He says he "seek[s] to further the movement we
have built together." The movement is better without him. But why? There's nothing in his letter expressing penitence or regret for anything he's done.
"Up the Hearts" — which struck me as a possible euphemism for an obscenity — is a rallying cry for the Portland Maine soccer team, the Hearts of Pine.
He stomps off — "F*ck ICE. Free Palestine. Up the Hearts. Solidarity forever."
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Just as Judaism is the basis of Western ethics, morality and law, the Palestinians are the bases of the Democrats' ethics, morality and law.
Everybody seems to have forgotten the Alamo.
Maybe I am just a conservative conservative and not a conservative conservative Democrat.
What Platner wrote is sickening. He is sickening. 50% of D's are sick.
I’ll try to say something nice about Platner: whereas the prophet Muhammad hated dogs and considered them evil, Graham Platner has a black Lab named Zevon and a shepherd mix named Gryffin/Griffin. In the Book of Meade, that’s one point for Platner (although even Hitler had a dog so there is that.)
Sloganeering parrot says what?
I asked AI what “up the hearts” means
Up the Hearts” is a supporters’ chant for Bohemian FC (“Bohs”), Ireland’s oldest and only 100% fan-owned football club, based in Dublin.
Why it appears next to “Free Palestine”:
Bohs has become internationally known for using its jerseys and platform for social causes, especially Palestinian solidarity. The club donates jersey profits to Medical Aid for Palestinians. They also promote causes like refugee rights, anti-ICE messaging, climate justice, and anti-homelessness.
F*ck ICE continues to get people killed. Another “Adult Conversation” nobody is having?
Bad news for the "Da JOOOOOS shot Charlie with an exploding microphone!" crowd: the prosecution showed a video which, apparently, is pretty dang clear that it was Tyler Robinson, the Democrat furry lover, who did it.
Several of our posters here were and are all still happy one of their own assassinated Charlie Kirk.
Next time I’ll read the entire post.
What does "Free Palestine" mean...like, exactly? Do these Free Palestine fashionistas ever say what they mean by that exactly... or what that looks like?
Funny how they're never asked to to explain that.
I guess when your bend the knee and cuck out to the powers-that-be it feels better to shoot your mouth off and be defiant. But Platner wimped out. He wouldn't fight. And all the brave profane words wont change that.
Supposedly Troy Jackson has been endorsed by the AFL-CIO and is similar to Platner in his views. So, maybe they'll get someone who thinks like him without his baggage.
Put your Hearts Up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgpHV4dGPs4
And he shall be Zevon
And he shall be a good dog
And he shall be Zevon
In the depth of the Portland coastal fog
He was born a puppy to a pawn
On a Christmas Day when the New York Times said Dog is dead
And the war’s messed up
Graham Platner has a pup today….
He shall be Zevon
CC, JSM
Just as Judaism is the basis of Western ethics, morality and law.
False. LOL. I suppose one can quibble over the words "Basis" and "Judaism". Western ethics moralitiy and law come from the Greeks/Romans/Hebrews filtered through 2000 years of Christianity.
Seriously, he must have named the dog after Warren Zevon. Platner probably sees himself as a werewolf…
Ahooo! Werewolves of Portland
Ahooo!
I saw a werewolf drinking an AG1 at Trader Joe’s.
His hair was NOT perfect.
Ahooo!
CC, JSM
"Free Palestine" and "Fuck ICE" are catch phrases, like "Sis boom Bah", with little actual meaning. It's similar to the boys and girls applauding to bring Tinkerbell back to life in Peter Pan.
"F*ck ICE"
Do you think he ever, in his own head, tries to reconcile his support for 10-20 million illegals remaining in this country with his supposed championing of the economic welfare of working-class Americans? Does he lie to himself and say they're compatible? Does he just suppress it? Is he capable of reflection?
Hearts can also refer to Heart of Midlothian Football Club, a soccer team in Edinburgh. Their players and fans enlisted en masse in a pals battalion for WW1. Marillion has a great song called Heart of Lothian, detailing their original lead singer’s love for his hometown.
Don’t think Platner is cool enough to know any of that, though. Marillion is for cool people: CC, JSM
In college there was this girl who made fun by adding all the slogans together- Fog Area…Clearance…Bridge Freezes Before Road…Apple Maggot Quarantine Area…well, she was hot so prolly better at the poetic qualities of Washnington State road signs..:
Free Palestine - Kill Hamas.
