Even without his controversies, Graham Platner is just a lightweight extremist
Set aside, for a moment, that Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner spent years with a tattoo resembling the Nazi SS Totenkopf; that he blamed sexual assault victims for their predicament; that he called rural white Americans stupid racists; that he advocated political violence; that he mocked a wounded Purple Heart recipient; that he joked about the Virgin Mary being a “skank”; and that he joined a hookup site while married.
TL;DR
- Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner has a history of controversial statements and actions.
- His speeches and interviews are described as containing "brain-numbing platitudes and freshman-level socialist sloganeering."
- Such rhetoric is characterized as "deepities" that give an illusion of meaning without insight.
- Most politicians use "deepities" to some degree.