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[–] teft@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Platner attended John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor. He earned the "most likely to start a revolution" yearbook superlative in 2003, appearing in the photo with a sign declaring "Free Kosova, Chechnya, Kashmir, Palestine, Kurdistan, Tibet".

Sounds like he was like me, someone who is left aligned but fell for the propaganda surrounding 9/11. That and him being disillusioned with the security contracting makes me think he isn't a plant. But wikis can say anything, only time and his voting record will tell.

[–] KnitWit@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I’m sorry, but anyone that joins up with Blackwater in 2017 after having already served 4 tours in the middle east is not someone who fell for the propaganda. First three tours, sure fine, whatever. But coming back and going to college and then pulling another tour, and after that working as a mercenary? No wonder he said don’t shame the old lady who hates immigrants.

Asked why he served in the Iraq War after protesting it, Platner said, "I thought I could do some good. And I wanted to play soldier. I might have read too much Hemingway."

Again, I hope I’m wrong about this guy, but this quote from his wikipedia says a lot to me. Everyone else I’m sure will read the first sentence and say he was simply misguided or swayed by propaganda, but that second sentence is far more telling than the first.