SPRINGTIME FOR PLATNER:

The big defense of Platner is this "Sure, ok, he got a Nazi tattoo. But do you *really* think he's a Nazi? For real, you don't *really* think that."

This is sickening to me b/c they expect their right-wing opponents to be honest on a thing where they have an entire industry… https://t.co/dqBsB31Jbd

— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) May 5, 2026

Exit quote: “If you ask left-wingers ‘come on, you never really believed that these people were Nazis and racists’, they will just lie to you and tell you ‘yes, I genuinely believe that throwing up the OK symbol was racist and, if you push me on it, I will double and triple down on it. I will insist that I am an idiot even though these people are obviously not Nazis. I’m locked in on this stupid position and I will use any accusation of this kind to ruin your life even though I know it’s not true.’ They expect you to be honest when they absolutely would not and then they will leverage your honesty to advance their own purposes without EVER granting you the same benefit of the doubt or honest assessment.”

Why is the RNC Chairman on Newsmax instead of a DNC-MSM channel with that same message?

Democrats and Independents don’t watch Newsmax.

You’re the RNC chair. Go on Good Morning America and tell them to their faces.

Run ads to destroy him now. https://t.co/ZYHFhfMFu3

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) May 5, 2026

Related:

Extinction Rage

Suppose you train a monkey to push a button, by rewarding it with a banana every time.

Then you stop giving it bananas.

What happens next is called Extinction Rage (technically, "Frustrative Nonreward.") The monkey becomes angry and agitated.

You may have… pic.twitter.com/8elKi3zaBo

— Dr. Insensitive Jerk (@DrInsensitive) May 5, 2026

“Then a few years ago, most right-wingers stopped dropping loot. In classic extinction behavior, leftists got angry and called us racists even more. They frantically pushed the racist button, hoping the bananas would resume, getting angrier and angrier when they didn’t. Some leftists are still pushing the button. I’m sure you can make the connection to the sexist button, as well as the homophobe, islamaphobe, and trans-phobe buttons.”

UPDATE (FROM GLENN):

The incredible part about this meme, especially as applied to Favreau and the others defending Platner’s “decency,” is that the symbol on the cap is quite literally Platner’s tattoo.

It’s almost enough to make me wonder if we are living in a simulation. https://t.co/DCqEaNJ5pq

— Legal Phil (@Legal_Fil) May 4, 2026