Hear Me Out: George Santos and Gypsy-Rose Aren’t Your Icons

On today’s episode of Hear Me Out… yas, queen? It’s been hard to
avoid an onslaught of memes about bad people lately. People like
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard and George Santos have been punished for their
misdeeds in one way… but now, it seems, they’re being rewarded by
the attention economy. The question is: is it our fault? Rachel
Greenspan, writer and social strategist, joins us once again to
argue for discretion in memeing. If you have thoughts you want to
share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the
show: hearmeout@slate.com Podcast production by Maura Currie. You
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