As someone who thinks Israel’s government is a pack of war criminals, there is a tremendous amount of antisemitism behind the Platner defences. Being anti-Israel doesn’t excuse a litany of other sins! He’s a bad guy!
67 Sound
Aside from misogyny, antisemitism has provided another source of endless Platner absolution. It’s a real problem.
Alan Elrod
Graham Platner is a dilettante adventurer reaping the benefits of both a privileged upbringing and his (unearned) image as an average working class man.
I wrote about how these converge to grant him impunity
www.liberalcurrents.com/graham-platn...
Solidarity with working class women never seems to enter into it.
