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Platner told rape victims to ‘take some responsibility’ and avoid being assaulted in vulgar resurfaced post

Graham Platner, Maine’s embattled Democratic Senate nominee who stands accused of rape, made a Reddit post in 2013 where he criticized victims of rape."Holy f---, how about people just take some responsibility for themselves and not get so f---ed up they wind up having sex with someone they don't mean to?" Platner wrote in 2013, responding to another user who expressed disappointment that women couldn’t get intoxicated without fearing sexual assault."Men and women, you make a choice to consume enough of a substance to lose your self control. So if you don't want to be in a comprising [sic.] si...