Interesting that they’re saying he “looks amazing” because they were REALLY playing up that “frail old man” thing during the trial. 

Cosby is currently serving out his sentence at a maximum security prison outside Philadelphia. He is reportedly very popular

I think he got addicted to the reputation for being the one to crystallize a useful counterintuitive take on a big idea, but his average on them actually working has never been great. I listened to his podcast for a bit, and it was just like his books: 2 or 3 memorable good ideas stacked against 10-15 big swings that…

Malcolm, you monumental piece of exceement.

I think that he should be vilified, actually. 

Fun fact about Gladwell, he cut his ‘journalistic’ teeth writing press releases for Big Tobacco, questioning the science behind the determination that it causes cancer and slandering the people suing tobacco companies.

They don’t hire insightful thinkers with a burning urge to speak truth to power for those positions.

And shit, if he's really interested in psychology, there are any number of studies he could read explaining why child victims of sexual abuse often respond in that seemingly paradoxical manner.

At least some of the people who “defaulted to the truth” at Penn State were mandatory reporters.

so shocking? the penn state brass, including paterno, knew about the accusation in 1998. they told him to stop showering with little kids rather than report it. if you believe another victim’s testimony, they (or at least paterno) knew about him from decades earlier, too. when george welsh retired from uva in 2000,…

It’s a strange sickness. I live not far from State College and when this whole thing finally came out, it was difficult to talk to people around here. For folks who went to and graduated from the school, I can almost sorta kinda get it if I squint real hard. But when simple fans of the football team are willing to…

Didn’t read the article, just wanted to come down here and talk about how awesome the giant back tattoo I got in 2005 is. It’s Ricky Gervais, Dave Chappelle and Malcolm Gladwell and says “The Three Wisemen” on top, because they’re never wrong about anything.

I loved all the grays last week telling me that actually Paterno did do something by telling Sandusky not to rape kids on campus anymore. These fucking people, man. 

Fuck Malcolm Gladwell and anybody trying to normalize or deny what these predators did. This being a burner account, I feel somewhat comfortable saying that I was, let’s call it “interfered with” by a next door neighbor as a 9-10 year old. I NEVER went through a fraction of what Sandusky’s/ Nassar’s victims endured.…

the theory’s basic premise is that human beings generally operate under the assumption that the people we are interacting with are being honest.

People have a difficult time believing the institutions they are loyal to can do bad things. See: the Catholic Church, United States, cops, etc. Loyalty to some means unconditional ethical behavior, even in evidence against it.

I grew up in State College, I went to school with Sandusky’s kid, the one in prison for soliciting minors. I’ve been in Sandusky’s basement. I play tackle football in Sunset Park near Joepa’s place, pretending to be Shane Conlan or DJ Dozier. I know what that town is like, and how it venerated the football program.

I think this article is missing something. May I suggest: “Fuck you, Gladwell. Selfish fucks like yourself are part of the reason why victims under-report sexual abuse.”

It’s not about being loyal to a stranger, it’s contrarianism as performative intellectualism.

What on earth makes these folks feel such unrelenting loyalty to someone that they didn’t really know ? I mean, as a kid I worshiped Michael Jackson, Lawrence Taylor and numerous other celebrities but I wouldn’t waste a second defending their actions because their actions are indefensible. And feeling the need to…