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by BenSahar 3022 days ago
>See his videos. You wouldn't stand a chance debating him unless you were a lawyer or pharmaceutical exec.

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.

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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.

Good point. Let's leave it at that because him helping the world is all that really matters.

Wouldn't you agree that his childish behavior is a response to the unfair reporting he received? Some people can actually see through that behavior and find more about the truth[1][2]. Would you like to receive thousands of calls every day? death threats? being told that you are are responsible for killing children in Africa? You see that he's smart and mature yet you focus on his OBVIOUS childish acting.

Yeah. A little hand waving is fine by me.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLP-2jD1eH0

[2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2018/03/09/you-ha...

Because I do not grant people an excuse for acting like a child because other people are acting childish towards them.

That entire line of reasoning is itself childish.

Legalities aside, being smart does not excuse childish behavior. Being smart is not an excuse and it is ridiculous to lower the bar for smart people.