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Violet_Crumble

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9. What is the 'moronic conspiracy theory' about 'centrist establishment'?
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 03:03 AM
Yesterday

I'm following this Graham Platner thing from a long distance with some interest. I haven't seen any conspiracy theories about the centre of the party, so could you explain what it is?

Also, I did do some reading up on the two-party system and found out only having two parties is what's resulted in the Democratic Party being such a big bus stretching from the left to the right of LW politics. And there's a lot of bickering between the different factions. Right now I'm thinking there should be far less bickering and far more focus on the real issue, which is Trump and his gang of butt-licking cronies destroying US democracy and ransacking what belongs to the American people.

And tbh I think there should be a multiparty parliamentary system in the US like there is in the UK and Australia. There's different factions in the Labor Party, but it seems to work better in the US. The only time I think I've felt revulsion is when Peter Garrett from Midnight Oil went into Parliament as a Labor MP instead of going with the Greens, who were much more reflective of his views. Enough waffling, but no-one who's been attacking Platner has been explaining what the alternative options are, so they do come across as just attacking and smearing. The primary is in a few days so hopefully this won't be an issue then

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It's pathetic luv2fly Yesterday #1
Funny thing is... sheshe2 Yesterday #2
You are not the only one, hon. MorbidButterflyTat Yesterday #3
TY, MBT. sheshe2 Yesterday #4
Always always always the personal attack. betsuni Yesterday #5
When ya got nothin' ... sheshe2 Yesterday #7
I'd like to see the Centrist Establishment conspiracy explained. betsuni Yesterday #10
What is the 'moronic conspiracy theory' about 'centrist establishment'? Violet_Crumble Yesterday #9
Yeah, I wish anyone defending Cha 23 hrs ago #12
It's really ugly on some other threads MorbidButterflyTat 13 hrs ago #20
Not a diss luv2fly 22 hrs ago #13
And of course you misrepresented what I said: sheshe2 17 hrs ago #19
I also have concerns, and I don't think expressing those brer cat 20 hrs ago #16
The commercial media, of which MS NOW is part of, obviously, is throwing all the crap they can at Graham Platner. Chris BComplex Yesterday #6
Perhaps you should have a word with Senators Warren and Sanders. sheshe2 Yesterday #8
How do you know what they talked about if it were a closed-door meeting? Violet_Crumble Yesterday #11
His problems are his own behavior EdmondDantes_ 19 hrs ago #17
It was a meeting with many senators which happened to include Warren and Sanders and came at Platners Nanjeanne 19 hrs ago #18
I'm so happy JustAnotherGen 21 hrs ago #14
Mine is Sherrod Brown. LisaL 20 hrs ago #15
Oh man - JustAnotherGen 13 hrs ago #21
I sure hope so! LisaL 13 hrs ago #22
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