HOGS CAN'T CANCEL GRAHAM PLATNER

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]Maine Democrat Senate candidate refused to apologize for deleted social media post. Yeah, the it's really funny that one of the things Grant Plathner has you know many fans specifically in the state of Maine which is where he's supposed to have the fans regardless, right? But Grant Plathner on the internet has many haters. Some of those haters happen to be haters of mine as well. I'm agnostic to Grant Plathner. I think he's a a pretty fine communicator on a lot of the issues that I care about. You know, only time will tell if he is legitimately a voice against American imperialism. He has made some strides in that endeavor.

[00:00:36]I think he's communicated about American militarism far better and especially because he has a position of legitimacy as someone who was a servant of American empire who directly held the killing machines. But one thing I will say is this. Obviously in comparison to all the other options he's better. But one thing I will say about Grant Plathner is the the reaction to Grant Plathner. I'll be honest with you. Walk like a CHUD, think like a woke might be an undefeated method. I don't think the Republicans have a way to deal with this meta.

[00:01:06]Agnostic, I thought you became a believer. I mean, I'm I go back and forth on it. I do think he's one of the better candidates out there even though he still does have some red flags. I I became more agnostic after the New York Times interview ironically enough cuz like his [ __ ] posts on Reddit made me more of a believer and then I heard him talk about some of these issues on the New York Times interview and I I felt like he was he was weak around some of his responses. But it's not enough for me to just be like, you know, an anti anti Grant Plathner the weirdo, okay?

[00:01:37]The only reason why I say that is because like the the questions around like his tattoo and what did he know and all this stuff like he didn't have like a very good He had a very good response for the average person. He just didn't have a very good response for someone like myself because I'm a lot more I'm going to scrutinize that. You know what I mean? No matter what happens, I'm going to be a lot more careful. But, it doesn't Ultimately, it doesn't it doesn't matter. In any case, in any case, all I will say is this. I love watching all of the anti-Platnerites, the Republicans, and the centrist right-wingers, the Israel firsters on both parties in both parties, lose their minds. And they keep saying over and over again that Grant Platner is a Nazi and that he's like a like a They're talking about Grant Platner being a a child murderer. Like they're they're literally doing the troop exploder meta. Liberals, who have never found Imperial Conquers that they don't salivate over, have now decided, "Oh, Grant Platner is a military death merchant. Like he's a merchant of death.

[00:02:39]Why would you ever vote for him?" It's like, "Dude, what? You love wars. When the [ __ ] did you decide that you think every that every member of the US armed forces is a [ __ ] child killer? When did that happen?" You don't believe that. You've never said that. You're trying to engage in a multi-faceted war here to try to disparage this guy.

[00:02:59]You loved when Kamala Harris said, "I'm going to have the most lethal military of all time." I hated it. You don't like that he invokes class consciousness in his commentary, and you don't like that he's anti-Israel, and you don't like that he's, you know, certainly more anti-war than the average Democrat is, okay? That's what you don't like. They're now hitting him with the he attacked a a Purple Heart veteran. On Fox, Democratic Maine Senate candidate Grant Platner dodges an apology when confronted over a deleted Reddit post where he said a Purple Heart recipient didn't deserve to live.

[00:03:28]That's crazy. That's I I did wow. Fox News digital I mean, he's a typical he's a typical Marine chud. It is is true. This is literally how Marines talk amongst themselves. This is unironically locker room talk, okay? This is literally locker room talk. And it's very funny because all the stuff that he's saying, all this stuff that he's saying or has said privately when he didn't realize he was going to run for Senate and actually have a shot at flipping a red seat are probably closer to his worldview in general, his evolution is probably much more real. He also called himself a communist on Reddit. Why is Fox News not mentioning it?

[00:04:08]Um they have and they will continue to mention it. Now, listen, listen, listen, I need you to understand something. This kind of posture from the Republican side against the guy whose optics look like a chud, a real American hero, a marine unironically hurts the Republican movement. That's it. Cuz the average hog that sees this guy and then sees some [ __ ] Republican [ __ ] like hatchet man walk up to him and be like, "Why won't you apologize to the veteran, sir?" are going to be like, "No, I like this guy who's getting into his pickup truck who looks like a god lobsterman.

