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  • İ̶̧̡̛̫̥̠̲͍͕͚͓̦͇̯̲̘̪̝̱̗͙͖̞̼̲̙͚̻̗̟̞̤̞̼̞̫͇͚̗̊̇̔̋̑͒͊̾̈́͊̒́̀̈́̀̂̋̀̈́͝͝ͅͅ ̵͕̹̖̼͕͖̜̞̘͚͇̻̗̣͓̩̣͚̞̤͇̪̱̜͇͖̞͙̰͖͍̻̭͕̇́̐͗͋͋̓͆͊̌̍̅͛̍͋̊̈̈́̌̉͆̈́̎̋̂͂͆̏͑̊̍̓̚̕ą̶̧̛̺̰͎̼͇͙̬͍̠̙͓͔̤͙̦͚̪̺̿̋́̆̍̋͌̔̕͜ͅm̵̨̛̭̪̱̜̝̱̎̎́̀̈́̄̓͌̄̍͋̆̿̓̌͂̓͛͝ͅͅ ̸̡̨̦͇̭͔̖̬̤̠̲͕̣̜̣͈̠̫̖̼͙̼͈͈̩̹̦̝͍̪̫͎̤͕̟̩̯̩̝̻̺̩͚̟͕͛͌̀̿̄̀̏̐͗́̈́̍̃̉͐̋̋̾͛̽̈́̈̏̃͐̾̕̚͜͝ͅa̶̡̛̛̛͉̩̟̜͇̟̩̬̠̣͓̹͖̤̳̮̘̔̑̑̇͛̓͛̔̀̽́͗̒͋̅̿̾͑̄̿͋̀̚͘l̶̡̤̻͚͎̭̬̖̖̫͔̲̺͙̩͎̼̳͔̙̬̯̱̳͖̦̞̣̮̜̳̞̦̘̅̄̈͊̀͐͌͜͜͠͠ḷ̵̡̢͈̱̠̯̳̭͚̣͖̳͍͇̮̼̻̬͙̮͉̭̘̖͎̺̬̭̞̪̗̠̣͉̘̬͗͗͌͊̀͆̾̈́̑͊͆̀̋͗̕͘̕͜͝ͅͅ ̶̧̨̧̢͔̠̮̲̗̭̰̦̹̲̪̦̟̭̣̤̘̟̜̲͇̖̲̻̦̻̖̟̱̣̮̞͖̪̫̩͍̫̽̆͑̐̓̈̄̑͑̂͒̋̄̒͗̍̉̈́̏̆̉͐̄̒͆̌̽̿͆̇͗́̽̐̃̌͛̆̅̄̕̚̕͠͝͝͠ͅơ̷̛̛̲̠͍͊̇̌͆̇̐̾̓́̇̔͑͒̈́͌̔͆̓̃̿͗͆̀̔̅̊͑̿̚͘̚͝͝͠͠f̵̟̃̌̾̿̈̎̉̉͆̄̆̌̂̚ ̷̨̢̡̹̞̻̠͖͇̞̣̤͚̰̥͔̗̹̙̩͔̹̠̳̹̳̹̣͔̗̣̻͖̖̪̘̜̥̘̭̣̻̀́̀̄̃̿̌̿́̓̅̈̆̕͜͜͜͝ͅͅţ̵̧̢̟̹̙̥̪̣̫̫̗̮͙̟̀̀̈́̅̅̌͑͗͌̚̚̚ͅh̸̨̨̧̞͎̦͕̖͇̫̘̦̝͙̝̯̥̺̻̘̱̩̎̾͊̂̈́̇̊̑͊̽̌͐̚͘̕͝͠ͅͅę̸̨̛̠̯͓͉͔͎̬͙̩͙̺̬̼̖̯̞̫͇͎͉̗͓̥̫̖̦̺̮̣̹͉̠̥̝̠̺̅͂̎͂͂̈́͗̈́̍̋̈́͂͒͒̆̃̃̉͘̚͜͠͝ͅs̵͉̠͇̬͉̀̔͆̾̀͂͑̉̕ë̵̡̛̬̰̪̹̯̬͓̻͓͕̪̪́̌̄̔̀̎̆̍̃̕ͅ ̶̱̭̞͕̰͋͐̂̈́̃̅̒̇͆͐̉̄̈́́̀͊̈́͐̆̚̕̚͘͠a̵̡̨̡̨̢̧̜̩̩̻̫͙͔̭̟̻̫̺̝̠̜͍̝̥͚͚̜̠̤̻̟̰̻̪͕̻̜̖̭̟̹͆͊͋̂͗͆̋͆̃͒̏̔̿̈́̀̃͌͊̅͂̉͂͐̒̓͋͋̄͐̿̂̋̋̌́̆̓̕͘͠͝͝n̸̢͚̯̰̗͚̙͖͙̫̠̾̔̍̈̈̈́̽̌̓̂̑̚̚̚͝ḑ̶̥̬̼̰̥͕̩͉̞̣̹̬̞͇̰͎̭̲̲̭̹͙͎̟̞̮̹̮̼̦͍̗͚͖̩̯̤̬̪̙͚̦̙̩̈͒̈́͌͊̆͐̀̓̀͊͛̆͊̓͜͜͝ ̴͍̥̖̰̄̒́̒̔̀͛́̎̓͑́͌̉̅̃̐̑̕͘̕͝m̵̢̧̨̛͉͇͙͉͍̹̙͕̭̩̙͔̗̗̰͍̹̺̩̯͎̘̣̗̭͖̀̀͂͆̊̃́̑̽́̃͛͗͂̿̔͆̀͛̍̊͋̒̊̕͘̕͜͝ͅǫ̴̨̛̛̬̝̩̮̣̮̹̘͈͂̅͒͒͛̈͋̓̆͑̃͐͊͘ŗ̸̢̛̘͚̝͇̘̘̹̭̫̜̠̤̖̙͇͍̥̥̬̲̠̦̦͎̈́͋̂̓̂͒̊͑͒̅̃̿͑͐͐͛̉̈̓̀͗̈́͒̆̊̾̈̚͘͜͠͝ͅȩ̸̨̧̛̛̛̙̻̹̖͉̘̦̹̙͓̘̣̜̱͈̰̫͍͕͎̤̮͇̮̥̖̼̗̪̞̺̗̺͍̾͗̂̔͒̏̅̍͂̓̾͊͐̀̽̿̓̇̓́̑͛̾́͐̅̐̅̀̒̆̌̈͌̒͛͑̐̽̕͠͠͠.̷̧̢̤̺̩͚͙̼͔̤͇̦̜̪̙̳̤̳̯͇̖̥̞̺̦̮͍̹̝̼̄̆͆̀̃̂̆̄̒͑̒̓̌̊̉̄̔̒̀̉͐̊̇̀̀̃̇̈́͌̐͋̅̐͘̚̕͘͘͜͝͠͠͝ͅ

