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I don't even find him to be particularly loathsome, really. The thing is, Shkreli is a provocateur. He says and does things to elicit a reaction from people. H
by AdamJacobMuller 9y ago
I don't even find him to be particularly loathsome, really.
The thing is, Shkreli is a provocateur. He says and does things to elicit a reaction from people. He very clearly said one too many stupid things and as a result of it, they are throwing the book at him VERY hard here.
Whereas with someone else in his position, there probably would have been a quiet settlement for time served with little to no fines (as there are no real damages that I can see) there's literally no way that they can do that here. There are WAY too many eyes on this case for them to cut him a deal even if such a deal is de rigueur and that is 100% Shkreli's fault. He pushed and he pushed and he pushed till he built up so much bad karma that he literally ended up in jail. Even when he does things that, when you look into them REALLY deeply are perhaps good (like the Epi-Pen fiasco), he comes off 100% as an arrogant asshole who deserves condemnation anyway.
- aklemm 9y agoProvocateurs wreak havoc by emboldening the idiots that love them. That's enough to make an example of him.
- AdamJacobMuller 9y agoPeople shouldn't be judged, or jailed, for the actions of others.
- Larrikin 9y agoWhen you encourage people to commit a crime, and offer money for said crime, you should absolutely be jailed and judged for that.
- 1000units 9y agoFunnily enough, I think his issue is he's too principled. He hadn't allowed himself to be silenced by people he rightfully viewed as misinformed or poorly motivated. He's very proud and stubborn, and it'd be dishonest to say he doesn't deserve it.
- AdamJacobMuller 9y agoYou can be principled and not an asshole about it. Shkreli is both.
- PhasmaFelis 9y ago> The thing is, Shkreli is a provocateur. He says and does things to elicit a reaction from people. The word you're looking for is "troll."
- Doctor_Fegg 9y agoYes - the original Usenet definition of the word, before it was genericised to just be a synonym for “griefer”.
- PhasmaFelis 9y ago> I don't even find him to be particularly loathsome, really. The thing is, Shkreli is a provocateur. He says and does things to elicit a reaction from people. I'd like to expand on my previous response: Saying things you don't believe for no better reason than that you enjoy pissing people off is loathsome. Whether or not he deserves jail time, he's still an asshole, and "provocateur" seems unnecessarily euphemistic.