General Discussion

Platner's past actions can give women, minorities, Jewish people, gays, and people with disabilities the feeling that nothing is changing. He's still a white guy who has blamed women for rape and been abusive towards women. He's made casual comments that diminish black people. He uses retarded as a slur. He's an admitted fan of a guy who has claimed Israel killed JFK and Charlie Kirk. He was still using gay as a slur long after that was dropped from the public discourse.

His rhetoric does support one style of change on an economic level, and that's good, but he shows an all too common continuation of leaving behind those who aren't cishet white guys. Brushing past those concerns isn't satisfying the concerns. We know that minorities, particularly minority women are the backbone of the party. Is it really progress to keep centering straight white guys (I am one, but I know I don't need to be centered constantly).