Fifield, 41, is the second woman to allege this week that Platner engaged in nonconsensual sexual conduct. Jenny Racicot, 41, who said she previously dated Platner, told The Post and other outlets on Monday that he sexually assaulted her in late 2021, leading a growing number of allies to drop their endorsements and call on him to withdraw from the race for a Maine seat in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), his most influential and prominent supporter, said he spoke with Platner on Tuesday and urged him to withdraw from his campaign to unseat Susan Collins, the incumbent Republican.
Platner, 41, a Marine Corps veteran and oyster farmer, also denied Racicot’s allegation but said on Monday that he was “mindful of the political reality” that the reporting will “inflict” on his campaign and was “taking the time to reflect on the best path forward.”
Fifield initially told The Post about the alleged condom removal during a June 20 interview that was off the record. She said she decided to speak publicly about it Tuesday in part because, she said, she wanted to show that Racicot was not alone in experiencing issues with Platner involving sexual consent.
I very much agree, but that isn’t her fault.
I literally agree with you, but you’re reading so much into a relationship you know absolutely nothing about because you cannot separate your resentment of an unjust and racist system and society from the blame of one woman.
Yes, he should have been in jail. Yes, she should not have slept with him, but you have no idea how much she actually knew about him. If she had full knowledge of his history and and understanding of his job and still slept with him, yeah, that’s a poor choice, but she is still a victim.
Regardless, I highly doubt she did have full knowledge of his past and what the obscure tattoo meant. He raped her, he probably lied too, and it kind of sickens me that you find it easier to trust the word of a Nazi mercenary man over a rape victim woman. These kind of people revel in manipulating their way into women’s pants. He slipped his condom off for fuck’s sake!
This woman is a victim, and she’s an asset to your (and my) cause. Stop with the misogynist mental gymnastics and operate on what we actually know, which is that an abuser raped her and she’s facing the full consternation of both Graham’s supporters, and apparently detractors, for that choice.
You need to take a second and redirect your anger. Don’t jump through hoops and make assumptions to justify your gut reaction. You’re absolutely right, it’s 100% unjust that it took this woman’s word when his actions should have been enough, but again, that is not her fault. I am not going to make assumptions for Platner’s benefit. A man that is willing to non-consensually slip off a condom multiple times despite her saying no is absolutely willing to say whatever he needs to to get in a woman’s pants. I highly doubt that he’s going into a hookup and telling his partner “hey, I liked blowing up brown people so much I went back as a mercenary.”
I simply don’t know, and I will not assume, so I will support the victim and be happy that she came out against this person I refuse to support. It should not have taken her word, but I am still glad she did and have a great deal of empathy for a fellow SA victim that was able to come out against her abuser, even though he’s a public figure. I wasn’t able to.
The rape was laying about wearing a condom. still sexual assault, but I don’t think it is even considered a crime in the US. It should be a crime, it should be treated as rape, but it wont. It was considered a joke when it happened to me. Because violence to people that look like me is just a joke.
He had a Nazi tattoo and was a mercenary, not sure you can hide those in a relationship, so unless it was a one off one night stand, and she didn’t inquire about the tattoo then it makes no sense.
I would not make an anti suicide campaign using Eva Braun.
Even if there was no sexual assault I would still blame whoever dates him just for dating him. He never showed remorse and reminisced about being a mercenary on interviews.
No one gets to act surprised that a nazi mercenary is a bad person, not the democratic establishment, not the liberals, and not his ex. You dated a nazi mercenary, what did she expect. And it wasn’t a hook-up, they knew each other for a while from what is sounds like.
Are we so desensitized to nazis that nazi lovers are people we expected to emphasize with?
I am pissed at the establishment, but also pissed that I am expected to feel bad for a nazi lover in a country where people that look like me are treated like subhuman trash.
Why do you keep assuming it’s impossible to hide you’re a Nazi mercenary? Jobs and political beliefs are like, the easiest thing to lie about. Men lie about those constantly to get laid. Conservative talking heads even brag about it because modern women won’t sleep with conservatives. Stop making assumptions and support the rape victim.
Nazi Tattoo
We’ve been over this. The tattoo is not obviously Nazi unless you’re familiar with the racist dogwhistles. Have you seen the tattoo? Its not a swastika or an iron cross, to the average person it just looks like an ordinary tattoo. You’re doing such ridiculous mental gymnastics and going in circles just so you can justify your misplaced victim-blaming resentment.
did he lie about being a mercenary?
Almost certainly! Are you just reading my comments and not processing any of the words? How many times do I need to repeat myself? Rapists lie! Why wouldn’t they? The consent of a woman means nothing to them.
He was open about his merc work, unless he managed hide that, and that he is a nazi, she has no excuse, she dated a nazi, she was ok that he was paid to kill people that look like me. she shouldn’t have been raped. but you demanding that I cry for her is some abusive racist bullshit.
Nazi lives don’t matter.
It’s like talking to a brick wall. Yeah, he probably isn’t totally honest with women about being a mercenary, it’s not exactly a popular job for getting laid. You’re making so many assumptions because it’s easier to jump through hoops to blame a rape victim who is supporting your cause than it is to reexamine your personal biases. The buzzwords you use are just classic logical fallacy bullshit, “gaslit,” “abusive,” “racist,” like I THINK THE GIY WAS EVIL. I just don’t have a hate boner for his VICTIMS because he’s a manipulative rapist!
You’re totally right, she might have known his past, his beliefs, and his profession, but probably not! The rape happened way before his political career.
You hate her because you hate that it took her word, “a white woman’s tears,” as you put it, to convince the public. She is not the public. She did not do his crimes. We cannot know if she knew the horrible things he believed and did, but I’m not giving a rapist the benefit of doubt like you’re so dedicated to doing. You are incapable of examining that cognitive dissonance. In the absence of knowing, I choose to support victims. You choose to blame them. You would rather wallow in a persecution complex and throw mud because someone disagrees with you, rather than accepting that WE WANT THE SAME THING.
All I’m trying to do is get you to realize that:
You would rather operate on a “guilty until proven innocent” framework, even when the facts don’t support your conclusions, because you’re absolutely incapable of introspection and realizing that your quarrel isn’t with her, a very brave individual who was victimized by your mutual enemy, but with the public which was willing to trust a “former” Nazi mercenary but not a rapist. Again, not her fault.
Why do you find it easier to defend the hypothetical integrity of a Nazi, mercenary, rapist than to trust a woman?
No dude, you’re “supposed to” feel bad about a rape victim because you’re a human being and they’re a fucking rape victim.
It’s really that simple. Just stop.
Nazi lives don’t matter