[00:04:51]Like look down to the pickup truck with Come on, man. When a hog sees this, when a hog sees this interaction, what do you think happens in the lizard brain of the hog? Do you think they find this guy more appealing or do you think they find the annoying journalist who's behaving in a manner not dissimilar to like a liberal journalist attacking a Republican, the image that they've seen over and over again trying to foment a decency politics? You can't be indecent and wear it on your sleeve, which is what the Republican reactionary movement has done for a decade to genuine success and then turn around and be like, "Oh, well, where is the decency, sir?" You can't do that. You can't do that, especially when the guy you're trying to do that to looks like one of your own.

[00:05:45]This is a new media environment that you created where the permission structure has expanded. You can't try to lean in cuz now now it's no longer a race between Democrat versus Democrat. It's a race between Republicans versus Democrats. So, the most Democrats are going to be like, "I don't give a [ __ ] I'll vote for a ham sandwich over a Republican. The [ __ ] are you talking about? Really? We're going to unseat a Republican? That's a major W. We're getting in there." So, now if you're trying to tackle the independents or the people who are in the center, you can't engage in an you know, decency politics like, "What about the optics, sir?"

[00:06:20]Especially when the optics absolutely favor the guy with the fattest mustache you've ever seen who looks like a [ __ ] Chad. I was wondering if you regret the post about the Purple Heart veteran.

[00:06:34]Um if you think you need to apologize to him.

[00:06:40]Um Like look at him.

[00:06:42]Oh, yeah. I'm I'm putting my local Leroy style seltzer beverages in the back of my pickup truck. That's dusty as [ __ ] Hold on. Oh, you guys don't give me a moment of respite. What's What liberal arts college you graduate from, [ __ ] >> [laughter] >> What happened? Get the [ __ ] out of here.

[00:06:58]Toyota Tundra though doesn't drive American? No, that gives him more legitimacy. Are you kidding me? Hogs don't play around about their trucks.

[00:07:05]They have no loyalty to Ford like that.

[00:07:07]They just get the Fords cuz they're the least costly alternative, but they respect Toyota Tundras. What What's the matter? Can't take a joke? Is that what they taught you in Oberlin? Huh?

[00:07:17][ __ ] What you would say to voters who might be upset by it?

[00:07:23]I did four tours in infantry.

[00:07:25]Uh any attempt to say that I disrespect veterans is slanderous and offensive.

[00:07:31]>> Do you think you owe him an apology? I said I uh Do you know how many of my friends have Purple Hearts? Do you know how many of my friends got wounded? Sure, a lot.

[00:07:39]Yeah, a lot of them. Thank you. Thank you.

[00:07:43]I was wondering if you um See, even even the hog reporter has no response. See, this is cuz they're not they're not experienced in being uh woke libtards.

[00:07:53]That's the thing. Cuz they're hitting him with a libtard angle, right? They're like, "Um excuse me, why won't you apologize for this? Blah blah blah."

[00:08:00]This post you posted. I don't like your post. Uh why don't you apologize? A real one would say, "Well, do you think your friends deserve to get shot in the same manner that you God, why am I giving them pointers? Would you speak with your friends in the same manner? Would you say that your friends deserve to get shot and wounded while they were getting their purple hearts in the same way that you said about this other guy?" Is what you would say if you are actually truly libtarded. You're not. You don't know.

[00:08:26]You don't know how to be a a a proper libtard. Admit you were wrong about truck brands though?

[00:08:34]No, I think hogs respect Toyota Tundras.

[00:08:36]What do you mean? They don't care. This is a real machine for a real working man. You know what's really funny? Would be interested to find out if his parents bought that Toyota Tundra for him. So, that's the other thing. Guys, guys, optics matter to lizard brain people.

[00:08:50]Grant Platner's optics are so unbelievably solid as long as he's never on the back foot, as long as he's attacking attacking attacking, he's set.

[00:09:00]He's set to a comfortable victory.

