Platner Confronted By Woman Over His Past Reddit Comments

I believe people can change, EVEN after doing horrible things. Anyone is capable of redemption. But I'd be lying if his background doesn't make me a little suspicious. I don't wanna be naive but also don't wanna be cynical either

My wife was in the military. She was violently assaulted by a shipmate. The man was found innocent in spite of overwhelming evidence. He was also dishonorably discharged and she received full benefits for PTSD from the experience… they FULLY acknowledged the assault while at the same time not administering actual justice because it made the military look bad. I say this to say, just because someone is found not guilty cough Trump doesn’t mean they’re innocent.

Amazon should be broken up . Twitter too . And more , break up all big conglomerates

I strongly suspect that Lina Khan was prevented from doing as much antitrust enforcement as she would have done without Biden holding her back

He volunteered to do multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, bragged about killing Iraqis, waxed nostalgic over abu ghraib, volunteered to work for blackwater immediately after their actions came to light. Even if it was just the tattoo, he lied openly about it and had judgement poor enough to get it in the first place. Why do we want a politician who openly lies or who is too stupid to know what Nazi symbols are?

If he's genuinely remorseful, regrets those comments he'd made, and is willing to redeem himself by any means, then Platner should be given a chance.

There's a difference between wanting him to win vs making a 20 minute segment doubling down on why his past isn't that bad and he's actually a good man now.

She was extremely brave in asking that question and I commend her for it. No one can know if he means what he says but him. But I hope for her sake, he does.

We need to reach a point where accepting $1 from a billionaire is 1000x more damaging to your reputation than $1 can fix

As a Maine voter, I got a mailer from the Collins campaign YESTERDAY where one of the selling points she's using is the admiration from the democratic governor. Mills cannot win in that environment.