America, Russell Brand is fed up! And by enough, we’re talking far-left-wingers dropping various “right-wing” labels on him every time he has the “audacity” (integrity, honesty, decency) to break from official Democrat talking points.
Brand chased the far-left with a video.
We’ve all had unique experiences and we can’t afford lazy labels. Like being ‘right-wing or ‘left-wing’ — that just used to be a thing. Now it’s just like an attempt to smear, slander, and take someone down.
It’s something I am familiar with. I’ve been in the media a long time. This ‘You can’t trust Russell Brand,’ ‘Russell Brand’s unreliable,’ ‘Russell Brand’s a right-wing figure.’
This is pretty much the same as when they produced that list of doctors — half of whom were vets. Now they’re producing a list of ‘right-wing’ guests — and one of them is me. Let me share some of the things that I believe.
Brand then launched into what sounded like a cross between a campaign speech and a plea to fellow “from-the-left liberals,” as he describes himself, in an attempt, I suspect, to stem the tide of damage or potential future damage to his audience.
I believe the big tech companies should be strongly regulated and broken down. Consider it my belief that large companies must pay taxes in their home countries.
I believe that public health workers, firefighters, police officers — people who do jobs that put their own lives on the line should be properly paid, properly supported, properly trained. I believe that the most vulnerable people in society … drug addicts … should be looked after and taken care of.
My belief is that every small business should have the chance to prosper. My belief is that the community should be run by its residents. And that however you identify; sexually, racially, religiously — that is your business, your right, you should be whoever you wanna be. All of us need to let each other be the person we want and then move on.
Say what you want — from either side of the aisle — but Russell Brand is hardly a card-carrying poster boy for conservatism, let alone the far-right. The media was then his target. WishesIt was, vs. it is.
And that we should have a media that tries its best to give us plain facts and allows us to sort it out for ourselves through plain, honest, open discourse — not elevated or amplified. Particularly narratives to turn us against one another so that they can continue to profit from their relationships with big pharma, and big business, while we’re squabbling among one another.
Here on this (Brand’s YouTube) channel, we’re not going to allow that to happen. We’re gonna continue to tell you the truth because we trust in your ability to judge for yourself what’s real an what’s true. Which voices are out to support ya — and which voices are out to get ya.
What can I do to say it, politely? No way in hell. That ship sailed a long time ago and it’s not returning to port.
While Brand’s vision of fact-based vs. narrative-based media should be welcomed by most if not all objective thinkers, let’s be honest, shall we? Even if it is to us.
A majority of cable TV viewers are tuned into their favourite outlets, such as Fox News or MSNBC. They want to listen to pundits they can relate with. Why? “Proof” that they’re right — because (fill in the blank) said it during his or her opening monologue. Hence, we have people running around on both sides of the political aisle, spewing “facts” — Opinions — on social media and elsewhere they have adopted as facts, while at the same time ignoring any and all arguments to the contrary.
Simply, we have reached the point in America where political discourse is comprised of mostly telling the other guy why he’s wrong and you’re right — often with as much condescension as possible.
Oh — and extra points for name-calling.
Russell Brand discusses how corporate media use “right-wing”, a slur, to demolish free thinking. pic.twitter.com/cOfEHrVWBk
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) March 15, 2022
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