[00:09:02]Optics matter so much that people think Ted Cruz has a more working class background because he put snakeskin boots on and a big belt buckle and says, "I love Texas." Then Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a goddamn bartender before she became a congressional representative. Hogs love optics. If you're white and you wear the boots and you wear the belt buckle, they go, "Yeah, right. That's one of mine." They don't look at a Canadian Cuban that graduated from [ __ ] Harvard who has spent his entire life defending corporations as anything but a real working class individual because he has the optics. Anyway, Ryan Grim says Republican political consultants think there's no way that a guy who did a decade plus in the military and four combat tours deserves or can afford a decent truck. I guess nice trucks are reserved for political consultants paid for giving extremely bad political advice. Am I the only one irritated he's getting harassed on Memorial Day weekend? Like what the [ __ ] See, that's the other thing. See, walk like a chud, think like a woke, un [ __ ] defeated. All right. Now, let's look at the Fox News chirpers that are basically repeating the same exact [ __ ] that you're hearing from the Israel first Democrats who hate Grant Plathner as well. Yeah, Kevin. Well, this is a US Senate candidate up in the polls and projected to win in November, but he's facing a lot of backlash from past comments he made on his now infamous Reddit account. So, by now, we've heard about the Nazi tattoo and what he said he likes to do in a porta-potty, but in the latest comment getting attention, he said this about a US soldier. He called him dumb and then I can't say the rest of that on TV and he also went on to say that the soldier did not deserve to live. This comment was apparently made about Ted Daniels who was shot by the Taliban four times and then later honored as a Purple Heart recipient. Over the weekend, Fox News Digital asked Plathner if he felt he should apologize for those comments and here's what he had to say.

[00:11:02]I did four tours in the infantry.

[00:11:04]Uh any attempt to say that I disrespect veterans is slanderous and offensive. Do you think you owe him an apology? Look, I uh I think he should have ended it there.

[00:11:15]He said, "I I did four tours in the infantry, brother." and then slammed the door on his face and then moved on, you know?

[00:11:22]Do you know how many of my friends have Purple Hearts? Do you know how many of my friends got wounded?

[00:11:26]I mean, he's trying to clean up his act, but his potty mouth doesn't help, but he looks better, says my mom. See, it's working, okay? It's working. Don't worry. When I figure out how not to curse, oh my god, I'm going to be undefeated. I'm going to be undefeated.

[00:11:39]>> Before we get started here, I want to play something that our own Joey Jones said last night in response to what Graham Plathner said to Fox News Digital. Take a listen.

[00:11:50]A lot of frustration and a lot of dark, crass humor that we use to get through a rough time. What's also necessary is discernment. Knowing where to say it.

[00:12:02]And when you're called out for it cuz you're so stupid that you put this stuff out on social media, then you better stand your toe on the line and answer for it and don't hide behind the purple hearts of your veterans or the deployments that you had the honor to Seem kind of emotional, buddy. Kind of feels like it's uh this is a vet versus vet violence. In terms of what Joey Jones said, I think it was very similar to what we've heard from I think it was Rob O'Neill, others who have come forward and say said there's no excuse for these types of comments, blaming PTSD is a cop-out. There was one um response that maybe, you know, veterans say things like this because their jealous that their own service wasn't getting the coverage that others did. I'm not sure if that's really what's at play here or if um Plathner is trying to get, you know, some press for his own military benefits because state the state of Maine, it's one of the top six, I think it is, for uh veterans um voting adults. I think it's like six per ten ten percent of the voting uh population is Yeah, okay. One's a vet, the other is Susan Collins. Who are they going to vote for, you think? Oh, it's so good. It's so [ __ ] good. Oh, god.

[00:13:14]I I'm sorry. I just I don't want to gloat cuz the Republicans are vicious and I'm sure they'll pull out all the stops. And this is what they've been trying and it's really funny because like all of this was already tested and fell short in the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party's primaries, where it would have been probably more successful. I think Republicans are no stranger to hypocritical arguments. They love making it, right? They love hitting the "Oh, you're not woke. How dare you?"

[00:13:40]arguments all the time. They do it to me, certainly, with regular frequency.

[00:13:44]But, the only people that actually care about that are rarely ever Republicans. It's Democrats. And he already won the Democrats. So, you're cooked, you're Trump supporters. You love when someone is saying uh awful If Trump was on this ticket, I could totally see Trump the Grand Platner voters up and down that goddamn ballot. The problem is that Kerry was an upper-class weenie, and the right-wing in America is stabbed-in-the-back narrative has a stabbed-in-the-back narrative over Vietnam. The same narrative doesn't work on the war on terror vets. Everyone thinks that war was stupid. Also, infantry vets are salty and insult other MOs all the time.

