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Graham Platner: “I don't think it moves us any closer to a better or freer…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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Graham Platner Wants a Democratic Revolution | The Interview

Published | Video Starts at 53:53

No. Good lord, no. The way that we use the term political violence right now in our. In our kind of current discourse, violence is absolutely no place. And I don't think it moves us any closer to a better or freer society. That's what I think the organizing is for fun, to be up front. I mean, I think one of the reasons we actually see an explosion of political violence today is because we do not have more effective outlets. (53:53–53:57)

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Asserts that political violence does not contribute to a better or freer society.

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