• Sleepless One@lemmy.ml
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      1 month ago

      The constant praising and elevation of him by “alternative” media types like Hasan telling us to disregard the nazi tattoo because he’s so wholesome now. Like I said though, I have no hard evidence. Not the best thought out take tbh, I probably shouldn’t have posted.

      • SerialExperimentsGay [she/her, she/her]@hexbear.net
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        IDK, sometimes a hunch is all you can go by. I don’t follow Hasan or any other political streamers, i’m not American, i can’t judge how the discourse about Platner really plays out aside from Hexbear threads that have the predictable mix of 99% “he’s a war criminal nazi, ofc he’s also a domestic abuser” and 1% totally unhinged “we must do a lesser evilism or the zionists win, you wokescolds”.

        What i can say is that this guy’s entire biography was a giant PR disaster waiting to happen, especially if you run him on any leftist platform. It seems the US has a massive demand for politicians who offer the mildest social democratic policies imaginable and look as if Walter White and Shrek had a baby and now the baby is all grown up and drinks too much and has had a run-in with gas station stimulants that went for a bit too long, so i see why people would bank their hopes on this guy, but the slightest bit of vetting should have made it clear that this campaign was a minefield and it doesn’t seem as if Fight Agency was actually prepared for that.