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jinniMarie Lodi
1/15/16 12:05am
Not that this is vitally important, but I suspect that the word in question is “tonterías” which translation would be more closely “idiocies” than stupidities.

Just in case Mr. Badillo is reading this.
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  ᘻalcriaᖱajinni
  1/15/16 2:31am
  What's the difference between idiocies and stupidities?
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  jinniᘻalcriaᖱa
  1/15/16 2:39am
  First; more of a fluid translation. Tonterías (nonsense; idiocies) is quite common in Spanish. When was the last time, in English (aside from this quotation) that you heard someone refer to: “stupidities”? We use idiocies or nonsense quite a bit more. Also, one has to crane to perceive the meaning of stupidities? Does this mean that Sean Penn was being stupid? Or the words themselves? It is so awkward in English that one has to wonder. We certainly use stupidity (singular) quite a lot, but this generally refers to the person, and not the output.
  
  Whereas “nonsense” or “idiocies” (or even “silliness”) immediately means, in both Spanish and English, that these words are no more than nonsensical silliness, and should not be considered in court.
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Cherith CutestoryMarie Lodi
1/14/16 11:30pm
It’s a factually true statement that it contains stupidities. But I don’t believe Sean Penn has the balls to make up El Chapo quotes.
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  FieryAntidoteCherith Cutestory
  1/14/16 11:35pm
  Dude doesn’t speak Spanish and couldn’t be bothered to bring a pen and paper to the interview. Nothing in the article will stand up to scrutiny. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that he had creatively interpreted things Chapo said. At the end of the day, though, it doesn't matter. Penn's testimony in court is irrelevant and could be shot down by lawyers.
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  Cherith CutestoryFieryAntidote
  1/14/16 11:36pm
  Sure, “too stupid to understand” I can buy.
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ad infinitumMarie Lodi
1/14/16 11:19pm
Wait, didn’t we just find out that Penn let El Chapo vet the entire story before it was published?
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  Cherith Cutestoryad infinitum
  1/14/16 11:29pm
  Well, I’m sure he has people who can read it to him in English so I never thought it was relevant before. But the New Yorker article on El Chapo did claim he was illiterate.
  
  http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/...
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  Slay.douché - (dreams to be a puppy)Cherith Cutestory
  1/14/16 11:55pm
  “did claim he was illiterate.”
  
  Sean Penn or El Chapo?
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anyah8sbunniesMarie Lodi
1/14/16 11:17pm
Ummm... Okay.

This whole interview thing is just icky.
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  Adrastra, patron saint of snarkanyah8sbunnies
  1/14/16 11:20pm
  
  GIF
  
  I have so many questions.
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  anyah8sbunniesAdrastra, patron saint of snark
  1/14/16 11:33pm
  
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Snake PersonMarie Lodi
1/15/16 12:05am
To quote my grandfather, non-watcher of sports and crotchety Detroit native:

Aw, hell, I hope they both lose.

El Chapo is an evil, entitled murderer/murderer-by-proxy. Sean Penn is a navel-gazing, entitled, out-of-touch, irresponsible, self-important opportunist. Both are facing the consequences of their own idiocy. Let them tear each other apart.
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  Jackie_Jormp_JompSnake Person
  1/15/16 9:09am
  I love this comment, I love you, and I love your grandfather.
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  Snake PersonJackie_Jormp_Jomp
  1/15/16 9:22am
  Grandpa is the hero of the comment. And, like, the world.
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Adrastra, patron saint of snarkMarie Lodi
1/14/16 11:20pm

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  Slay.douché - (dreams to be a puppy)Adrastra, patron saint of snark
  1/14/16 11:56pm
  So want to see him moonwalk backwards out of the room in that .gif. :)
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  GELLA - LLAPSlay.douché - (dreams to be a puppy)
  1/15/16 8:47am
  now we know, Penn can’t even Pen a good story
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Snacktastic Part II: the Snack AwakensMarie Lodi
1/14/16 11:20pm
I don't know who to root for
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  Cherith CutestorySnacktastic Part II: the Snack Awakens
  1/14/16 11:40pm
  Just sit back and watch it play out, is all we can do.
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  KinseySnacktastic Part II: the Snack Awakens
  1/15/16 10:25am
  Injuries. You root for injuries.
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BeyondcozyMarie Lodi
1/14/16 11:36pm
Wouldn’t a lawyer be obligated to deny, deny, deny everything really? What would anybody’s lawyer say? Thats point one. Point 2 is: very serious, very intelligent people don’t become narcos. Or at least, they remove themselves without becoming famous. Jackasses like this dude end up being shot on a roof barefoot like Escobar.
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  Cherith CutestoryBeyondcozy
  1/15/16 12:02am
  I don’t think it’s accurate to say he isn’t a very intelligent person. He, unlike Escobar, was born into deep poverty. He had almost no schooling. He was functionally illiterate. There are only so many options for your intelligence to find an outlet under those circumstances. His tunnel system was brilliant.
  
  And there is only so removed you can be when you run a multi-billion dollar organization but he spent so much of his life in hiding that I wouldn’t say he was flaunting himself (he’s been a fugitive since his first prison break in 2001). His ego got in the way, at the end.
  
  I am not praising him but I don’t think he is stupid. And I think he is an example of someone who would have done very well had he been born into even marginally better circumstances. This is the situation that is created by deeply rooted economic inequality that allows for very few legitimate paths for success.
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  PowerpsiCherith Cutestory
  1/15/16 5:18am
  You brought a tear to my eye. This is spot on; Mr. Guzman would have been successful in legitimate channels if Mexico had more opportunities. You take the chances you have to get out of poverty. Only a few men are willing to do what Chapo has done to escape poverty. Most cling on to their morals or religion and suffer a lifetime of poverty rather than breaking their moral code.
  
  That’s why religion has always been said to be the opiate of the masses. It placates them into compliance with their impoverished lives with the promise of a better second life after they die. Yea right fat chance of that happening! Poor people are kept docile with these moral codes and rules and only men like Chapo can see past the BS and cheat/lie/steal/kill to advance and escape poverty.
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UrbanAchieverMarie Lodi
1/15/16 9:27am
And just like that, we have the makings of a movie in which actor Sean Penn plays celebrity writer ‘Sean Penn’ and his encounter with a drug lord in search of a myth-making opportunity - thus delivering a story of hubristic media chasing its own tail in the quest for bigger, better, more profound, meaningful celebrity.
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Jan74Marie Lodi
1/15/16 7:26am
Article written by stupid man contains stupidities.

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