General Discussion

Progressive, but Not Woke

Gun control aside, most of the political positions Platner expressed on Reddit were conventionally progressive ones: pro-vaccine, pro-LGBTQ, pro-universal health care, belief in climate change, virulently anti-Trump, and enraged by January 6, to name a few.

Platner typically expressed them in the same vulgar, politically incorrect way that has dominated recent headlines. Trump was a “f*cking c*nt” and a “mentally incapable narcissist,” the latter next to the word “retarded” struck through. Oliver North was a “lying piece of sh*t.” A Capitol rioter asking for clemency was “a f*cking worthless pussy. And a traitor.” A former congressman who cheated constantly on his wife was the “epitome of the frat bro officer douchebag.”

Customs and Border Protection asking people for their papers at a bus station was “godd*mn disgusting.” A Republican state representative voting against providing prisoners with menstrual products was “a f*cking asshole.” The group of marines investigated for allegedly sharing nude photos of their female coworkers, Platner wrote, were “f*ckwads” and “just losers who hid behind a computer and ‘camaraderie’ to justify their hatred of women,” adding, “nail these f*cks to the wall.”