Platner says ‘no reason to deny’ antigay slurs in posts: ‘It’s indefensible’

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner admits using ‘indefensible’ antigay slurs in unearthed Reddit

The Advocate A progressive U.S. Senate candidate in Maine, who has already apologized for earlier misogynistic and racially insensitive remarks and said he did not realize that a tattoo on his chest resembled a Nazi SS emblem, is again under scrutiny,...

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Platner says ‘no reason to deny’ antigay slurs in posts: ‘It’s indefensible’

Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner admitted to authoring a series of antigay Reddit posts in prior years, calling the comments “indefensible.”

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"I stopped using that specific kind of language a while ago … and today I find that stuff abhorrent," Graham Platner said

Platner Admits to Using ‘Indefensible’ Antigay Slurs

Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner (D), who has already apologized for earlier misogynistic and racially insensitive remarks and said he did not realize that a tattoo on his chest resembled a Nazi SS emblem, is again under scrutiny, this time for anti-LGBTQ+ comments, the Advocate reports. Platner confirmed that he authored a series of Reddit comments that include homophobic slurs, anti-LGBTQ+ jokes, and sexually explicit stories denigra…

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner admits using ‘indefensible’ antigay slurs in unearthed Reddit posts

"Today I find that stuff abhorrent," Platner told The Advocate. "And I am sorry that I ever used it.”