Russell Brand/Parklife

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AIBU to think this is very funny (and well deserved?)

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As "hilarious" viral pisstakes go this is puerile 6th form toss.
A crappily edited non-joke.

Russell Brand is not an elected official.
Why don't people direct their sneery opprobrium at the useless fuckers in power and the energy companies and the bankers who have completely fucked us over?

Also can't believe people are expressing sympathy for Brand being "bullied". What about his past behaviour? And the fact that he has thrown himself into the public eye, what does he expect? He's lucky that this is all he's had to deal with so far

Exactly. I think he is a narcissistic, hypocrite and love the take off.

I think he has health problems which make his quite common opinions on the current state of the world sound 'out there' because of how he delivers them. Agree with bod though the anger and derision is badly directed which is convenient to say the least

NoArmaniNoPunani I also agree with that article. I think that is behind much of the criticism he gets.

He is right on many subjects. The parklife thing is just attempting to belittle his views as not worth listenting to, in the context of that song, it is pure snobbery. Im amazed that more people don't get that TBH. The points he was making in the clips incoporated into that video were good points.

In contrast, I aso agree that him encouraging people not to vote is stupid, for a few reasons, but mainly for the reason MrsD posted. These are worrying times politically and IMO it is even more important to vote to keep the facist 'parties' from getting power, even if only at local level.

Link to the article NoArmaniNoPunani posted in case anyone missed it;

rt.com/op-edge/201547-russell-brand-media-elite-british

And how patronising of him to assume 'we' (as in non establishment 'ordinary people) cannot understand a 'graph. If he was that intelligent he would also know that for a lot of people, graphic depictions of information are actually easier to understand and no more open to distortion than the spoken word.

I've watched the video.

I don't get it.

Is it because I don't understand/know the song?

I don't think people are restricting themselves to mocking Brand's verbosity, actually: look at the delight with which Cassette Boy vs David Cameron was received on Mumsnet, for a start.

Finding Brand a bit of a twit in many cases here, I'd imagine, is that some of us are grannies who don't need to be taught to suck eggs. And whanging on about what is wrong while simultaneously offering the half-baked solution of the sixth form anarchist is sickeningly irresponsible and, yes, actually part of the problem.

Young people don't need to be disenfranchised further.

I like Russell Brand. I like Blur. I thought this was amusing.

It's a silencing technique and I don't like silencing people.

I don't know- I think when they are peddling reactionary nonsense dressed up as radical politics, they could do with a spot of bubble bursting.

And I don't buy being told about power abuse from a celebrity who bullies women either.

Sorry I don't get it. Seems rather smug and self satisfied to me.
"That'll teach that Russell Brand".

Meh.

It's funny, because a lot of the people criticising him had similar political viewpoints as students, many [most?] of course ditched them in favour of conformity, marriage, 2.4 kids and an Audi.

The points he makes are still valid.

Russell Brand is the ultimate pseud. Probably a narcissist and he never shuts up once he's got going, can't somebody remove the batteries?

Love Phil Daniels

Agree. I think the tide of ridicule is turning though. It does smack of keep quiet and let those who know better get on with it! I think the internet has ruined things for those who thought they could maintain the status quo and silence anyone who questioned them You don't have to like Brand to see that. He is just a famous face that can be made an example of but they may find it backfires.

And many of them have spent years of their adult life involved in activism to try and change things for the better too, Knee, and find his self-promotion via a dangerously naive "drop out" message pretty irresponsible. That's not the same as learning to love The Man.

RB is a hypocrite who is more than happy to engage with the mainstream and "the man" when it suits him - TV, film, mainstream publishers for his books.... If he really believed in any of the crap he spews that book would be a free download on his website, not selling for over a tenner on Amazon.

He also suffers under the delusion that using big words without knowing what they actually mean makes him look clever.

YANBU OP. Russell Brand is a colossal anus and deserves every last drop of ridicule.

I think RB's brilliant.
And he talks a hell of a lot of sense. More than almost any politician I've heard in a lot of years.

This is exactly the sort of "la la fingers in my ears" response which stops people actually thinking.

RB's fans are creepily reverent towards him.

Agree with bofster and mrsdevere who have articulated it better than I ever could. How anyone can set themselves up as some sort of political figure when they don't fucking vote and never have is beyond me.

What is his point?

I hate to admit this but whenever he talks all I hear is "blah, blah, blah".

Maybe that's his point. Is there a point? Help!

If he was honest, then there wouldn't be such a problem, but he's just out to extract as much money as he can from who ever will pay he's a total fake. I can't believe he's written that Revolution book. I'm dreading ds1 asking for it for Christmas.

RB is a very funny comedian (IMO)

RB's input to the war on drugs was astute and as a recovering addict I agreed with him wholeheartedly.

What has now happened is RB has set himself up as some sort of anti-establishment political figure (for want of a better description). He is now outside his comfort zone and comes across as astonishingly naive. I wonder how much of his move into politics has come as a result of hypomania, or a wave of narcissism. I can imagine when you get a lot of good press and a big fan base you can start to believe all the hype yourself.

He's not exactly writing it himself, it would seem. There's a lot of money and a big publicity machine going into this new incarnation as the Guevara of our times.