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I do feel bad for Varner but I find the fact that the conversation is about Varner is problematic in itself. To direct the sympathy to Varner takes away from what he did imo. I don't think Varner is a bad person, he's just misguided and not as educated as he could have been. We never saw any conversation between Jeff and Zeke, that could have been a thing that happened but I feel like that's context we weren't given.
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I don't agree with this. To direct sympathy to Jeff Varner does not take away from what he did to Zeke. You can be sympathetic to both Zeke (for having to endure that entire situation) while remaining sympathetic to Varner (for the witch hunt that is about to take place online, based on what I see as a massive error in judgment that does not reflect his overall character).
If Varner had been unapologetic about it the way that Shannon was in Niceragua with regards to Sash, I'd absolutely agree with you that he doesn't deserve our sympathy. But I also think it's reasonable to be sympathetic to Varner because the online Survivor community has a tendency to go on witch hunts, and Jeff did appear to immediately regret his actions, and apologized.
ETA: Fuck. Forgot I was on this account, but this was badger speaking.
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