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Mike 03

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7. Maybe for the same reason F.B.I. behaviorists and forensic psychiatrists

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Fri Mar 5, 2021, 12:26 PM

Mar 2021

are so fascinated to interview serial killers.

A lot of people don't care about the Why? but a lot of people do.

So many of the posts here at DU express frustration at the inability to comprehend these people. One way to try to comprehend them is to interview them and study how they think, and why they believe what they believe and do what they do.

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Why is the media obsessed with interviewing the QAnon "shaman?" [View all] NNadir Mar 2021 OP

Because he's very weird, an attribute that's always media-bait. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #1

Simply because he's a freak and generates eyeballs. What good is the news if... TreasonousBastard Mar 2021 #2

So was John Gacy. I rather prefer Jacinda Ardern's... NNadir Mar 2021 #4

Well, he's not a serial killer and child abuser, so he's "safer" to talk about. TreasonousBastard Mar 2021 #5

He participated in cop killing. NNadir Mar 2021 #6

Still not down to the level of a serial rapist. But, whatever, the public does love it some... TreasonousBastard Mar 2021 #8

He is now celebrity clickbait. MineralMan Mar 2021 #3

Maybe for the same reason F.B.I. behaviorists and forensic psychiatrists Mike 03 Mar 2021 #7

His dramatic and colorful attire made him a good photo op. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #9

His costume has made him a meme of ridicule in many, many editorial cartoons. keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #12

He cut a ridiculous figure but colorful. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #14

He's in line to become the new celebrity spokesweirdo for Goya Beans. Buns_of_Fire Mar 2021 #10

Best answer. It will of course put fellow idiot Ivanka out of a job. NNadir Mar 2021 #11

Qincel Shaman keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #13

Cause he whines and contradicts himself marble falls Mar 2021 #15

Because they're lazy. JHB Mar 2021 #16

Remember the silly costume? FakeNoose Mar 2021 #17

Deep inside, I wonder if the treatment of "news" as... NNadir Mar 2021 #18

Absolutely agreed FakeNoose Mar 2021 #19