There are some people who seem consistenly very different when you watch an un-edited interview they've given compared to some journalist reporting their impres

There are some people who seem consistenly very different when you watch an un-edited interview they've given compared to some journalist reporting their impressions of that person. Kareem is like this. We can speculate why it's so. It's worth noting that the NYTimes would never run a story like this about /any/ democrat or republican politician. The way his discomfort with, well not fans so much as a man (and his young son) who recognized a famous person's face, was reported seems, well, to have the potential to be less than a fair reflection. All his sins of social interaction seem consistent with someone who freezes up a little when people are straight up rude to his face. The truth is probably more complex; I'm unlikely to ever meet Kareem or the author to know better. I just feel an actual transcript of discussion between Kareem and someone who is a little bit perceptive might be vastly more interesting reading.