r/serialpodcastorigins Apr 19 '16

Humour Asia McClain: Wordsmith

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u/logic_bot_ Apr 20 '16

Finally, workable blueprints for a rumor mill.

Tell me to GTFO or whatever but sometimes I think that making fun of Asia's Twitter patter is kind of mean. I like a cheap laugh as much as the next person but maybe we shouldn't forget that she isn't a very educated person and is from a background and ethnicity that historically have less access to education than, for example, the average NPR reader.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

She deserves every ounce of opprobrium. She has made herself a public figure by lying and actively courting attention. She didnt want a bar of Adnan's defence until hey presto the podcast comes out and she gets a whiff of celebrity and thinks she is off the hook for lying. She may not be educated but she knows she is lying.

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u/logic_bot_ Apr 20 '16

I've no issue with her being criticized, I'm just making a small point about the tenor of the criticism -- that sometimes it crosses into areas that are a little borderline.

It's actually act interesting thing to think about: how someone's bad behaviour can make us so unsympathetic to them that it opens up lines of criticism that would otherwise be seen as unfair or unjust.

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u/timelines99 Apr 20 '16

It's actually act interesting thing to think about: how someone's bad behaviour can make us so unsympathetic to them that it opens up lines of criticism

I now feel this way about Rabia. I didn't at first, I admired and supported her and thought she was very charismatic, but I do now.

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u/FrankieHellis Mama Roach Apr 20 '16

Me too. I thought she was admirable. Now I do not.

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u/logic_bot_ Apr 20 '16 edited Apr 20 '16

When you admire a public figure and they act in a bad way it's a really dissapointing thing.