I originally heard about the interview on the Truth & Justice FB group and was really upset, because that community of mostly progressive people that I’m a member of has been so supportive, showing up in person to his court hearings, raising the money to do the testing, and everything. But I didn't see anyone from the show push back on it. I only got about four or five deep, but it seems Pool’s audience is convinced that Echols is a satanic child murderer. It was kind of funny reading some of the top YT comments though. Seems like he just was taking the opportunity to raise awareness for the fight to get the DNA testing that would totally clear his and the other two guys' name. I don't think Echols necessarily gets a pass for not knowing what he was getting into by going on the show, but I don't think he’s gone totally right-wing. In other words, it seemed like he only felt comfortable talking about his experience. Anytime Pool asks him if he heard of he would say no, and rarely comments unless he had something tangentially related to add. Doesn't seem like he was at all interested in pushing any political agenda, aside from clearing his name. Whenever Pool and Fairbanks start going down some of their right-wing bullshit, Echols remains rather quiet. The interview for the most part is him just talking about his story. But it seems like Echols didn't really know anything else about her or Tim. I suspect he might not have been too familiar with who Tom Pool is, he mentioned he only agreed to go on the show because Cassandra Fairbanks showed a lot of public support for the WM3, apparently she’s been following the case for years, and she pushed to get him on the show. So I decided to go ahead and bite the bullet and watch the actual Pool interview with Echols. So I was a little concerned that he went on Pool’s show, because I supported this guy for so many years, and I was afraid that he became a right-wing nut job. But admittedly I sort of stopped following the story, because I felt they deserved to be out of the spotlight. As I’ve mentioned on another thread, I followed the WM3 case from about 2001 to 2011 when they were released. So found myself somewhat obsessed with why Damien Echols of the West Memphis 3 went on Tim Pool’s podcast.
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