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From Peih-gee on reddit. Passing along here to humanize Jeff a little more and encourage some level of compassion.

I'm in the middle of listening to the free Amazon first section and I do find the insights interesting for sure - definitely worth the free listen. I liked hearing his perspective on casting, his first impressions of people. . . .

RHAP is on when I do laundry and clean. It definitely makes time go by faster, and I do like his embracing the Survivor Nerd-dom. I pretty much like all of his ex-survivor guests; the only people I don't like as much are the other non-survivors he has on (excepting Nicole). I liked last nights know-it-alls and their blasting Drew for being incredibly awful. I think they were pretty much spot on that this episode was evidence that you don't always have to create suspence to make a good show that keeps you smiling throughout. It was awesome to see Drews come-uppance when he was being so obnoxiously arrogantt. Great episode, both of Survivor and Know-it-alls.

From the article above: Wow.:

I think what you're saying is a complexly nuanced critique that I'd agree with. I think the shift that occured for me was thinking he was a total racist buffoon. He is saying and has said obnoxious things that do have the effect of reflecting and perpetuating racial and gendered bias, but without the kind of malice that I orignially attributed to him. Like you said, actually pretty typical of what is embedded inside American culture, and possibly even within myself. Interesting things to chew on.

I was pretty anti-John Rocker until I listened to his interview with Rob Cesternino on Rob has a website: http://robhasawebsite.com/survivor-2014-san-juan-del-sur-exit-interview-john-rocker-blood-vs-water-cbs/ - Cesternino at the end of the interview summarizes how I feel - that after the interview you kind of get the sense that John is a lot more goofy and trying to be funny than what you see if just given a text copy of the things he said. Whether he actually is funny is another issue. I was pretty surprised by the interview though, and did kind of get a perspective turn-around from it.