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Cirsium

(3,782 posts)
5. The posts
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:33 PM
Thursday

“In today’s current climate, when every whisper of a misplaced hand brings down a feature length film, anyone who actually thinks the military is purposefully covering up rape to save the career of some god damn [captain], is clearly both an idiot and junior enough in rank or life experience to think it matters,” he wrote on Reddit about sexual assault in the military.

“Rape is a real thing,” he wrote in another post. “If you’re so worried about it to buy Kevlar underwear you’d think you might not get blacked out f----d up around people you aren’t comfortable with.”

“How about people just take some responsibility for themselves and not get so f----d up they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to?” Platner asked in reply. “Men and women, you make a choice to consume enough of a substance to lose your self control. So if you don’t want to be in a comprising situation, act like an adult for f---s sake.”

“Every current student I go to school with is convinced all we did in the infantry is rape everyone, because they once watched ‘invisible war,’” a reference to a 2012 documentary about sexual assault in the military. “Now, since the grunts has no women, this is obviously untrue. Plus, (since living in DC) all you need to do is make ONE phone call and negate any a--hat who pretends he’s a unit commander. So sack the f--- up.”

https://www.masslive.com/politics/2025/10/maine-senate-candidate-downplayed-sexual-assault-concerns-in-deleted-posts.html?outputType=amp

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Oh for fu*cks sake PatSeg Thursday #1
I had an ick feeling about that guy from the start. hedda_foil Thursday #2
Does he mean males too, who are also sexually violated? MerryBlooms Thursday #3
I haven't been following Maine's senate race PatSeg Thursday #6
He's a republican running as a dem, looks to me. blegh MerryBlooms Thursday #8
It certainly does look that way PatSeg Thursday #9
Tulsi Gabbard comes to mind. Quiet Em Thursday #10
Oh yeah PatSeg Thursday #11
Blame the victim is not a winning position. brer cat Thursday #4
The posts Cirsium Thursday #5
Thanks for posting PatSeg Thursday #7
This guy is so stupid. Like most women who are raped are drunk? Coventina Thursday #12
You read that right. That is what Platner wrote. PeaceWave 21 hrs ago #29
In addition to the verbiage, the angry tone yorkster Thursday #15
Can we say bye bye to this misogynist creep now? mcar Thursday #13
Since he was endorsed by "the one who can do/say no wrong" DFW Yesterday #28
Platner supporters cannot explain away the Emily's List endorsement or what it means. PeaceWave 10 hrs ago #30
They'll label them establishment, the enemy, like Planned Parenthood was "part of the establishment" betsuni 9 hrs ago #32
The One Authentic Purity Savior's magical endorsement shields the righteous from establishment rigging and evils! betsuni 9 hrs ago #31
As bad as these comments are dsc Thursday #14
And his own post about black people and tipping. yorkster Thursday #16
The double standard: IcyPeas Thursday #17
Totally.. I hadn't even thought Cha Yesterday #21
Have a feeling being drunk one night in Croatia as an excuse for one's Nazi tattoo only applies to men. betsuni Yesterday #22
Maine can do better than this... PeaceWave Yesterday #18
JAYSUS Skittles Yesterday #27
This message was self-deleted by its author artemisia1 Yesterday #19
Tale of the Dark knight arises MagickMuffin Yesterday #20
TY and Emily's List for getting Cha Yesterday #23
Cha for the win! Good job pointing out Platner's hypocrisy. PeaceWave Yesterday #24
Mahalo, PeaceWave.. And, this part Especially Cha Yesterday #25
EVER NOTICE Skittles Yesterday #26
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