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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: albaby1 SILVER
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Subject: Re: MAGA Deceptions... admitted
Date: 06/22/26 7:09 PM
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Cenk and Ana, on TYT, are setting themselves up to be stabbed in the back. All they seems to care about now, is independence from the Israel lobby. What if he gets in office, and stands foursquare behind descending thousands of ICE storm troopers on cities and gunning people down in the streets because they are brown? oops,

I mean - that's a possibility? Platner's candidacy is being elevated mostly because he holds the right positions on progressive economic issues and has more of a working-class biography than your typical consultant-set resume. So, yes. You run the risk that the guy who served a few tours in the military and has a nazi tattoo just might not hold to the standard progressive line on the use of military force, internal security force, or protection of minority rights.

And again, we see that some of this gets positioned by his supporters as a feature, not a bug. Working-class voters supposedly want someone who talks and acts like people do when HR isn't around. That isn't always thinking about progressive norms about anti-Racism and microaggressions and what not. And of course, if what you want is a candidate that's going to break with Israel, there's almost nothing better than a guy who gets a Nazi tattoo - because even the most innocent version of that is he's completely ignorant of how to avoid being insensitive to that particular persecuted minority.
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