It's not despite their Nazi tattoos and anti-Zionism that the progressive Left is flocking to their latest candidates. It's because of it.
by Batya Ungar-Sargon
And when each of these scandals broke, the Platner campaign knew exactly how to distract the base: Blame the Jews.
The day the sexting scandal broke, Platner’s campaign tweeted of his opponent, Susan Collins, that “a staggering one-third of her money raised this quarter came directly from AIPAC. Senator Collins is bought and paid for by Benjamin Netanyahu, and she votes accordingly.”
It’s the oldest antisemitic trope in the book: It’s all about the Benjamins, as Ilhan Omar put it in 2019: Jews are using their money to buy elections, Jews have too much power, Jews are undermining America by buying politicians and forcing them to obey their nefarious commands. In short, pro-Israel Jews like those who donate to AIPAC are less American. When they donate to candidates they like because they look kindly upon the world’s only Jewish state and don’t have a Nazi tattoo, they are betraying their homeland and exposing dual loyalties.
It’s just pure antisemitism on display—much like a Nazi tattoo.
And the Platner campaign did it again after Senator John Fetterman pointed out that the sexting site Platner had used for his extramarital affairs, Kik, is notorious for hosting sexual predators.
And the Platner campaign did it again after Senator John Fetterman pointed out that the sexting site Platner had used for his extramarital affairs, Kik, is notorious for hosting sexual predators.
In response, Platner’s campaign once again reached for their signature move. “John Fetterman seems to genuinely think that the reason no one likes him is because he refuses to wear a suit. It’s not the hoodie, dude. It’s because you’ve become a stooge for AIPAC and the Republican party,” they tweeted.
the left is becoming a Nazi movement. The more candidates like Platner and Mamdani are normalized, the more candidates like them will feel comfortable running as democrats. And pretty soon there will be no Democratic Party. Stop them now to save the party and the liberal movement. (And because it is the moral thing to do).
I don’t have the words for how horrifying it is to see so many people call Jews., Nazis. Just. Easily. Easily. I don’t have the words to explain how unbelievably shitty it is to see people normalize calling Israelis, Nazis. Like. You picked the easiest example of wholesale slaughter of *millions* of Jews- and went. Yeah. That. We’re gonna use that against you specifically.
It’s like. They managed to take away the pain of it? Took it for themselves. And if that wasn’t already ridiculous- then turned it back around as a WEAPON against the people they just took it from.
The BREADTH of goyish appropriation of Jewish shit is truly breathtaking.
#a really great article btw#precisely#the cruelty is the point#it is a tried point at this point but it is never an accident that it is ALWAYS the nazis they use for their analogies#no matter how much they love to harp on about western imperialism#for some mysterious reason they never pull from that rich history of atrocities#odd isn't it
The Germans really cooked making "Hobbyless behaviour" an insult. It is both devastating, applicable to a wide range of people and behaviours, and doesn't resort to swearing.
Man ranting on the internet about the Superbowl halftime show or complaining that something is "woke"? Hobbyless Behaviour. Girls mocking another girl for not looking right? Hobbyless Behaviour. Mindless vandalism? Hobbyless Behaviour.
It is more powerful than "get a life" or the English "You're Sad" because it gets to the central point of the matter, and that is wonderful. Danke, Deutsch.
is it within the realm of possibility for Catholics to use the new encyclical as evidence in the case of not wanting to use AI in the workplace for religious reasons?
i dont think the queer community fully understands how isolating it is to be a queer slav and seeing the fucking hammer and sickle fucking everywhere
not only did our families live through the horror that was the ussr but now we gotta be reminded of that shit constantly in the community that we're supposed to share as queer people
not to mention that the ussr wasnt even communist it was just fascist. why are u communists using the symbols of fascists. it just looks like ur idolizing a fascist state.
i just inherently do not trust anyone using the hammer and sickle nor the ussr flag as symbols of their communist ideologies
As a non-communist leftist who has a lot of communist friends, i did in fact not know there were such strong feelings towards that symbol! I aways thought it was the only communism symbol, and it's good to know that it has such negative connotations towards the Slavic community so I don't use it.
For future reference, may I know what other symbols can be used instead? :]
i was recently made aware of this flag that is used by the free territories in ukraine and it honestly looks so badass, would definitely recommend this one!
as a 'left' person with an obsession with flags and symbols (including the UFT flag) theres certainly a lot of leftist symbols which either have much less charged history than the hammer and sickle or were used by leftist groups directly opposed to the ussr.
off the top of my head:
the rose (which is more a demsoc/socdem symbol but is a cool looking one)
the three arrows (a very standard 'anti authoritarian leftist' symbol which represents being against fascism monarchy and authoritarian 'communists')
the black cat (a symbol very often used by syndicalists)
the symbolless red and black flags (or any of the diagonal combo anarchist flags)
the raised fist (commonly associated with BLM nowadays but has historically been connected to left wing stuff in general)
or if youre a complete weirdo like me some people identify with the chaos star (most commonly seen in warhammer 40k but originally created by noted anarchist fantasy author michael moorcock)
skull and crossbones like on the UFT flag are also sometimes seen as a thing but thats usually because of that flag and the similar kronstadt one
hope it's okay to add on, but op's post made me think of something i read, articulating discomfort with the hammer and sickle from a jewish anarchist perspective
Some Jews A Jewish-Anarchist Refutation of the Hammer and Sickle 2018 The list is endless and, therefore, this zine is not complete. The exa
im glad our voices of discomfort regarding the hammer & sickle fascist flag are finally being taken seriously, so here are more people from the notes talking about this:
FINALLY someone said something in ways I couldn't articulate the way I want to (language barriers and the fact I get very upset from trauma about it)
I was born in the Soviet Union, and I'm Ukrainian/Russian/Arab (unspecified cultures due to loss of family) I was dealing with the direct consequences of being a poc and intersex among other things because of the stuff they were doing there behind the scenes.
Seeing the hammer and sickle (and sickle + red flowers art, another trigger) makes me have to go sit somewhere and breathe for a while.
I tried to get Soviet references removed from a game because it was insensitive as fuck, a game that was by developers who were "understanding of poc and want to represent/be respectful" like okay you draw the line at removing Soviet positivity like pal soviets were the OPPOSITE of POC friendly.
Okay rant over, sorry if it's angry or not well written that's why I'm glad this post was made
Platner doesn't have any more of a lead over Collins than Mills right now. Every Mainer who votes for Platner tomorrow is showing you who they really are.
You know who did stand up in court against Trump for trans kids tho? Who had her state's federal funds frozen in retaliation for it? And who still beat Trump in court and got them unfrozen? And who trans leftists didn't have her back afterward for her troubles?
Also, this is a taste of what M4A would look like when leftists hand it over to federal Republicans every four years and why nobody will ever trust them with their healthcare.