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by rainieri
3027 days ago
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Nobody is actually following him as you describe. Most of people that side with him do so because they are amazed at the unfounded witch hunt that he received and at the amount of people who demonize him 95% because of the Daraprim drama and 5% for his actual conviction. And of that 5% - 0.5% might have an idea of what they are talking about. See his videos. You wouldn't stand a chance debating him unless you were a lawyer or pharmaceutical exec. You are coming from emotions rather than facts. Really. His troll persona is only a small portion of his character. https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2018/03/09/you-ha... |
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I have. He's seemingly a intelligent guy with some personality issues that have gotten him into trouble. I hope he takes time during his sentence to seek help because he seemingly has more to offer the world than trolling and unethical professional behavior.
Beside that, I don't care about Shkreli himself or the silly trolling (Wu Tang, Hillary Hair, etc). I have a fascination with fan club that feels the need to hand wave his behavior every time their is a discussion about him.
Yes, it's awful that we forgot about the pharmaceutical industry's price gouging schemes.
Yes, it's awful that people get away with worse financial crimes than Shkreli has been convicted of.
Yes, there are much worse people in the world than this small-time pharma player turned troll/media sensation.
None of that excuses the fact that he committed fraud and the handwaving of his behavior doesn't do anything to highlight the other injustices.
People that defend him may think that they are being profound by sticking up for him and possibly highlighting injustice. In reality, they appear to be diminishing the seriousness of unethical behavior and justifying self-indulgent and childish behavior.