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suzc's avatar

I read the book and was appalled at what I saw as his lack of self awareness and empathy. I didn't think.it merited the hype. He has always seemed the entitled grifter type to me but maybe im.being unfair.

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No, you're not wrong. He is tone deaf and self aggrandizing. I'm referring in my comment to the perception that the general population has of the book. I didn't bother watching the movie after having read it. He obviously has no interest in bettering any conditions of the people back in the holler that he made millions off of.

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suzc's avatar

Exactly! Thanks. What an ungrateful little boy he has always been! (I do wish the "elites" of the various professions would get out of their bubbles more and thus be more discerning about such things; I couldn't figure out why they thought him wonderful. It is his peers thrill with him that rubs off on the general population I think -- not unlike has happened to the GOP.)

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