I know about the ginned up outrage dragged up by the Mills campaign. The dozens of years ago old Reddit posts that Platner responded to head on, explained, and I have seen him with women around him and he doesn’t act like a misogynist. He doesn’t try to justify the comments and denounces them. He does explain the mindset at the time he wrote them. A man in a male dominated macho military infantry unit who had been in combat was letting off steam in writing, not acting physically. He doesn’t believe that stuff now but the internet is a forever machine. He has changed from that angry young man into a thoughtful adult. If I were in Maine I could clearly see what he brings to the table vrs what Mills does. I strongly support Platner. Hugs
Platner Is CRUSHING Maine’s Senate Primary
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Well, it’s Maine’s election, so it’s their decision. That said, the misogyny situation is not ginned up. Things have happened, some recently. Everyone who is concerned should do their own research and make their own decisions. It’s still a world where no one believes women even when they have DNA evidence (not saying that’s this situation so relax!) and that offends most thinking women.
I know Janet Mills is old. And she’s not a big liberal, but neither is Platner. Thing is, we know Janet Mills’s work. Platner is unprove, and no one wants another situation like we got with Fetterman. Personally, I haven’t seen enough of him addressing the situations in which Platner has put himself that have upset women, nor have I seen remorse. The guys who are pushing him because he’s young just want us to let it go and wait and see. I’m not in Maine, so it doesn’t matter how I feel about it. Except that we should not build up men who want to run for office, excuse them when “things” come up, then end up, again, with a Jon Fetterman or a Bill Clinton.
Meanwhile, there are worse guys running as Dems when they’re actually Republican and have reported to their donors that they will perform as the Republicans they are. That story showed up for a day or two, (not on MR,) and then sort of petered out. Lets have more journalism about that!
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Hi Ali. I wrote a long detailed reply and then got really tired, forgot it, restarted the computer and lost it. Arnt you glad? 😂🤣😋😀 So I will try to keep this reply shorter and more on point.
Ok I remember clearly defending your right to weigh in on the Maine election due to the fact it is not a local one but this is for the federal senate meaning it can affect you how he votes. I feel the same for my voice on this. As for his reddit comments he did address them in a clip played on The Majority Report that I did post. He did admit to writing them, explained the time and situation he was in when he did, that he was recently out of the military from a combat unit. He disavowed the things he wrote, he claimed he didn’t believe that, and he also said he would stand against that which he wrote. He took responsibility.
As for people not believing women, try being a gay man in a police station trying to press rape charges against a woman to a straight cop. I had friends get a beating from the cops for it. But you are correct. Yet Janet Mills vetoed and delayed a bill that would require the processing of rape kits in a timely manner. She said she vetoed it because she did not like how the bill was pushed through the legislature meaning she did not like the people who wrote and pressed for it. I also don’t like how she won’t do in-person town halls or meetings. Platner does and draws huge crowds while hers barely have any people and the one I seen the clips of the people there were not supportive of her. Every clip I have seen of her is defensive and angry.
Lastly I am not sure of what you mean by the guys pushing him wanting to just wait and see what comes. I don’t see it that way and I am an old guy pushing for him. I see it as strategic. I understand he is young, energetic, and claims he won’t be bought by special interest groups and lobbying. He can start building seniority which is what Collins’s big talking point is, she has seniority and is on the appropriations committee, so she can bring back goodies. Mills has already promised to serve one six year term so she is starting at the bottom and anyone who follows her will be starting at the bottom. Platner will have six years under his belt. I did hear of several republicans in different areas running as democrats. I have posted some. The problem Republicans have is they want to rule not represent the people. Their goals and ideas are unpopular so they have to resort to cheating and voter suppression to win. They can’t run on their policies so they run fake campaigns. They have gerrymandered so tightly only the most hardcore right wingers can win in those districts and no democrats have a chance to win. Also voter suppression laws like the SAVE act and restricting voting places such as no longer allowing campus voting or not allowing student IDs anymore. But you already know all that.
Believe it or not this is far shorter than the first one I wrote. I told you I went into detail with the first one. I’m glad I lost it before it got sent. It was an essay legnth production you really did not need. Please send me any information about Platner I may be missing. I do take mistreatment of women and misogyny seriously. And there may be stuff I am not seeing. But from what I have seen he seems to have dealt with it to my satisfaction that he is no longer that person. Hugs
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Well, as I said, you are entitled to your opinion, as are people who are discomfited by what you’ve seen as a fact that Platner may have expressed some sort of remorse on TMR. Many guys watch that. There is a good reason why many women don’t. It’s a lot to explain, and I don’t want to get into an argument about this.
Janet Mills’s problem, for you, I believe (and likely am wrong!) is that Schumer pushed her into running. Her vetoes have to do with her office of governor, which is not the same as a legislator, many of whom don’t know how to write law. She has also written law. She wants to be governor, but Sen. Schumer prevailed upon her to run. This is not on Janet Mills.
I’m only saying, be careful about supporting a person because they’re young, they aren’t endorsed by Schumer or other moderate politicos, and they’re a guy. He’s got little experience, yet wants to jump right into being a Dem Senator. I’d like to see him do a little work in the party to make sure he’s a Dem, and also to begin a little lower and learn the job. before running.
As to further info, I haven’t collected it, only read it over time. But I posted an article by someone who put it together, the day after this article and my comments.
Again, everyone is entitled to their opinions. I just really wish people would check into everything before deciding what to believe because a person they admire or a show they prefer endorses them.
You should broaden your viewing horizon if all you’ve ever seen of Janet Mills is anger. Seriously. I’ve never seen her like that, though I’m sure she does get angry.
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