![]() Quincy: I guess you could say it takes the real life and real death experience of Herman Cain and looks for other examples among all kinds of people who are skeptical of COVID or COVID restrictions or whatever and then subsequently die of COVID. And I started lurking there.īen: I have also been lurking there for a good bit. Quincy: Recently, I came across this subreddit community named Herman Cain award. A community that gets between four and six million views a month on Reddit just a year and a half ago. Glenn: Well, it’s a piece of crap isn’t it?īen: For the last month or so, our producer Quincy Walters has been diving back into the history of Herman Cain and his death, because of this odd internet award and an online community based on the award. Who has also experienced some new-found internet infamy.Īmory: How did you first hear about the Herman Cain award?Īmory: From Quincy OK? And what's your understanding of what it is? Further solidifying the public’s cringing bemusement with the guy who thumbed his nose at COVID, just before dying of COVID.Īmory: Some months later, the internet would spawn The Herman Cain Award. His death confirmed by his Twitter account.īen: A Twitter account from the politician and former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza that somewhat strangely continued to tweet in his voice long after he passed. News anchor: Herman Cain has died at the age of 74. He had his own SONG.īen: One of the things Herman Cain will now forever be known for is being skeptical of Covid restrictions.Ĭain: But all you’re gonna hear from the media is how many new cases, how many people died world wide, when in fact the virus is being contained here in the United States of America.Īmory: He will be forever known for this because in 2020 weeks after the comments you just heard. He made campaign videos featuring cowboy brawls. Who identified as an outsider promising to, even before Donald Trump started using the phrase, make America Great Again.Ĭain: We're going to Make American Great Again, but I need your help.īen: Herman Cain was UNIQUE to be sure. Herman Cain: AWWW Shucky Ducky now! We’re gonna have some fun!Īmory: Businessman, Tea Party activist, presidential candidate. The award he does NOT want to get is called the Herman Cain Award. He didn’t ask to be nominated and he does NOT want to get the award. ![]() You know, I Googled my name and went, 'Holy crap, I'm not as safe as I thought I was.' So yeah, as a Christian, I'm coming under attack by these types of people also makes me think, 'Okay, I'm doing something right?'īen: Glenn Hodge has been nominated for an award on the internet. Glenn Hodge: I'm probably going to go ahead and just get off of Facebook. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text. The transcript has been edited from our original script for clarity. This content was originally created for audio. Everyone who makes a monthly donation will get access to exclusive bonus content. If you want that too, we would deeply appreciate your contribution to our work in any amount. We love making Endless Thread, and we want to be able to keep making it far into the future. Is the Herman Cain Award subreddit Unethical? (YouTube).Reddit's Herman Cain Covid 'award' is a depressing sign of our times (NBC News).An ethicist says it's 'cruel' but 'not surprising.'" (Business Insider) "On Reddit, users are mocking unvaccinated people who've died of COVID-19.Glenn Hodge, Colorado Springs, CO, city council candidate, currently finding out (Sorry AntiVaxxer)."After two years of downplaying the pandemic, Colorado father got Covid in January." (Reddit).Mixer and sound designer: Emily Jankowski Show producers: Megan Cattel, Dean Russell, Nora Saks, Grace Tatter and Quincy Walters Credits:Įpisode producers: Quincy Walters and Ben Brock JohnsonĬo-hosts: Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson But we find these two people on opposite sides of the COVID vaccine debate may have more in common than they realize. We meet a moderator and a Cain Award nominee. Today's episode is a deep dive into The Herman Cain Award subreddit. Before he died, Cain had made statements downplaying the pandemic and refused preventative measures such as mask-wearing. ![]() Herman Cain, former businessman, politician and Republican candidate for president, is the inspiration behind the subreddit, who died in 2020 after contracting COVID-19. Its purpose? To "award" those who've died from coronavirus complications after publicly expressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, misinformation, or pandemic-denying memes online. R/TheHermanCainAward is a subreddit which boasts more than 500,000 members.
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