Debunking a harmful stereotype...sort of.
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“Other reviewers refer to the subject of this pod, Linda Taylor, as enigmatic, charismatic, fascinating, etc. but the bottom line is that this person was a criminal. It’s hard to enjoy this pod when its aim, at least in part, is to convince you to feel some empathy for a wholly loathsome (quite possibly) sociopathic narcissist.
This might work for The Sopranos. Not here.
Did she have a difficult upbringing? Sure. So have many others who did not turn to crime and defrauding others.
Is she deserving of being the archetype for a welfare queen? Perhaps not. Her exploitation and defrauding of the welfare system was inflated - as this pod takes pains to illustrate - but she DID exploit and defraud the program and, by extension, the American taxpayer.
This pod focuses on the political context but downplays her personal culpability for her actions. As the saying goes, “karma is a ——“ and - at least for this listener - contextualizing, much less excusing her actions is a waste when we could be examining the lives of honorable people with this level of focus and energy.
I tapped out after 3 episodes, YMMV.”
drbeat via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/15/19
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“I remember the 1970s well and had thought 1977 was one of the least eventful of that tumultous decade. However, One Year is reminding me of events that were very important even if they may not have seemed so at the time. I hope there is an episode on the closure of Campbell Works in...”Read full review »
Consdemo via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/01/21
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“I’m hooked with story and being A
black woman! Thank you for tackling a stereotype!
Reading the book-!”
sontstyle via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/06/19
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