...no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
Yes...I take your point here (I never liked him in the 00s is what it is and I do feel he was an exemplar of a culture at its nadir nevertheless this is -as you say-, summary).
"UK Government officially targets #RussellBrand in attempt to bankrupt him after Murdoch press allegations & his work for Julian Assange/against the NATO war on Russia through Ukraine.": https://twitter.com/afshinrattansi/status/1704761140897533954
I think it's really rather disturbing that leftie/liberals in the media, the usual Guardian types, are so eager to rush to judgement about Brand; before he's been interviewed, before he's been charged, before a court case, before a coviction, before a sentence.
Sexual violence is wrong and unacceptable, but given the number of high-profile recent cases where the accused has been found not guilty, one would think these people would be a little circumspect about judging Assange, sorry, I meant Brand.
I've heard some to the ####ers link Brand's name to that of Jimmy Saville, but they don't mention Alex Salmond, Johnny Depp or Kevin Spacey in the same breath.
Don't they have any respect for the principles of innocent until proven guilty, due process, fair trials, the right to defend one self, at all?
I'd wager that Brand will never actually be charged with an offense and won't be tried and won't be convicted in a court of law. What happens to him in the growing media, parallel, system of gross... injustice is another question entirely. Personally I'd prefer the old-fashioned way, to trial by media. The journalists have personal reasons for animosity towards Brand, he rapidly became a direct competitor to them with his six million viewers. The courts aren't making any money from this kind of case, in contrast to the media, who love a good old british sex fest. Careers will be made on the back of Brand's destruction. And now the ghastly politicians are getting involved too. They want a piece of the action. Sorry, that can't be right, all people want is to help to protect victims from predators like Brand.
He may well not be guilty..but I think there's no smoke from his chimney without some fire even if it's just the smouldering remains of poor judgement and the lack of both taste and self-control. I've nothing against him and hope that any consequences/punishment is equal to those his actions truly merit, as someone once said; "we all got it coming kid!"
I'm not keen on guilt by association.Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016 Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018 Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021
I'm not linking him with Saville..I think the observation that there are such things as "virtue signalling" and dissembling is apposite... for him to admit to promiscuity is hardly an admission that Brand was involved in promoting a culture of exploitation and hardly unusual (esp. amongst the glitterati), and certainly no apology if such it holds itself to be.
Depp? I thought he won his case. Spacey? Well he hung out with the ****** Maxwell didn't he?
Video platform Rumble rejects MPs’ call to demonetise Russell Brand
Platform says it is ‘inappropriate and dangerous’ for parliament to ‘attempt to control’ who makes money from content
You would think the brave and fearless journos at the fraud could have reached the same conclusion but there we are. I wonder if there will be the flood of opinion pieces attacking the government attempts at ruining someone's business based on (mostly) anonymous accusations. My breath is bated.
Rumble, a video-sharing platform used by Russell Brand, has accused a parliamentary committee of “deeply inappropriate” behaviour after it asked whether the site would suspend payments to the comedian.
Caroline Dinenage, the Conservative chair of the culture, media and sport committee, wrote this week to Rumble’s chief executive, Chris Pavlovski, to express concern that Brand “may be able to profit from his content on the platform”.
Rumble posted its response on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, claiming that it was “deeply inappropriate and dangerous” of parliament to “attempt to control who is allowed to speak on our platform or to earn a living from doing so”.
Dinenage wrote to Rumble after YouTube announced on Tuesday that Brand would no longer receive advertising revenues from his videos.
Dinenage asked whether Brand was able to make money from his videos on Rumble, including his denials of accusations against him, and if so, whether the platform would follow YouTube’s lead.
“We would like to know whether Rumble intends to join YouTube in suspending Mr Brand’s ability to earn money on the platform,” Dinenage wrote. The MP also asked what Rumble was doing to ensure that content creators did not use the platform to undermine the welfare of victims of “inappropriate and potentially illegal behaviour”.
In a public statement posted on X, Rumble called the letter “disturbing” and said parliament’s demands were “deeply inappropriate and dangerous”. The platform added that it was devoted to an internet “where no one arbitrarily dictates which ideas can or cannot be heard, or which citizens may or may not be entitled to a platform”.
Rumble said: “Singling out an individual and demanding his ban is even more disturbing given the absence of any connection between the allegations and his content on Rumble.”
Rumble noted that the allegations against Brand had nothing to do with his content on the platform and pushed back on YouTube’s decision to demonetise Russell Brand’s content, saying that Rumble had “different values” to YouTube and are devoted to defending a “free internet.”
It added: “Although it may be politically and socially easier for Rumble to join a cancel culture mob, doing so would be a violation of our company’s values and mission.”
The platform says it opposes censorship and describes itself as one of the only “neutral” and “independent” platforms. While it is much smaller than platforms such as YouTube or Instagram, it has become popular among “alt-right” groups who may feel they do not get the honest truth from mainstream news and fear being punished on other platforms for controversial opinions.
Brand regularly posts content on Rumble ranging from conspiracy theories to critiques of mainstream media....no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
Caroline Dinenage, the Conservative chair of the culture, media and sport committee...
...is married to...Mark Lancaster; otherwise "Baron Lancaster of Kimbolton" Member of the House of Lords. "...Lancaster was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 1 February 2012 and to colonel on 22 June 2017.[23][24] He was Deputy Commander of 77th Brigade from June 2018 to July 2020.[25] and was appointed Chair of the Reserve Forces 2030 review in January 2020"
It's perhaps a mistake for TPTB to be so blatant about their desire to utterly destroy Brand. It risks causing more folk to wonder what exactly is going on here.
on September 21, 2023, 8:36 am