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[lady_icedragon]

I presume most of you have heard of the horrible Kenneth Tong. Be grateful if you haven't yet - he's a creep who promotes "managed anorexia".

Johann Hari, one of my favourite journalists, has just done a brilliant interview with him. The guy is a sociopath, but Johann talks him round in circles, illustrating all of his faults like an expert

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[amberholic]

Johann's a great guy and that interview was brilliant but he does get a little carried away at times.

[egadfly]

It is terrible that this moron has pushed vulnerable people deeper into a deadly disease. It's great that he has been comprehensively and publicly smacked down.

But I also found the view into his mind fascinating - and awfully sad. He thinks he is privileged, elite; but it's hard to imagine someone more pitiably ignorant and isolated. There's a howling, sucking void where his soul should be and he doesn't even know that. I can't help feeling sorry for him. Maybe the shitstorm over his self-indulgently murderous comments will start to kick open a little door of awareness? I do hope so.

[evilbun]

Most excellent! I finally got a chance to read this in my lunch break to day, so far my fave bits are:

Johann: If I won the lottery would that be impressive?

Kenneth: Very much so!

Johann: You think so? You think it’s an achievement to win the lottery?

Kenneth: Absolutely! As in, you’ve beaten the statistics.

Johann: Yeah but by fluke. Not because you’ve achieved anything.

Kenneth: Yeah, but

AND

Johann: Give me a statistic. Give me one.

Kenneth: I just coined the term! So, I’ll need to get back to you so-

Johann: So you have no statistics. You urge people to starve themselves and say it’s safe with no facts and no statistics.

Kenneth: I think if, um, ten out of ten people listen to me with my views on managing anorexia, ten out of ten people will lose a lot of weight.

Johann: That’s not a statistic. You just made that up.

Kenneth: Yeah, I know

Wow.

[mr_laughing_boy]

This actually made me angry. I hope to god I never meet the man, I really do.