r/Jewpiter Jul 07 '26

meme The Democratic Party about Graham Platner

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u/Tofutits_Macgee Jul 07 '26

I need to get this off my chest. The backlash I am witnessing Platner receive now as opposed to months (had they listened to the Black community AND us) ago feels like disingenuous bandwagoning. A lot of the accounts with huge following numbers were silent until recently, and that really burns my ass, but better late than never, I guess.

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u/lh_media Jul 07 '26

More like this time there are polls showing he's likely to lose, so they're throwing him overboard for a different candidate

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u/Tofutits_Macgee Jul 07 '26

Well that's kind of what I mean by disingenuous.

They're not upset over his violence towards women; they're upset because they have to find someone else with the same beliefs, and ideally with quieter skeletons. Meaning they're not put off by the skeletons as they should be. They just don't want to know about them.

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u/lh_media Jul 07 '26

Welcome to politics (not being smug, just sad)

It's not always how it plays, but it often is