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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 8h

But of course removing a statue of a Confederate traitor is "erasing history"

takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 8h

The tattoo he had covered up only after it became a political liability and his excuses weren't holding water.

If you were looking for a Nazi to infiltrate the Democratic Party, a racist former Blackwater mercenary who claims he has seen the light sounds like a prime candidate.

takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 8h

Platner's Nazi tattoo has people asking a lot of questions already answered by his tattoo

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 8h

In most cases, that would be smart, as presidents usually have little control over inflation. I try to hold onto hope that this might be different since the inflation is clearly, directly caused by Trump's actions.

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Democrats @democrats.org · 11h

Trump’s tearing down the East Wing to build himself a $350M ballroom while Americans struggle to afford health care.

Senator Ruben Gallego went to the site of the Trump teardown.

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 10h

Poll was before the tattoo story came out

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 10h

No, it wasn't. The tattoo news came out on the 21st. Very few, if any, people polled would have heard about it.

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 10h

This poll was before the tattoo became known

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 20h

There's no way Brooks doesn't know that he's helping the fascists. He has made his choice.

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 1d

You're refuting things I never said

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 1d

And if everybody on the left vacated the place, it would be harder for journalists and brands and whatnot to justify staying in the Nazi bar. But as long as people like Stancil stay there, there's a fig leaf of non-Naziism.

takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 1d

I don't have a master plan, but I do tell people who post on X (like Stancil) that they're hurting, not helping.

How does posting antifascist stuff on X convince people that X is a fascist site? It's plainly counterproductive.

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 1d

I think one way to make it clear that X is fascist is for all the non-fascists to leave. Kinda hard for Stancil to claim that X is fascist while posting over there.

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not spreading their antisemitic content over here, so I'm doing something right

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 1d

If you can get the mainstream media interested in this story, that would be fantastic. But if not, I don't see the purpose of posting there.

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 1d

You're helping to support the Nazi bar, not burning it down

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 2d

The media who will ignore this are also complicit

takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 2d

The Kennedys are far left. Okay bud.

takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 2d

If you can't see why it is different for rightwingers to accept someone in spite of far right associations and leftwingers to accept someone in spite of far right connections, I guess there's not much to talk about

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 2d

So Republicans want candidates who make Dems recoil, so that means some folks on the left want candidates... who make Dems recoil.

And you're clearly wrong - Republicans absolutely do recoil over women, POCs, LGBTQ people, etc. Lots of stuff.

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 2d

If the far right were looking to create a Trojan Horse candidate to infiltrate the left, they'd probably pick a former Blackwater mercenary who was a hardcore racist.

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 2d

People need to allow for the possibility that Planter has been a Trojan Horse the entire time.

Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 2d

A screenshot from the linked story. The texts says:

Platner has also drawn scrutiny for appearing in a photo this summer with a white supremacist agitator in Maine, Richard Ward, who is running for a Bangor City Council seat.
Ward, a far-right activist who frequently spreads neo-Nazi rhetoric and imagery, wrote on Facebook in late August that he met and shook hands with Platner during an encounter at a Maine fair, posting a photo in which they are both seen standing side by side.
“Shaking hands with Graham Platner today at Blue Hill Fair,” Ward said. “Check out Graham Platner for U.S. Senate. We have a lot in common.”
In the photo, Ward is pictured wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the number “88,” an apparent reference to a widely recognized neo-Nazi code for “Heil Hitler.” The post, a screenshot of which was obtained by JI, has since been deleted from Ward’s Facebook page.

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 2d

And 'former Blackwater guy' is the exact kind of person you'd tap for a long-term, deep undercover Trojan Horse mission.

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 2d

This would not make a single Republican recoil, at least not if the candidate was a Republican themselves

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takethepith.bsky.social @takethepith.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like 10 years ago this would hardly have been a question. Both parties would have immediately balked at a candidate with a Nazi tattoo. But Trump has thoroughly normalized hardcore racism. We're at a point where even some folks on the left are willing to swallow it.

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