russell brand - C or D?

WREAK mass havoc

we need more actor-activists like danny glover, who is incredibly smart, energetic, not in the least egotistical, and always willing to take a backseat to those at the center of the crisis.

sorry, that sounds idiotic when i read it back--as if what the world's direst need is for more celebrities with causes. i guess i'm just saying that brand isn't the only model of celebrity activist.

If you ever end up feeling marginalised and finding yourself pondering a grim future on the streets, at least you have this fucking over-indulged, over-hung fucking insane coke head poltroon to fight your corner :p

i hear that sung to the tune of the "taxi" theme song

lol!

great posts, plax

Agreed. Great posts.

And xpost: Meh, you'e being depressingly cynical. I have first hand experience of Russell Brand coming to fight the corner of a very difficult organisation I'm connected to professionally which helps the absolutely most marginalised members of this country's society and tbh he was fucking brilliant and garnered a lot of much needed positive publicity, sympathy and support. I'll pretty much stan for him any time now.

yeah but lol he has a book called booky wook

xp that's all I need to know to confirm that you are full of shit

I mean, I get why people don't like him - he's successful, funny, articulate and so on. That hardly plays to the British character of knowing your place.

lol anyone who's up for taking potshots at russell brand over this, w/e they think of him in general, is fuckin scum tbh, the kind that one day a real rain will come and wash off of the streets

it is so strange the way people's arguments that they don't like russell brand because he's a misogynist get translated into not liking russell brand because he's a successful comedian

NOT THE SAME THING

(except they so often are)

lol

do the bit about comedians again I love that bit

, the kind that one day a real rain will come and wash off of the streets

Armageddon doesn't count and for now I want htis shitstain to die.

this fucking shit stain to die slowly

lol u mad bro

he talks funny

wait tho i think this famous comedian and film star mite live in a nice flat in town

GET 'IM!!

if he really cared he'd move into a dustbin and give the money to the poor

There'd be money in the dustbin?

if he moves into a dustbin tho he's on the hook for any nefarious dealings at the local council

It would have to only be half a dustbin though cos the mansion tax would get him otherwise

When Dog Latin and BB got together it was moider!

i think brand does some good work in bringing attention to things that the media would otherwise pay attention to. but i think that he and the media are locked in a kind of dance that doesn't really involve long-term attention being paid to those struggles. that's not really his fault. but i don't think he has the perspicacity, calm, and patience to make the most out of his better impulses and insights.

^^^

no, he must die

i am very far from being #teambrand but i suspect there are better ways of defending him than deflecting criticisms with ponderous sarky blokey #bantz

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I'm not really #teambrand either, but the more I hear people criticising his fundamental arguments based on his celebrity status, his drug history, his financial assets, his 'big words', his appearance or his personality traits, the more sarky I feel like being.
I will grant the misogyny call-outs. His chequered history, especially w/r/t sachsgate is despicable and highly problematic and I understand why this is enough to be revolted by him.

Yet still part of me has trouble parsing the idea that this invalidates his sincerity when it comes to drawing attention to the areas he's trying to highlight. It's not easy - indeed we shouldn't - forgive a heinous episode like Sachsgate (which is all too memorable, despite being six years ago), and the casual sexism he has been prone to use (and not apologised for as far as I know) in the media. But does this automatically nullify the fact he seems to be genuinely invested in things like New Era and other areas he campaigns for.

lol anyone who's up for taking potshots at russell brand over this, w/e they think of him in general, is fuckin scum tbh, the kind that one day a real rain will come and wash off of the streets

― intelligent, expressive males within the greater metropolitan (Bananaman Begins),

^^QFT

I have lost count of the number of left-wing men whose chauvinism/sexism is swept under the carpet completely because they're Fighting The Good Fight, but I will give a certain amount of credit to RB for acknowledging his own lairiness and trying to work past it. I can think of dozens of men who'd be like "who, me?" or "but what about RACISM?" when challenged on this point.

I'm not really #teambrand either

I think you are a bit tbh

oh alright, fine. i'm still voting in the next election though.

Brand has acknowledged and apologised for his sexism/chauvinism and admits he's still carrying some of that baggage around after spending most of a lifetime with no-one telling him it was wrong. He seems to me like a man who's at least attempting to correct his attitudes and behaviour but there's still a feeling for me that this this whole crusade is something of a vanity project.

yeah because someone injecting smack for a decade is obviously complete at peace with himself

you brand haters are simply the worst. the guy has just literally changed some of thr most vulnerable womens and families lives in london, something I have never seen any celeb of any kind do before here

My tanooky-wook

Ha ha, priceless! (xp)

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woah... wtf? And there's me confusing yougov with a public sector site.

Aren't they the ones who polled people asking them who they thought was having the most negative affect on politics from a lineup including Russell Brand, Jeremy Clarkson, Matt Damon, Lisa Kudrow and Worzel Gummidge or something?

I was a big fan of "if Jesus was alive today would he be in favour of renationalising the railways"

lol sun gettin shook

So, shorter version EXCLUSIVE: 300 Sun readers find Russell Brand a hypocrite in ridiculous push poll?

two covers in a day!? i mean you'd think they'd have better things to do. he's clearly pissed *someone* off..

's clearly pissed *someone* off

he was prodding Murdoch on twitter about tax evasion

given the subjective nature of comedy, if 36% of 'the nation' finds you funny then you're probably doing a pretty good job of it.

For the sake of comparison, they need to run a similar poll on Michael Macintyre.