@Zarkon: Oh, no doubt. It's a career-ending blunder and one that could've been easily avoided had he taken the obvious step of doing some research or had he taken the even more obvious step of asking himself
what do I gain from this other than the fleeting high of self-righteouness?
Someone on these boards once said that if you want to see someone at their worst, catch them when they simultaneously feel persecuted and on the moral high ground. The mentality behind this 'interview' is perfectly consonant with that observation. Yet it's hard to say whether this whole debacle truly reflects who Reuben is or if he has the potential to be better than this.
It sure seems that way, since it's a level of fucking-up that even total amateurs would avoid, but I feel otherwise. Why? A lot of people give every impression of being a permanent fuck-up until they have some kind of professional scare that makes them rethink their approach to life. For example, some people in, say, the military get non-judicial punishment for something like fucking up their watchstanding or lying about their duties or being careless and thus and end up getting knocked down a rank, forced to restart the qualification process again, lose the trust of their peers and supervisors and get stuck with n00b work, etc. Some folk let this be the start of their death spiral into professional failure until they limp to retirement or get washed out. Other servicemembers treat such bitch-slaps as a wake-up call to get their shit together.
Reuben can recover from this if his heart is really into journalism and he thinks long and hard about what he did. I've seen people claw their way back from bigger setbacks. Call me optimistic, but even with all of the retarded videos and SJW circle-jerking and Nice Guy Whining Reuben comes off as less 'lolcow' and more 'misguided and sheltered, overdue for a reality check'. Hopefully a few trips through the Kiwi Gauntlet put the fear of god into Mr. Baron.