"I saw a werewolf drinking an AG1 at Trader Joe’s."
Trader Vic's?
We need Immigrations and Customs officers.
We need law an order.
We need police.
F-k the left. F-k Graham Platner - FRAUD and Rapist.
F*ck Platner. "Punch a Nazi"
Now RC is claiming the Jews had zero influence on our laws or freedoms. I think the founding fathers, who studied what we call the Torah a lot, would disagree..... But I suppose RC is one who will claim that the Jews are the real invaders and newcomers to the land, and they have no history there before they conquered it in the 1940s or something.
"Now RC is claiming the Jews had zero influence on our laws or freedoms."
Liar. That's not what I wrote - at all.
Oh, what you implied was blah blah blah.
Vance - Mr. 774 views.
Mason G, as Carson said, they're no good if you have to explain em.
Yes the original song had Trader Vic's.
I substituted Trader Joe's to show Platner as more of a bougie were-pug.
I shall endeavor to do better. CC, JSM
“What does "Free Palestine" mean”
…I think it’s like a Mamdani grocery store- just take it and walk out…
"I shall endeavor to do better."
Not to worry. Doesn't mean nobody else got it, you know.
The thing is, is that the Israeli portion of Palestine is relatively free. It’s just not Muslim controlled, where the only ones with full rights are Muslim. Arabs living there are much freer than they would be under rule by Muslim terrorists, like the ones controlling Gaza.
Which is why we know that “Free Palestine” is a propaganda slogan, and not anything that very many of the Arabs living there want.
" Western ethics moralitiy and law come from the Greeks/Romans/Hebrews filtered through 2000 years of Christianity. "
Curious? Difficult Freedom: Essays on Judaism by Emmanuel Levinas. The chapter "A Religion for Adults."
RCOCEAN II replied to rhardin's comment of:
"..Just as Judaism is the basis of Western ethics, morality and law..
by explicitly stating:
"..False. LOL. I suppose one can quibble over the words.."
and when called out on it, then claimed:
"..Liar. That's not what I wrote - at all.."
your life must be sad rco.. i really feel sorry for you.
How shitty is your life, that you have to pretend that it's all The Jooze fault?
Platner’s 156,084 voters are 11% of the population of Maine and 15% of its active registered voters. That’s significant but not substantial.
Our long national nightmare is over.
How can we miss him if he doesnt go away
Next week's drama: Who will be the Democratic candidate?
My money is on Susan Bellows, the SOS. She's the one that tried to get Trump's name taken off the ballot, and was ultimately stopped by the USSC. She's bringing chops to the table, and she's solid DNC.
Well, at least Platner is consistent: consistently on the looney and anti-Semitic left. Someone needs to find out what is in Maine water that makes Democrats barking mad.
Always "classy". A jerkmeat to the end.
My money is on Susan Collins. My kind of RINO.
Our long national nightmare is over.
Ok that made me laugh
Never bet against the Lesbian in Tennis. And never bet against Susan Collins to win re-election. I see her leaving the senate - but only feet first.
Curious? Difficult Freedom: Essays on Judaism by Emmanuel Levinas. The chapter "A Religion for Adults."
I certainly will take a look.
Her cray cray level is 12
I always love how the sock puppets cant keep their names straight. Gilbar? Vance? Who am I today?
reminds me of Bloggingheads TV where Dan Kauffman couldn't remember whether he was posting under his own name or his numerous sock puppets.
Bily you silly boy
I saw a story in The Prospect (sorry, I know) talking about possible Maine D Senate nominees. None of them mentioned Janet Mills. How the hell can she not be the D nominee? A 2 time D governor of the state.
I am 2000 miles away, but doesn't Janet Mills have the best chance of beating Sweet Susie C?
Graham Platner ain't right in the head.
I’d call it draw. Not that I know much about history, or even biology, but I would say while Judaism is * a * basis, Western civilization is a blend of Judeo-Christian, Greco-Roman, and later Enlightenment influences on ethics, morality, with Greco-Roman is the greater influence on Western law. But I can’t say much about either (and the professor is fast asleep thus beyond able to consulted). I AM an expert on the Boy Scout Law however. But I’m fading into sleep myself so i’ll just say be good, o commenters extraordinaire. Be good and good night
RCO,
Aside from your odious Jew hatred, you are quite poorly informed about history of ethics.
