• UnspecificGravity@piefed.social
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    17 hours ago

    I’ve probably had a dozen reddit accounts over the years. I would imagine that he did too.

    People that actually wanted Collins to lose wanted a better candidate to win the Democratic primary so that she would face a less problematic opponent. The people that wanted her to WIN are probably ecstatic that they get to campaign against someone they can throw on an attack ad with their neo-nazi tattoo.

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      13 hours ago

      I’ve probably had a dozen reddit accounts over the years. I would imagine that he did too.

      This sounds like you’re just reaching for something to keep the narrative going. Despite the tattoo, the dude does not come across as a Nazi. And his excuse for the tattoo sounds reasonable.

      I’m not too familiar with previous elections, but Collins has beat plenty of other democrats. Janet Mills seemed a pretty standard candidate. Platner was backed by Bernie Sanders. I honestly give that more weight than anything.

      Republicans can try their attack ads, but it didn’t work in the primaries. Going into the actual election, this will be old news.

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        12 hours ago

        I am responding to statement that his posts on reddit somehow prove that he isn’t a nazi, which is an absurd claim to make about a person that made those posts with a totenkopf drawn on his chest.

        I am not sure what you are saying about “the primaries” but Platner is getting the party nomination without having to actually run in a primary. He is the only candidate from the party and will be on the ticket without a single person voting for him ahead of the election. Running unopposed candidates without a primary has worked out great for the DNC so far.

        But yeah, I guess we get to do the experiment to see if a weak republican can lose to a nazi and if that somehow results in things being better for us.

        Fun. I kinda thing the stakes are too high to be playing this game right now, but here we are.

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          8 hours ago

          I am responding

          No, you’re reaching. You called him an out and proud Nazi and have nothing to show for that comment except a tattoo that he has a reasonable excuse for. You don’t believe him cause you don’t want to.

          As for the primaries, you’re technically right that there are not primaries. But that is not because he didn’t face competition. His competition desperately tried to say the same things you are, but it wasn’t effective. And it won’t be in the election either.

          Lol, “weak republican”. Omg you’re a trip. She’s a Republican in a consistent democratic state that has beaten 5 democrats. You keep saying things that make me think you’re full of crap, but this one was too much.

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      14 hours ago

      It was also Mills who pushed this narrative before dropping out of the primary.

      I’ve seen him talk in person and my bullshit detector is pretty good. It didn’t go off for what he said about it and his upbringing mirrors mine besides the military part. It’s possible he’s a better liar, but there isn’t much incentive to believe anything Collins says over Platner.

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        13 hours ago

        Anyone who is running against a Nazi is going to “push the narrative” that people shouldn’t vote for the Nazi. That isn’t exactly a difficult strategy to come up with.

        Not sure what to tell you, but every time he opens his mouth he sounds like he is lying to me. So i guess we will see. Best of luck.