So....apparently a NEW scandal dropped, courtesy of the new york times, and old girlfriends of platner are alleging abuse. I admit, this article was hyped up before it dropped and it was framed like he sexually assaulted someone. However, reading it, I'm not really seeing it. Like the worst thing he said was that he would rape someone in certain circumstances in order to assert dominance or something. Given the guy lived according to some weird "warrior code" from his military days...eh...I can give him some grace here.
here's the thing. Idk how many people know military people, especially ones with like PTSD....but uh...some of these guys are genuinely F-ed up. It happens. Especially when you're in an elite unit that sees a lot of combat. You gotta be a special kind of person to do that, and it kind of...corrupts you as a person. It messes you up. Majorly. A lot of those vets deal with PTSD, and sometimes they dont come off as the most...well adjusted people sometimes. And it takes them years, if not decades to become more normal again. In some ways, it never goes away for them, but I will say they improve. Platner seems to be one of those people. he seems to have come back from war totally messed up in the head, and then over the next 15 years slowly improved his life to the point he's ready to face the world again in a more proper way. And people wanna tear him down for it. So idk...I look at the allegations in this article, and I'm mostly seeing that.
Anyway, even more so, the worst allegations are from an ex who happens to work for the republican party. So....yeah....I dont trust ANYTHING she says. Because she obviously wants collins to win, and she's not a reliable source. Other girlfriends noted some strange behavior, but most of them seem to think he's mostly peaceful, but just a bit...off.
Either way, this doesn't move the needle for me. Again, the centrists are trying to play hard into respectability politics, acting like every scandal should break this guy's career, and uh...I'm just nto swayed. I mean, if the dude was running for president, I would say, maybe, yeah. Maybe someone with this F-ed up of a mindset shouldnt be trusted with nuclear codes. Sure, he would be better than the current mentally unstable dementia addled 80 year old in office now, but yeah. I mean, I can say in that circumstance I wouldnt trust him. As a senator? Eh, I'd give him a chance. He's better than mills or collins.
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