    m̴̧̨̡̧̧̩̞̫̲͔̞̭̺̼̗̪̟̞͖̥̳͈͓͈̝̪̳̫̥̰͍̟͕̣̈́̍͗̿̎̎̽̅́͆̓͗͐̂͘͘͜͜͝y̸͇͒̈̿̓̔̿̏̀́̇̔̃̉̽͐̉͂̃͑͋͆̅͗̅͐͘͘͘̚͝͝ ̸̧̛̩̗͈̖̻͖̥̺͈͇̩̳̀̓̌͝ͅb̸̢̡͖͇͍̲̣̼̼̩̗̝̞̱̳͓̜̮̯̘̝̼̖͇͍̬͍̮̝̝͙͔͖̜̟̤͓͖͖̺̥̹̰̐͂́̓̈́̏̇̀͆̎̌̎̑̀͛̂̓͘͝͝ͅͅǫ̴̛̛̥̣̜̟͈͍̣̺̯̘͋͆̔́́͛͑͂̊͋̂̈̈́́͒͋̂͑̀̽̚̕̚̚͝͝͝͝ͅͅd̶̡̢̧̡̛͍̙̝̠̜̟͕̰̟̖̥̲̘͚̜͚̤̞̰͔̮̘͐̀̉͆̈́͋͗͊́̏͐̒̅̄͋̈̽̍̇̀̃́̋͌͌̾͂̚̕͝͝͝ͅy̸̛̞͎̺̜̗͇̟̲̬̝̪̺̣͚̝̞̱͚̩͇͙̹̟̗͉̠͔̤̲͍̼͐̅̋̃̅͊͠ ̵͉̤͇͒̔̍̑̂̈́̓̀͌̌̀͊͒̏͘k̶̲̮̗͍̮̟̻̘̳̉̐͐̇͐̆͌͗̾̾̓̂͐̋̂͌̎͆̎̓͗̌̀͌̒̇͛̂͌̓͒͋̀̚̚͘̚͘͝͝ͅn̴̢̧̡͈̻̞̙̖͓̘̮̻̭̩͈̼͇̖͑ơ̵̢̛̦̥̱̣̻̻̼̘̟̞̞̤̩̼̆̌͐́̀͒̍͒̓̀̊̆̅͛̿̍͆͌̓͊̾̏̃̋̇̓̉̋̀͊̓̚̚̕͜͝͝͝ẘ̶̡̛̛̺̻̲̟̖͙͙͇̮͎̳̩͎͇̭̘̼̗̗͕̹̰̝̗͚̔͑̍͂̀̇̈́̂̿̿͊͒͂́̒͋̎̕͜͝͝͝͝ͅš̷̛̛̟̬̑̉̍̿̀͋͂̈̉̿̅͛͛̿͒͐̏̄͗̈́̄̊̈́̆̚ ̵̢̡̨̧̧̤̥͔͕̟̯͔̝̖̲͉̻̖̗̤̳̮͕̳̣͈̺̼͕̞̫̹̜̟̩̖̬̯͔̣̹̭̪̤͛͋̎́̈́͒͒͊̑͋̑͐̏̚͜ñ̷̛̘̭͍̤̯̩͔̩͖̹̲̭̳̤͖̫̯̋̈́̇̊̈̈́̎̆͐͒̓̏̀̇͝ǫ̷̧̛̛̬̮̞̫͍̥̳̥̘̪̱̳͙̀̿̏̂̑̈́̐̐̒̀͐̓̋̉͆͐͒̕̚͠͠ ̵̛̯̬͖̗̙̓̅̆̈́̔̆͂̀̀̂̍̀̿͋͑͐̃͋̊̊́̑̂̊̒͒̅̾̀͐͗̽͐̓̐͗͊̔̕̕̚͘͜͠͝͝b̶̳̗͑̓́̀͗͌̾̎̾̓́͆̄͛̐̀̅̋̅̕͘͘͝͝͝͝ơ̸̡̧̡̡̢̛̳̪̫̹͍̟͈̘̝͎͎̭̥̞͚̠̥̥͎̼̮̦̱͚̩͉͎̤̺̯̠̠̠̗̱̦͓̫̍̆̊̌̊̽͋̏̄͐̀̎͂̎̈́́̿̅͂̌̂̓̀̍̿̋͒̉̐̉̆̿͋̚̚͘͘͜͝ų̷̨̧̛̭̝̖̪̪̰̱̻̗̝̘̝̞̝̬͖̇̓́̑͋͒͒͂̏̒́̎̀̔͐̂͛͊̿̓͛̅͒̔̈́̌̋͆͜͜͝͠͝n̸̨̛͕̝̖̖͍̖̫̙͙̜̥̯̼̯̫̳̹̣̼͎̫͕̠̞̙͖͓̝͕̬̪̗̜͖̺̣̥̆̽̄͒̾̏̽̄̒̑̉́̿̈̐́̈́͜͜ͅd̶̡̼̘̃̎̀̏̀̏͆͑͆̓͗̏̿̑̐̔͂̽̋͌͆̚̕̕͜͝͝s̷̡̨̛͓͔̱͔̪̬̗̳͙͉̤̹͎͚͉͔̳̲̞̜̯̙͕̭̥̹̖̞̖̾̂͆̉̈́̒͐̈͛̉͑͑͌̀̌̐̃̊̂̓̈̕͝͠ͅ














  • Bad take. Platner catching flack from both parties says everything, and he has seemingly united a deeply purple state with a traditionally very red working class. He is helping guide a state full of gun owning libertarians into realizing their politics are actually radically left and pro working class. I grew up in Maine, with people that are pro personal liberties and personal privacy and anti billionaire. Platner is showing those folks that all people are deserving of privacy and dignity while uniting against the Epstein class. A trans woman at a town hall of his I think said it best:

    “I have changed a lot from the person I once was, I believe you are capable of the same”

    As a trans person Platner’s politics are some of the most honest and human I have seen in a long time. He’s helping deep rural Mainers come around to kinder ways of thinking, particularly toward people of color and queer folk, just as much as he is pushing the comfort of establishment democrats with anti capitalist thinking. I have also lived in Pennsylvania and am deeply wary of people pulling what Fetterman pulled. Maybe I’m misguided. Maybe I’ll be eating my words in a year, but I do find myself willing to give him the second chance he seems to be trying to earn.