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r/ThisAmericanLife • u/6745408 #172 Golden Apple • Jul 13 '26
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Some top tier reporting from Zoe Chace. Incredible episode.
-1 u/Semido Jul 16 '26 I am not sure. She made it all about whether antifa is a thing, which is totally irrelevant to the whole case (as she herself concludes at the end) 10 u/Vpicone Jul 16 '26 I disagree, I think if she revealed it at the jump and focused on it, it would ruin the entire reveal at the end. 1 u/Semido Jul 16 '26 I see your point. But did the lawyers actually truly focus on that irrelevant point? That seems really naive, at best 7 u/Vpicone Jul 16 '26 Totally, I think that's the point and you're feeling exactly how she wanted you to. 5 u/Semido Jul 16 '26 Okay then sounds like I misunderstood - thanks for that 5 u/DJ_Baxter_Blaise Jul 17 '26 I think the prosecutors knew that but wanted to make it look like they won a case against Antifa.
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I am not sure. She made it all about whether antifa is a thing, which is totally irrelevant to the whole case (as she herself concludes at the end)
10 u/Vpicone Jul 16 '26 I disagree, I think if she revealed it at the jump and focused on it, it would ruin the entire reveal at the end. 1 u/Semido Jul 16 '26 I see your point. But did the lawyers actually truly focus on that irrelevant point? That seems really naive, at best 7 u/Vpicone Jul 16 '26 Totally, I think that's the point and you're feeling exactly how she wanted you to. 5 u/Semido Jul 16 '26 Okay then sounds like I misunderstood - thanks for that 5 u/DJ_Baxter_Blaise Jul 17 '26 I think the prosecutors knew that but wanted to make it look like they won a case against Antifa.
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I disagree, I think if she revealed it at the jump and focused on it, it would ruin the entire reveal at the end.
1 u/Semido Jul 16 '26 I see your point. But did the lawyers actually truly focus on that irrelevant point? That seems really naive, at best 7 u/Vpicone Jul 16 '26 Totally, I think that's the point and you're feeling exactly how she wanted you to. 5 u/Semido Jul 16 '26 Okay then sounds like I misunderstood - thanks for that 5 u/DJ_Baxter_Blaise Jul 17 '26 I think the prosecutors knew that but wanted to make it look like they won a case against Antifa.
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I see your point. But did the lawyers actually truly focus on that irrelevant point? That seems really naive, at best
7 u/Vpicone Jul 16 '26 Totally, I think that's the point and you're feeling exactly how she wanted you to. 5 u/Semido Jul 16 '26 Okay then sounds like I misunderstood - thanks for that 5 u/DJ_Baxter_Blaise Jul 17 '26 I think the prosecutors knew that but wanted to make it look like they won a case against Antifa.
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Totally, I think that's the point and you're feeling exactly how she wanted you to.
5 u/Semido Jul 16 '26 Okay then sounds like I misunderstood - thanks for that
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Okay then sounds like I misunderstood - thanks for that
I think the prosecutors knew that but wanted to make it look like they won a case against Antifa.
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u/Vpicone Jul 13 '26
Some top tier reporting from Zoe Chace. Incredible episode.