAC's support and supporting Israel are interchangeable to me questionseverything Thursday #114

That's rather pointedly not an answer EdmondDantes_ Thursday #121

If the link is to a page in your browser, you can highlight it by tapping and holding with your finger until the "copy" WhiskeyGrinder Thursday #70

I'm old, almost 70, your instructions might as well be in greek, ty tho questionseverything Thursday #77

Truth out has an article saying Israel and the USA have bombed questionseverything Thursday #78

Really not sure what that terrible true fact has to do with Mills taking AIPAC money, but okay. WhiskeyGrinder Thursday #80

Because that's what anyone supporting Israel is supporting questionseverything Thursday #98

All I'm denying is your claim that she's taken AIPAC money. I don't fuck with moving goalposts. WhiskeyGrinder Thursday #99

This message was self-deleted by its author questionseverything Thursday #100

This guy gives me Fetterman vibes... (n/t) appmanga Thursday #48

Also Sinema & Manchin MustLoveBeagles Thursday #52

Good for Mills mcar Thursday #50

No need to wait. yardwork Thursday #53

Populist purity get-out-of-jail-free card. Too bad he wasn't drunk enough to think of a "Medicare for All" tattoo. betsuni Thursday #84

Exactly. Impossible word wishes over the reality of evil billionaires taking over Nixie Thursday #103

There has been negative response to these ads Easterncedar Thursday #54

Imagine the Ads Collins will Run Aepps22 Thursday #61

They'll be the same ads that Mills is currently running, and polling shows voters don't care. bearsfootball516 Thursday #76

So one of two things will happen. yardwork Thursday #83

However, once he wins the primary mr715 Thursday #91

He is a poor choice for a candidate dlk Thursday #65

"But he'll lose to Collins" biocube Thursday #94

This has nothing to do with HRC mr715 Thursday #107

A hypothetical matchup in April is not the same as the actual election in November. RandySF Thursday #112

Platner "Why don't black people tip? BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #101

There aren't that many black people in Maine. Maine is mostly white JI7 Thursday #116

"Bastards. Cops are bastards. All of them, in fact," Platner wrote. BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #102

that last one will cost him dearly in the most rural state in the nation dsc Thursday #117

She is fantastic. She was just on MSNOW. I wish I could Nixie Thursday #104

Too bad in this country, MorbidButterflyTat Thursday #105

Great ad LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #110