Here's the offending tweet:
'Of course Russell Brand's followers deny the allegations. He has groomed an audience to deny/disbelieve everything they see and hear, which is very different from healthy skepticism. This knee-jerk denialism is precisely why people with plenty of skeletons in the closet love conspiracy culture: they have a built-in defense against accountability. It's all a conspiracy, always. I have met Brand, been on his show (years ago). It took a hell of a lot of courage for these women to come forward. They have all my solidarity.' - https://nitter.net/NaomiAKlein/status/1703743886022127971
...and I just searched her twitter account for 'assange', and apart from the fact she has only tweeted his name once in the last six years (with the obligatory 'whether you like the guy or not' framing - https://nitter.net/NaomiAKlein/status/1485448913289039875#m ), there was this one from 2010 which shows she at least used to understand that accusations of sexual misconduct could be politically weaponised to smear dissidents:
'Rape is being used in the #Assange prosecution in the same way that women's freedom was used to invade Afghanistan. Wake up! #wikilieaks' - https://nitter.net/NaomiAKlein/status/12479573723709440#m
and, ironically given the subject of her latest book:
'Related: PLEASE STOP CONFUSING ME WITH NAOMI WOLF. I would never mock charges I don't know about. #wikileaks #assange' - https://nitter.net/NaomiAKlein/status/13335780281819136#m
Speaking of her doppelganger, it appears she is on Brand's side, opposing the attempted censorship of online independent media: https://nitter.net/naomirwolf/search?f=tweets&q=brand&since=&until=&near= Funny how that goes...
Anyway, there's some ammunition for you Fionn, if you get the opportunity! I would probably bottle it if I had the chance in person...
cheers,
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