The Seasaw with Graham Platner

[Jedi Guy]

50. "Get real."

Last I checked, I inhabit reality. And yes, people are indeed fallible creatures and I'm cognizant of that, not least because I'm very aware of my own flaws and foibles.

But I've yet to get a Nazi tattoo despite my raucous college daze. I was never so falling-down drunk that I looked at a literal Nazi symbol and said "You know what, I want that etched into my flesh". I got some piercings that I probably shouldn't have gotten but I didn't get a literal Totenkopf inked into my skin.

And relationships can get physical without descending to abuse? He's accused of literally putting his hands on a woman hard enough to leave marks, shoving her into a room, and keeping her there against her will by holding the door closed. That's abusive behavior, period, and chemical analysis of your "physical without descending to abuse" thing reveals it to be pure copium.

So yeah, I'm going to question it when people jettison values and support a guy they'd roundly condemn if only he wasn't running for a Senate seat we'd really like to add to our column.

Get real, indeed...