You strike me as a miserable old Jew hater who has nothing better to do than spill your hatred on this website.
There are other, more appropriate sites for you. Go away!
Platner's 156K votes is about half of the 326K registered Democrats (though since 2024 Maine does allow voters registered as neither Republican or Democrat to vote one party primary ballot, but not crossovers)
I'd say that's significant.
This is not the first, or the second, or the tenth time RCOCEAN II has denied writing what he quite clearly wrote. I'm still waiting for him to answer my question in the previous thread: "Did you or did you not deny that the Iranian junta wants to kill Trump? Yes or no?"
Hearts are the Hearts of Pine, a local soccer team that just started last year in Portland, Maine. Not MLS a USL team.
I got it.
Always up for a Warren Zevon reference.
Just as Judaism is the basis of Western ethics, morality and law, the Palestinians are the bases of the Democrats' ethics, morality and law.
Wow. That is almost indisputably true. I don't even know if the left would refute it. Brilliant, rhhardin.
RCOcean, trying to add pagans via affirmative action is kind of an embarrassing argument to make, yes? Our republic and Plato's republic have very little in common.
Plato = big fan of slavery
Judeo-Christianity = not big fans of slavery
Plato = viability doctrine, abandon babies to die
Judeo-Christianity = love your babies, do not kill them
Plato = democracy is bad and voting is worthless
Judeo-Christianity = voting is good, educate people
I could go on and on. But most notable is your failure to deny that a lot of Democrats seem to be taking their ideology from the Palestinians. That includes mobs out in the streets, lying journalists, anti-Semitism, and the use of death threats, violence, and murder to intimidate political opponents.
There are innocent people in Gaza (of course), but it's ruled by Hamas, an evil terrorist dictatorship.
Hasan Piker: "Hamas is 1000 times better than Israel." If you want more Hamas, vote accordingly.
Hasan Piker: "Hamas is 1000 times better than Israel.”
Depends how you measure, I guess. Hamas has probably killed 1000 times more gays but that’s probably not what he means.
Or maybe he does.
“ (although even Hitler had a dog so there is that.)
Stalin had a dog. And, if you don’t mind mixing mythologies a bit, Satan has Cerberus.
“ Plato = big fan of slavery
Judeo-Christianity = not big fans of slavery”
Hmm…Jesus grew up in the Roman Empire. Would have been surrounded by slaves; never said a word about it. Was hell on moneychangers, though.
“ Plato = democracy is bad and voting is worthless
Judeo-Christianity = voting is good, educate people”
Just don’t tell them the earth goes around the sun, or even mention that evil Darwin’s heresy.
As for the Judaic contribution to the topic of slavery, we have Exodus 21:
“ 21 “Now these are the rules that you shall set before them. 2 When you buy a Hebrew slave,[a] he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. 3 If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out alone. 5 But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’ 6 then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall be his slave forever.”
That was for Hebrew slaves. For pagan slaves, the rules were considerably more relaxed.
Fuck the Commie.
Funniest comment about this bum, that I have seen so far, from Legal Insurrection
The Gentle Grizzly in reply to Peter Moss. | July 10, 2026 at 7:38 pm
"Because he’s white, does that make him an oyster cracker?"
NPR's story on the withdrawing edited the ending quote, they left out "Solidarity Forever" What was NPR protecting me-the-reader from here? Old IWW singalong lyric earworms?
Weird how the major media fucks with people, and you'll never know cause no-one looks at 4 sources of news to determine truth.
It would have been a useful and apparently a NECESSARY step for Maine Democrats had they elected Platner. His sullen confusion would have been unavoidable for some voters, at least, to notice on that larger stage. The likelihood of him self-destructing in office would have been high. Something that might make a dent in their own bloody confusions.
Fool can't even resign without mentioning Israel. Where's the #metoo #believeallwomen, Alyssa Milano and Gloria Steinem acolytes? Why didn't the Feminists ever go after him? No statement from Gloria Allred, Now, ERA and League of Women Voters. Shocked.
It's cute that Graham himself put that asterisk in "F*ck." He must be a man with concern for others' sensibilities.
The book of Deuteronomy, which is part of the Pentateuch, the Torah and the Bible, is the most widely quoted document by our Founding Fathers. Moses the Lawgiver looms large in our history and the Ten Commandments are cited as part of both our legal system and the concept of Natural Law, that Man possesses certain inalienable rights endowed by our Creator that Government can not abridge.
