every time I hear how Platner's carefully crafted "working guy" image was a huge part of his attractiveness as a candidate, I think about how AOC working as a bartender was proof she was "too stupid" to be a member of congress
most of the "working class" is women, POC & white men in feminized labor (gig work, care work)
PUT THESE PEOPLE IN OFFICE (if they have actual political skills and good ideas)
also: https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/116879364191990665
Ignorant people full of prejudices will keep voting for fascists because that's what they've done all their lives, and propaganda is there, hammering on their heads 24/7 thanks to corporate interests.
How can we break that? What can we do that we haven't tried before?
@yuki2501 stop hiring consultants that say the answer to the problem is to surface candidates with nazi tattoos and a history of violence against women
Maybe try putting some more women in office, just to see what happens? Can't be worse than what we men have accomplished…
@susankayequinn With Trump as the president, no one is allowed to say that someone isn't smart enough for politics ever again.
@chrisp unless she's a woman, then obviously (to many) that's just what women are (not smart enough for politics)
People take it as given that Trump's obvious stupidity is a hindrance... and it's obviously NOT but also, it's integral to his success. A lot of white male supremacy hinges on IMPUNITY.
He can be the *literal stupidest* man on the planet and he's better to have for a leader than a woman because MALE. And WHITE.
Fascists revel in their lack of quals & intrinsic "right to rule"
Trump est intelligent ... mais son intelligence est vicieuse (c'est pour ça que des lobbyes lui ont imposé de se présenter et de se représenter (avec l'avantage c'est qu'ils l'ont fait élire .... scoop: sans eux il serait en taule avec Epstein)
@susankayequinn If AOC had ever publicly said anything half as demeaning about straight white men (even while having a long-term partner who is one) as Platner has posted on public social media about virtually every demographic but straight white men, she probably wouldn't have been able to get hired as a bartender.
Jul 10, 2026, 6:37 PM@susankayequinn what I hope is one take-away from this is that there is real desire in Maine for the *policies* put forward, even if the candidate was deeply flawed. find someone else willing to push those same policies, minus the war-mongering to increase military spending, and try again. it's been shown to be widely popular, do it again
maybe, just maybe, voting for policy over people is a slightly better approach. maybe we should do away with politicians altogether