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This whole Graham Platner saga has been such a good litmus test for the western left. The Russia/ Ukraine war was already a good one for 3 years, but that one was harder to use for westerners. This one though? Clear cut war criminal with blatant Nazi symbolism tattooed on his chest running on a social fascist platform, and the best defence these radlibs have is “but he said he was a communist on Le Wholesome Reddit!!!”.
Even if you take them at their word (I don't and people shouldn't) then it's a spectacular failure that the supposed great white hope of the American left is a guy (and electoral team, and media boosters, and surrounding organisers) who are such dipshits / so totally out of touch that they though having an explicitly Nazi tattoo wouldn't be an issue with anyone on the left, never mind wouldn't provide an amazing attack line for everyone else.
Just pathetic even by their own reasoning.
He claimed himself to be a dedicated anti-fascist and did not „know“ that his tattoo is the second/third most widespread fascist tattoo there is.
Like come on, even if that was true, he shouldn’t be anywhere near an iota of authority.
Exactly. And neither should anybody daft enough to have not thought it would be an issue or to try this 'well actually' change the subject nonsense that the mainstream Dems do but better and with more clout and (lack of) conviction.