Sen. Van Hollen backs Maine candidate despite Nazi-linked tattoo

Bess Hamilton42

I know I'm old because I remember a time when a person would be *immediately* dropped as a candidate the moment the party heads learned about a Nazi tattoo. And it would be so swift & thorough a dropping that no one would remember the guy's name. He'd be a niche trivia answer.

Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they)35

Some peeps will be claiming we need ways to disagree. And then when they encounter disagreement they’ll call those disagreeing a huddle in a bubble.

Aparna Nair34

Not a bunch of you showing up to tell me why you support this candidate in the comments: do as you please, I really do not care. My post was directly addressing the dismissive nature of Sagal's claim that it was a "Bubble" which produces critiques of Pl*tner.

Immigrant Punk21

I'm tempted to pin this for a while...

Spider.18

Ah, yes, the old men at my synagogue, part of the BlueSky bubble.

Jeff, formerly of MN and MA, still God of Cookies17

Wait! Wait! Don't tell me! WHITE PEOPLE WILL EXCUSE ANYTHING!

stephkat17.bsky.social15

Peter also spent many many months defending and supporting Olivia Nuzzi soooo he can have a seat actually.

Matt13

Sagal said people canceling their Washington Post subscriptions is "How We Got Trump." It's what Trump wants, we're betraying journalists, etc. Weapons-grade cynical smugness, exacerbated by the fact that he seems to think he's a distinguished media theorist by virtue of his game show being on NPR.

Erik Vorhes13

“Well, this has been depressing,” feels pretty accurate, but Peter and I mean different things by “this,” I guess. (I really don’t understand the willful disregard of a Totenkopf tattoo and recent ableist language.)

Jon Phillips11

Every time he pops up in my feed, it's pushing the absolute worst takes, defending the absolute worst people

E. Hatt-Swank6

How exactly is it being in a "bubble" to say "damn, the voters in Maine are potentially screwing up a good chance to beat Susan Collins and i wish they would reconsider"? Folks are allowed to have different opinions on a topic.

Call me Trixie5

I don't feel bad about it either. I don't care that he's popular. I'm too old to care about what's popular. People don't like Nazi tattoos. Look at how much everyone hates Hegseth and multiply that.

THAAD5

It's weird to me, because Bluesky is actually the main place I *do* see how eager certain sorts of Democrat are to embrace an obvious Strasserite.

Worf's Aunt Masha from Babruysk5

If that is now a function of the "Bluesky bubble", we are cooked.

Paul Callahan (he/him)4

"Bluesky bubble" = The last remnants of human decency. I don't even mean it facetiously. Of course, there are decent people not on Bluesky or any social media (or maybe who haven't left X yet though I'm not sure). But standards have dropped and what should be disqualifying doesn't faze many people

kckckc | free link4

A while back, he was whining about how posting is pointless. I think I have him blocked, but he has a gazillion followers. Bad take after bad take

Neil3

"Bluesky bubble" is pretty much journalist-speak for "I thought I'd be congratulated for a clever take but instead people were mean to me".

Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again3

Okay Peter Sagal, where in Maine were you? What was the average age of the people you spoke with? And please, define for us what precisely do you mean by "flaws"? Were said "flaws" defined for these people you allegedly spoke with?

Dan Mitchell2

Nobody said anything like that he's "history's greatest monster." Guys walking around with Nazi tattoos (and etc.) is a problem, even when we vote for them in order to defeat ghouls and wantwits. (Also, did @volts.wtf endorse Sagal's "bubble" talk there?).

Caldé time2

Media bubble has rotted Peter's brain

LurkyMcLurk2

I think anyone who hosts Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me should be fired into the sun, really

Import Jr. Records2

are… are they saying that wanting someone who didn’t have a “Nazi phase” or whatever is … a “purity test” now too or something? like, getting into one of the most awful, basically cannibalistic political parties just because some algorithm pushed it at you is forgivable? we are doomed

Aster4

We desperately need a real opposition this shit is so stupid

CK7

Hey Frank, watch Platner's interview with Medhi Hasan and then judge the guy. Or do you just want to inflexibly hold on to a first impression you heard someone else talk about?

Andrew Tressler6

Bernie fucking Sanders worked to get this guy the nomination and you're still reflexively blaming Democrats.

Kwertzy Industries6

Maine Kampf and Miss Very Concerned

TV's Adam, getting some buzzards involved,5

i'm trying to think about the silver lining regardless of the outcome: if platner wins collins isn't in the senate anymore, and if collins wins democrats might learn a valuable lesson about letting a guy who etched nazi iconography into his flesh run for senate under their banner

Evan in NH5

Frank, Platner is much more than his offensive tattoo and stupid Reddit comments. He’s a good example of a person on a positive life journey who genuinely appears to concerned for the best interests of his fellow Mainers and Americans. I was wary about him after the tattoo BS but he won me over.

mjpeez.bsky.social4

Vote blue no matter who instead of crying Nazi when you don’t get your way

Joe Frollo4

No nazi tattoos No sexual abuse history No photos/videos in blackface Seems like three pretty simple standards to hold some to for a Senate position.

Candy3

I'm hoping he'll be the opposite of what Fetterman turned out to be.

LANana #🟦 Nuestra Señora de la Muerte del Pan 😪23

The Nazi Totenkopf symbol, no less. The one he got in Croatia, where that particular symbol is and had been banned by law.

🥶4

I'm going to become one of those "we need to get rid of the Democratic Party and make our own party" people, but because of this bullshit specifically

Carl Marxman10

Corded Bluetooth device? Another patented Tyler banger.

Phil7

"you absolute corded Bluetooth device" - just mind-bogglingly savage

Kai TechnoLust (he/him)7

Most of the people you school about stuff like this just show up as “blocked” for me which means the system is working as intended. 🤣

jessdee.bsky.social6

I think the thing that strikes me about all the "he just made a mistake" people is like... They're so cheap to buy off? Like, I *want* to think he's reformed and like... I dunno, I feel like doing literally anything material to prove that should be part of this. Otherwise, you're just an easy mark.

Jeremy Bearimy2

the man literally chose to be a mercenary the only question is are his votes already sold or will he be auctioning them off one at a time?

Suzanne Donnelly "I have friends everywhere"3

One of the infuriating things is that other, better, progressive candidates were *right there* but never caught the media's attention

WatchYourRepsSC&TN2

This looks like SC continuing to elect Lindsey Graham over Jaime Harrison.

Chad Crichton3

The bar's in the damned BASEMENT at this point and yet SO MANY Americans, even Democrats, still seem just utterly incapable of stepping over it.

DMiurge9

Still remembering my dad telling me that one of the bad guys in Last Crusade was in the SS and you could tell because of the little skull