[00:14:17]That just makes him look more authentic.

[00:14:18]I agree. But, I think optics is what matters the most. Like you said, Kerry was an upper-class weenie. Grand Platner is not. And they're trying to present him as an upper-class weenie all the time for that same reason. They're like, "Oh, well, his parents are rich. His parents are wealthy." None of it matters, though, because he doesn't look the part. He looks like the kind of guy who would say slurs. Kerry always looked like the kind of guy who would get mad at you if you said slurs. To the average voter, they like him for that reason.

[00:14:43]They're like, "Oh, hell yeah, this guy's Like they find that juxtaposition of of look like a chud, think like a woke to be catnip. They love that I think his R-word apology did more harm than him actually saying it. Well, he was running in the Democratic Party primary at that point. So, he had the That's the only constituency that may or may not care about that. But, I think his like apologies for his, you know, past mistakes and his like past statements actually played well because it it really hammed up the idea that like this is a guy who's like seeking accountability. My policy is don't apologize for anything in this new media environment. Only do it if you genuinely feel like Only do it if you're are doing it for yourself. If I was a political consultant, okay, which I'm not, I would literally always tell candidates never apologize, double down, who cares? It literally doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. No one cares. I do it all the [ __ ] time. And let me tell you as someone who apologizes all the god damn time, people don't give a [ __ ] They do not give a [ __ ] at all. They do not give a [ __ ] about that at all. It's going to be up to the voters in Maine to decide whether or not they support such vulgarity. Um and we'll have to see what happens come November. But, you know, Susan Collins, like I said in the beginning, she was down in 2020 polls.

[00:15:54]Her favorability rating is now just about the same as it was in 2020. She served in the Senate for almost 30 years. I do not count her out. She I think that the you know, Maine voters will come to her defense. I do not count her out is an incredible admission that uh she's cooked, by the way. Cuz if she was obviously uh uh coasting and was in comfortable territory, you know, 10 points over Craig Plotkin, then it would be fantastic. It would they wouldn't even need to be having this conversation. Be like, "Oh, this guy sucks." Yeah, my neighbor voted for Trump three times, had a big Trump flag. Now he hates him for starting wars, defeating Thomas Massie, and shunning uh Marjorie Taylor Greene. He thought Plotkin was a commie but started watching videos of his speeches and was like, "This guy's for the people." He asked me for a sign.

[00:16:33]Republicans running around being like, "I can't believe a political candidate would be so vulgar." Is [ __ ] hilarious to me. I will never get over that. Donald Trump is your president.

[00:16:43]Donald Trump is the president. He is the guy who invented vulgarity at the bully pulpit. Every other former president, no matter how vulgar they might have been behind closed doors, never entertained saying such vulgar [ __ ] on the main stage. Donald Trump destroyed that.

[00:17:01]Donald Trump destroyed that. He literally came out and was like, "Nope.

[00:17:04]I love saying mean things. Mexicans are rapists, but some of them are very fine people." Like, that was the whole stick.

[00:17:10]People loved that. If they can get rid of Massie, they will find a way to counter Plotkin's optics eventually. No, you want to know why? Because he's running as a Democrat. See, this is where the disassociation as opposed to the R one actually works. It's very clear in the aftermath of the Thomas Massie primary that if you want a anti-Israel candidate, you have to run as a Democrat. There is no viability for you in the Republican Party, they will destroy you. They will do everything they can. Trump will come after you.

[00:17:38]He's the most popular Republican. He is the leader of the party. It's not even a Kentucky versus Maine thing. I'm telling you right now. Trump has tremendous influence over his own party's primaries. That much is clear.

[00:17:50]Republicans do not have any opportunity to be anti-Israel. Republicans for the time being, until maybe they age out.

[00:17:59]Democrats have AIPAC money, too. They just don't have much influence in Maine.

[00:18:01]No, no, no, no. We're talking about the base. The base. The base of support. The voters. There are not Republican Party voters that will go for an anti-Israel candidate, especially if they're receiving a barrage of, you know, Trump endorsements to the opposition. Whereas, even in spite of all the AIPAC messaging, there are still insurgent candidates that are winning.

[00:18:27]Every single candidate that has run so far that has won as an insurgent got inundated with AIPAC subsidiary groups, and they still won because the base, in spite of all of that, still goes, "Yeah, this guy is anti-Israel. I like him."

