Frost airs grievances against Nick Calandra
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That appeal at the end for Calandra to distance himself from the team before their reputation suffers is so dumb. Nick was so obviously a snake by the time The Escapist failed that anyone who continued to willingly share a nest with him looks like they're probably a viper too. The only defence would be claiming a deep social naivety about how things work, but that appeal shows way too much self-awareness not to contradict that claim.
Instead it's just another signal to their deeply naive patrons and supporters. "Hey, we knew nothing about these ethical violations, it's all the fall guy's fault. We totally didn't knowingly help him all the way up to the point he stepped on our toes personally, honest!"
I don't really doubt that Nick is the the worst human amongst them, but it's probably only by a margin of inches not miles.
This is a feminized defense that only works in a feminized society, and judging from some of his other comments ("I'm accustomed to a certain lifestyle"), this guy is a a thot-level sociopath. I have seen this line (or a knockoff of it) from a handful of women who got Peter Principled in over their heads, compensated by creating a culture of "Yes, Ma'ams", and crashed their organization.
Oh I'm talking a defence for the rest of the staff being innocent here. That Nick Calandra is a cunt is a given at this point.
I'm just saying I'm not buying that the rest of the staff were just totally innocent babes oblivious to, and not complicit in, any of this bullshit when they thought he was just decieving the public with quid pro quo.