The Herman Cain Award

Endless Thread

WBUR

Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

A deep dive into The Herman Cain Award subreddit, which ironically awards those who die from COVID after publicly expressing anti-vaxx sentiments or pandemic-denying memes online. We meet a moderator and a Herman Cain Award nominee, who may have more in common than they realize.

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0:39.1	I'm not as safe as I thought I was.
0:42.6	As a Christian, coming under attack by these types of people also makes me think, okay,
0:53.3	I'm doing something right.
0:57.7	Glenn Hodge has been nominated for an award on the internet.
1:01.6	He did not ask to be nominated and he does not want to get the award.
1:06.8	The award he does not want to get is called the Herman Cain Award.
1:11.6	Remember Herman Cain?
1:12.6	Oh, shuck it, duck it now.
1:16.6	We're going to have some fun.
1:18.6	This man, tea party activist, presidential candidate, who identified as an outsider promising
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