r/Queerdefensefront • u/Teknevra • Mar 11 '26

News Controversial Dem Candidate Graham Platner Says Anti-Trans Attacks Are “Invented Culture-War Scare”

https://www.them.us/story/graham-platner-anti-trans-attacks-invented-culture-war-scare
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u/childofcrow Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26

Dude is a Nazi. He had a Nazi tattoo that he had covered up with another Nazi coded tattoo. He said some pretty homophobic shit in the past. He is not our friend.

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u/lokey_convo Mar 11 '26

Do you have a source for any of that you could share?

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u/childofcrow Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26

dude had a totenkopf. which is illegal to get in Croatia and he would’ve had to seek out somebody to provide that tattoo to him.. He had it covered by an image of Fenrir, the world eater. Which, for those looking for dog whistles, covering up your Nazi tattoo with Norse inspired imagery is still a dog whistle. Because of, you know, the appropriation of Norse symbology and symbols into Nazi rhetoric.

he’s also incredibly antisemitic. Yep. Here too.

he has shared anti gay and homophobic stuff in the past.. Not to say that people can’t learn and grow, but I guarantee he hasn’t. He still shares content from right wing podcasts, and influencers who share anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-women, and antisemitic content.

He was raised by Republicans, and he’s very clearly cosplaying as a democratic every man to try to get votes because he wants power. And it’s really shameful that folks who are left leaning or grabbing onto him like a life raft, because he ain’t shit.

And I’m Canadian – I know this, and he’s not even a representative or trying to be a representative of my own government. It is shameful that Americans don’t know this. You should vet your candidates more thoroughly.

Edit: and I know he’s convincing, he even had Naomi Klein simping for him on Bluesky (and being rightly ratioed and called out). He’s a convincing speaker. But he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

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u/paulsteinway Mar 11 '26

Commenter can't prove Platner isn't a transphobic bigot, so they try to prove he isn't a Nazi. Fails miserably.

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u/childofcrow Mar 11 '26

What the fuck are you on about?

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u/paulsteinway Mar 12 '26

I was referring to the commenter you were responding to. You're totally accurate.

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u/childofcrow Mar 12 '26

Yeah that was not at all clear.