So, it's looking like the whole Platner "controversy"

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72. The national media is doing their part

to create, amplify, and demagogue this shit. Platner hasn't dodged any of it. He has openly acknowledged all the legitimate claims. And he has said some of them are lies.

It seems Mainers have a pretty clear view and: a) take him at his word, and b) allow for the idea that we evolve as we mature.

The real story here is not a tattoo, or the time he might have held the arm of a MAGA operative. The real story is that people like Mamdani, AOC, and Platner are tapping into the deep anger that Americans of all stripes have about what has happened to our country in the past 25 years. The people behind this are the ones who profit so greatly from the fascism they have been able to establish. Fortunately, they are easy to recognize. They are the multi-billionaires. We need to turn the spot where it belongs. Platner is not the problem.