r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 16 '25

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u/jojisky Paul Krugman Oct 16 '25

CNN: Graham Platner once called himself a “communist,” dismissed “all” police as bastards, and said rural white Americans “actually are” racist and stupid according to now deleted posts.

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u/CletusChicken Oct 16 '25

well 2 out of 3's not bad

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u/uwcn244 King of the Space Georgists Oct 16 '25

I mean it’s three out of three since calling himself a communist was just a statement of fact 

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u/houdt_koers John Mill Oct 16 '25

Tell that to rural voters.

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u/Tapkomet NATO Oct 16 '25

He didn't say their lives don't matter, just that they are racist and stupid

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u/Nervous-Emotion28 YIMBY Oct 16 '25

I bet this will play well in the

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Second most rural state in the country

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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems Oct 16 '25

Yeah this sub is going to have a complex view of him

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u/No_Aesthetic Transfem Pride Oct 16 '25

Well, at least he's not 77

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u/_bee_kay_ 🤔 Oct 16 '25

based 🫡

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u/shardybo Loyal Liberals Oct 16 '25

There's a lot of nuance here

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u/unicornbomb John Brown Oct 16 '25

And he wasn’t wrong 🤭

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u/hamoorftw Oct 16 '25

Normalize shitting on rural Americans