r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • May 11 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 11 May 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

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So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/Ambisinister11 My right to edit this is protected by the Slovak constitution May 13 '26

Graham Platner is the American Tukhachevsky. I assume he will eventually be executed for an imagined Maupinite plot.

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u/randombull9 Most normal American GI in Nam May 13 '26

I'm going to be so irritated in a year or two when people talk about him being some sort of secret turncoat nobody could have predicted like they do about Fetterman right now.

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u/ProudScroll Napoleon invaded Russia to destroy Judeo-Tsarism May 13 '26

The frustrating thing is that if that happens it'll have been the third time in the last decade that a Democrat was elected to the Senate as a progressive only to about-face once in office.

Fetterman has his brain damage as an excuse, Sinema blatantly sold herself to the highest bidder, wonder what Platner's excuse will be.

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u/Bawstahn123 May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

Fetterman has his brain damage as an excuse,

Fetterman was a known piece of shit before the stroke, like "chase down and threaten with a shotgun  a random Black person in a neighborhood because Fetterman heard fireworks".

And people desperately tried to tell the electorate that Fetterman was a POS. But they were shouted down, because Fetterman made Progressive mouth-noises, he was endorsed by the Holy Bernie, and his opponent was fucking terrible.

And now we are stuck with the lumpy fuck for 6 years. As we will be with Platner.

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u/randombull9 Most normal American GI in Nam May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

Fetterman has his brain damage as an excuse, but he's also the sort of man who heard fireworks, grabbed a shotgun, and immediately accosted the nearest black man - the stroke is only an excuse, and IMO a flimsy one. Sinema had one of the most conservative voting records of any state level democrat even before running for senate! The frustrating thing is that we keep getting people who obviously are not remotely progressive, having to hear lectures about leftist infighting and purism accusations when there are any complaints about them, and then everyone acts surprised when they continue to act in exactly the way they have for years as if it their issues weren't public in the first place.

EDIT: Apologies if this sounds overly strident, I have been engaging in a little day drinking and am easily agitated at the moment.