[00:18:41]Whereas, no such appetite currently exists for the Republican Party. And it's There is a generational breakdown, of course. There's a generational breakdown when you look at the cross-tabs, where Republicans under the age of 55, 57% of them have a disapproving opinion of Israel. That's a huge generational shift, but that will take many years to to change the Republican Party's attitude towards Israel, as opposed to the Democrats who are already there. It's 90/10. It's over, you know?

[00:19:12]This Memorial Day weekend as the nation honor America sniper widow fires back at Dem candidate cowardly. Oh, this was beast mode. 100% in support of what Grant Plathner has said here. This is not even one of those where it's like, oh wow, I can't believe he said that. Yeah, he was like Chris Kyle has lied about his record. It's 100% true.

[00:19:32]I'm sorry. Jesse Ventura did that and he was the god governor, okay? It's true and we should reward people for saying the truth instead of trying to punish them.

[00:19:43]How about that? Oh, no. Chris Kyle, the unbelievably racist psycho who literally lied about some of the most insane of all time. Like, he lied about being shipped off to Louisiana to shoot at random black people during Katrina and sniping them off the rooftop of the the stadium there.

[00:20:03]What what it Not only is he a liar, he was also insane with his lies, you know?

[00:20:08]for the men and women who gave their lives in service to this country. And I thank you for that.

[00:20:17]Advice carried by Gold Star families across America. We want to welcome military family advocate Taya Kyle, the founder of the Taya and Chris Kyle Foundation and widow of US Navy Seal Chris Kyle. Taya, thank you so much for being with us. On this Memorial Day weekend, I just want to ask, you know, what message do you have for Gold Star families? What what gives you hope about the nation that Chris fought for?

[00:20:41]Yeah, I think that there's always hope because I think that the pendulum always swings. I mean, sometimes when we see things that are not going well, we get in a panic state, but I believe that the American people will always correct because you push us too far and then we start to come back to center. That's my hope anyway.

[00:20:58]You know, your your husband has been in the news lately, your late husband, after Maine Senate candidate Grant Plathner uh suggested that he in his role as a legendary American sniper shot innocent civilians in Iraq to inflate his kill numbers. Um this is what Graham Plattner said.

[00:21:18]His stories about [clears throat] how many people he was shooting uh certainly tracked with the behavior we I witnessed and and people I knew witnessed down at the gun center, which is it's relatively easy to get high numbers like that if you're if you're a little less discriminating your fire than say a more uh professional unit would be.

[00:21:38]What went through your mind when you heard this?

[00:21:41]Uh I mean to me it's just like nothing says, "I want attention." more than disparaging a national hero who's also dead. It's just it's transparent. It's cowardly.

[00:21:52]It's lowbrow to lie about somebody else.

[00:21:56]Right? And it just I personally think it's lowbrow that Chris Kyle lied about murdering American civilians in the midst a god catastrophe like Katrina.

[00:22:06]But what the [ __ ] do I know? I'm just a woke, right?

[00:22:09]>> distracts from what you've probably said and in this case I think some things that he has said.

[00:22:14]And it's this cheap political trick to say, you know, I haven't done a whole lot. So let me attach my name to somebody who's beloved and if nothing else I'll get out in the news and that's working for him to get that notoriety.

[00:22:27]But to me it shows a total inability to lead with character. So for me he would be out of the running immediately. Mhm.

[00:22:36]He's he's also given uh some inconsistent statements about his own military service. He said in 2020 on Reddit that he joined the Marines because he quote wanted to have an adventure and kill some people. Uh more recently he blamed Susan Collins for sending him to Iraq via a vote. Uh you know, Memorial Day weekend is already difficult for Gold Star families. When you see commentary like Yeah, by the way, that is literally the most normal take. Perhaps the most consistent marine take of all time. It's inconsistent, for sure. It doesn't make any sense, but that's literally the most vet dumb story of all time. What are we talking about?

[00:23:18]It's classic. Yeah, why are you guys attacking a veteran? Hmm, I'm mad. Uh it wasn't until somebody told me to read Chris Kyle's book. His stories about how many people he was shooting uh certainly tracked with the behavior we I witnessed and and and people I knew witnessed down at the gun center, which is it's relatively easy to get high numbers like that if you're if you're a little less discriminating your fire than say a more Yeah, I mean, he's saying Chris Kyle was shooting at civilians. It's true.