The Dem party is looking pretty pathetic. Over 150k people voted for Platner at their party leaders’ insistence, then the leaders backed away from what they themselves insisted upon and threw all that time and money in the trash. The 150k people are simply sheep if they put up with these shenanigans.
They are bound to do it again.
I think it’s funny this working man Maine oyster farmer liked Les Miserables so much he quotes the songs…
Does this mean he is positioning himself for a presidential run in 28?
A power to the people guy would tell the people just exactly what the hell is going on. Name some names. Who blackmailed you? What was the threat? Why don't you have a team of lawyers in court seeking injunctive relief requiring the Maine Democratic Party and the DNC to cease and desist and to support the campaign? Who do you put forth as your replacement? What did you get in return?
What kind of radical slinks away when the time for bold action is at hand?
My conclusion: he's a grifter and a fraud. He took the money. He'll be endorsing whoever the Dems put up.
Meade: "I’d call it draw. Not that I know much about history, or even biology, but I would say while Judaism is * a * basis, Western civilization is a blend of Judeo-Christian, Greco-Roman, and later Enlightenment influences on ethics, morality, with Greco-Roman is the greater influence on Western law."
I mostly agree with you. I would emphasize the Abrahamic religions' insistence on the individual, though. Every soul is equally (un) worthy before God, which leads to the idea that every vote is equal, every dollar is equal, every party in court is equal, etc. The other influences (and tbh original Judaism) were more about the relationships between groups: leading families in Greece/Rome, tribes in Germanic Europe. And if you weren't in one of the competing elite groups, you were nothing, in the eyes of society and the gods.
Also, the heart of the law is logic. And to take another lap on one of my hobbyhorses, logic comes from monks and rabbis trying to solve theological problems. CC, JSM
And Muslim scholars. Mustn't forget the contributions of all the guys in Al-Andalus etc, whose manuscripts the monks and Renaissance humanists eagerly snatched up. CC, JSM
He waited until the Sunday talk shows were recorded.
God said in Deuteronomy that to gain His favor man must hate injustice. Walz pardoning a child rapist solely in an attempt to thwart the criminal’s deportation would be an example of the evil collectivist left not obeying God’s law.
Free Ice! Fuck Palestine!
Part of me wishes he would have stayed in the race. It would have guaranteed a Republican win this November.
Every Maine resident right now:
"You know how we know you're gay? You said 'Up The Hearts'.
Platner who?
“I would emphasize the Abrahamic religions' insistence on the individual, though.”
Of course, Abrahamic religions include Islam. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam shaped Western ethics, law, and culture through transmission, adaptation, and interaction. Each has gone through controversies, corruptions, and reformations. It might be more accurate to say Western Civilization has its basis in the ancient Israelites, out of whom came Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Hmm…Jesus grew up in the Roman Empire. Would have been surrounded by slaves; never said a word about it.
There are Christians who made that argument in the South. But those same people got mad at Yankees who came down here to teach the slaves to read, and baptized them and gave them Bibles. The Jews were enslaved by the Romans, of course, and the Bible is filled with stories about people seeking freedom. Big inspiration for the Christian preacher, Nat Turner and his rebellion.
Christ was a big inspiration for the abolitionist movement. John Newton, the former slave-trader, wrote Amazing Grace. And of course Christ inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement.
It's like the people who say Christ never condemned abortion. He teaches us to love, and how to love, and the opposition to atrocities flow from that. In the original draft of our Declaration of Independence, Jefferson mocks the King of England for his support of the slave trade, while pretending to be a Christian. The deaths and atrocities were obvious to men with eyes that can see and ears that can hear. Lincoln was another powerful Christian.
See also "Christ never condemned the Nazis" or "Christ never condemned the Communists." And yet you find followers of Christ who do condemn the Nazis, and do condemn the Communists. It's almost like we learn from our rabbi how to think. Meanwhile the atheists brag about how they are secular humanists. More like free riders on the Christ train.
Richard Dawkins, the atheist, now calls himself a cultural Christian. Why?
Sam Harris, the atheist, is a powerful Zionist. Why?
Jesus never met a Muzzie. That's for sure.
"Dawkins . . . . Why?"
"Harris . . . . Why?"
Lived experience would be my guess.
What a wanker, in a porta-john, no less. “Up the” is a common prefix used before soccer team names in the UK Ireland. He thinks he’s very clever and cool.
Rhhardin wins it with the first comment.
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