Andrew Callaghan
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NPR never published this. The only recordings of it are by a fan named Rob in Boston who put it on YouTube, vertical phone footage. And I literally am like, well, the Sandy Hook family's lawyer, Mark Bankston, who represented them in court in Connecticut, told me specifically that Leonard Posner, the father of Noah Posner, who died at Sandy Hook, was a huge fan of the film.
And so I said that to her and that kind of just like silenced that conversation. But the rest of the whole conversation was just about exploitation and why are you platforming mentally ill people and giving a platform to conspiracies like QAnon? Don't you feel like you're a part of their spread? Some would call you a misinformation reporter. All this crazy stuff. And yeah, next day hit the fan.
And so I said that to her and that kind of just like silenced that conversation. But the rest of the whole conversation was just about exploitation and why are you platforming mentally ill people and giving a platform to conspiracies like QAnon? Don't you feel like you're a part of their spread? Some would call you a misinformation reporter. All this crazy stuff. And yeah, next day hit the fan.
And so I said that to her and that kind of just like silenced that conversation. But the rest of the whole conversation was just about exploitation and why are you platforming mentally ill people and giving a platform to conspiracies like QAnon? Don't you feel like you're a part of their spread? Some would call you a misinformation reporter. All this crazy stuff. And yeah, next day hit the fan.
Fuck all those people.
Fuck all those people.
Fuck all those people.
Yeah. And it was just, when all that was happening, when I was under fire from the mainstream press for platforming Alex Jones, I thought back to what he said to me. And it doesn't mean I agree with everything he says, but he told me, you're gonna be in trouble with these people if you put me in your video. And it wasn't too bad a trouble, but definitely I do think sometimes
Yeah. And it was just, when all that was happening, when I was under fire from the mainstream press for platforming Alex Jones, I thought back to what he said to me. And it doesn't mean I agree with everything he says, but he told me, you're gonna be in trouble with these people if you put me in your video. And it wasn't too bad a trouble, but definitely I do think sometimes
Yeah. And it was just, when all that was happening, when I was under fire from the mainstream press for platforming Alex Jones, I thought back to what he said to me. And it doesn't mean I agree with everything he says, but he told me, you're gonna be in trouble with these people if you put me in your video. And it wasn't too bad a trouble, but definitely I do think sometimes
what the film would have been like without him. And I think that it was worth it because his scene is so funny to me and it brings me back to a different time in my life and I'm happy that that scene's out there.
what the film would have been like without him. And I think that it was worth it because his scene is so funny to me and it brings me back to a different time in my life and I'm happy that that scene's out there.
what the film would have been like without him. And I think that it was worth it because his scene is so funny to me and it brings me back to a different time in my life and I'm happy that that scene's out there.
So he eggs people on, and then when it gets hot, he steps away.
So he eggs people on, and then when it gets hot, he steps away.
So he eggs people on, and then when it gets hot, he steps away.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
They've always been gay. Saying frogs are straight is even crazier.