The entire mainstream western left (the Bernie-wing of soc dems) all rallied behind and defended Platner. Hasan and all the breadtubers rallied behind him. Chapo downplayed criticism. Bernie himself stood up for Platner and downplayed nazism on his behalf.
The fact that nobody knew who he was until the Nazi thing came out, but many decided to double-down to protect him anyway really goes to show how much the westoids actually care about “punching a nazi” and “anti-fascism”.
There was absolutely shitshows and huge arguments over this, don’t try to retro-actively erase history that we just lived through. SO many people were downplaying it, saying that he didn’t know what it was, making arguments that being a Blackwater Merc wasn’t a dealbreaker, etc.
The entire mainstream western left (the Bernie-wing of soc dems) all rallied behind and defended Platner. Hasan and all the breadtubers rallied behind him. Chapo downplayed criticism. Bernie himself stood up for Platner and downplayed nazism on his behalf.
The fact that nobody knew who he was until the Nazi thing came out, but many decided to double-down to protect him anyway really goes to show how much the westoids actually care about “punching a nazi” and “anti-fascism”.
There was absolutely shitshows and huge arguments over this, don’t try to retro-actively erase history that we just lived through. SO many people were downplaying it, saying that he didn’t know what it was, making arguments that being a Blackwater Merc wasn’t a dealbreaker, etc.
I’m just saying from where I was sitting it seemed like the guy appeared and disappeared after like a week.
disappeared? He’s still running and still has the backing of all the soft-left.