[00:23:47]Objectively true. Yeah, get mad all you want. It's just the correct take. a professional unit would be. So, I that's when I kind of learns about Task Unit Bruiser about Chris Kyle. And then it wasn't until many years later that someone recommended Mike Shackleford's podcast [cough] or book to me and I put that together and was like, you've got to be kidding me.

[00:24:11]It almost felt like there was like a like a weird practical joke being played on me by the war that like all the all these years later, I'm like having to like people are telling me like, "Oh, look how great this Do you Do you think people even like or remember Chris Kyle?

[00:24:25]Yes, they do. I mean, there was a movie about his life that also uh you know, whitewashed his record and whatnot. But But yeah, ultimately ultimately everything he's saying is is correct. This guy is These guys are amazing heroes. This whole incredible thing. The the paragon of leadership.

[00:24:42]And I'm just sitting there like, I Am I living in like a alternate reality?

[00:24:46]Because this is this is this is the exact opposite of of my of my experience. By the way, there's also this like weird this weird concept of like like a monolithic veteran idea. This monolithic veteran ideal where they all venerate Chris Kyle whatever. Jesse Ventura is another guy who also famously Navy SEAL famously [ __ ] on Chris Kyle for good reason.

[00:25:10]Chris Kyle lied about like beating his in his in his book and and he had issues with that and he sued this lady, the widow of Chris Kyle. Well, not the the the lady but like insurance protected obviously her money but ultimately he sued and won. And also the idea that like all veterans are chuds across the board and they just like love everything that they did and they're they can never become like anti-brillist is wrong.

[00:25:34]Yeah, he sued the estate and he won and and he was uncompromising unyielding.

[00:25:40]Ventura is a lion for that. Jesse Ventura is a lion for many reasons. This from a public figure, someone who who wants to go into elected office, does it make it harder?

[00:25:52]Yeah, and you know what? I think um my family and I, my kids tonight we'd love to get on here and say it doesn't matter when people say things like that and we're over it and we understand that it's just these cheap political tricks but the truth is it does hurt. You know, my kids are 21 and 20, they're grown adults and I wish I could tell you that it doesn't hurt but it does. I mean if they have developed conscience a developed conscience at the age of 21 23, they probably should be a little bit more offended about what their dad was literally saying. I'm sure that they don't feel that way but like I'm sorry, lying about murdering civilians on US soil like that are going through one of the worst natural disasters of all time is kind of a red line for me. Okay? This is beyond all of the the sniping incidents that he had when he was deployed. Like it's clear that he wasn't the best guy. Okay?

[00:26:44]Sorry. And something like this where it's so obvious to us that he didn't know him, that he's making things up, that it is the polar opposite of what Chris said and did.

[00:26:57]It's it it it cheapens it. I can't imagine anyone voting for somebody like that. I feel like it's so obvious and you would hope that people do their research and things see the things that he said online.

[00:27:08]Is there any evidence he did that or he genuinely didn't know? No, there he didn't actually do it. He just lied about it. No, the government did not send Chris Kyle to go snipe black people during Katrina off the top of the Superdome. He just chose to lie about that, which to me implies you're not exactly the best guy around, okay? I just want to end with this.

[00:27:30]What do you want Americans to understand broadly about the sacrifices that military families make this Memorial Day weekend?

[00:27:40]Yeah, you know, I was looking at >> For the record, some people did do that.

[00:27:42]That's legit. Some people actually did do that. It was just Chris Kyle didn't do that off the top of the Superdome.

[00:27:48]That's the other side of the story. That that kind of like heinous crime did actually take place during Katrina. It just wasn't Chris Kyle being drop-shipped into New Orleans so he could shoot people off the Superdome. He didn't do that. It was the local police that did it.

[00:28:02]>> numbers recently and 7,000 military members have died in combat since 9/11.

[00:28:08]30,000 have died by suicide and half of those are intimate partner relationship problems are in the mix. I'm not blaming uh the marriage, but I know that the marriage needs to be served. And so our answer is the Taya and Chris Kyle Foundation where we serve those military marriages and it's our answer to remember the sacrifice well and prevent more sacrifice.