Russell Brand, Come on down!

[LuFins Dad]

I’m certainly not a #believeallwomen type of guy, having seen guys lose everything to false allegations, but the LA Charge where the woman visited a rape crisis center is troubling.

[Horace]

Probably guilty of something, by the book. Whether the organization of the victims to bring these charges would have been there, absent his counter culture turn, is an interesting question. Regardless, if he’s guilty he’s guilty. We will see.

[jon-nyc]

If this came out in 2018 he’d be totally done within the hour.

Nowadays, we’ll have to see. But I agree it doesn’t look good at all.

[Aqua Letifer]

Wouldn't surprise me. He was pretty unhinged there for awhile.

[Mik]

Also former heroin addict.

[jon-nyc]

From the rape crisis center girl:

(NYPost)

The woman later told Brand that she had been scared and felt taken advantage of, telling him, “When a girl [says] NO, it means no” — to which he responded he was “very sorry,” text messages cited by the report show.

He’s done.

[jon-nyc]

I know so little about the guy, I knew the name but couldn’t have picked him out of a crowd. Still I found this funny.

[George K]

I'm with Jon. I know nothing about him other than the name.

Oh, also TuCa interviewed him, so there's that.

[Horace]

I was impressed by him as an actor / comedian before he became famous as a cultural commentator in Podcastistan. Sam Harris was on his show just last week. As for his cultural stuff, as usual for counter-culture sorts, the only time I hear about them, is when mainstreamers sneer at them. I guess there's an ecosystem there that the sneering class unwittingly participates in. It is reasonable to wonder whether motivation to take him down exist largely because he is counter-culture. But if he did the crimes, so be it. There's no rule against harvesting victims for political usefulness. Christine Blasey Ford smiled. Though she is sneered at by real victims who were harvested for political gain. There's a hierarchy amongst politically useful victims, and fake victims are not well respected.

[Doctor Phibes]

I thought he was quite funny as a comedian. I haven't watched all his "serious" stuff. I watched about 5 minutes of some show which seemed to be him telling us the real truth they don't want us to hear, got a bit bored and irritated and went back to music podcasts.

[George K]

[Doctor Phibes]

Regarding his conspiracy theory/ social commentary stuff, one of his alleged victims said,

• I think he was building himself an audience for years that would then have great distrust of any publication that came forward with allegations. He knew it was coming for a long time.

This would imply a horrendous degree of cynicism on his part, but isn't actually the most unlikely thing I've ever read.

[Jolly]

The L.A. incident may be pretty serious and might have legal traction.

Regardless, I'm still troubled by ten to almost twenty year old allegations, no matter who is involved.

[89th]

Chalk this up to another news story that has ZERO impact on our lives.

[Doctor Phibes]

@89th said in Russell Brand, Come on down!:

Chalk this up to another news story that has ZERO impact on our lives.

Donald Trump Jnr. has come out in support of Brand if that helps make it more relevant to your life. He will be President soon.

• The former first son posted a meme to his 6.5 million followers on Instagram from the “Censored Men” Twitter account which compared Brand to Julian Assange, Andrew Tate and his father Donald Trump along with the words: “Notice a pattern?”.

Yeah, I've noticed a pattern. They're all narcissistic assholes.

Good God almighty, imagine coming out in defence of Andrew Tate.

[Horace]

I am not ashamed to admit that I pray to Russell Brand as my God Emperor. I asked permission from Donald Trump to change holy allegiances, and was granted His permission.

I'm sorry if my worldview seems "strange" or "out there" to you normies - but I make no apologies.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Horace said in Russell Brand, Come on down!:

I am not ashamed to admit that I pray to Russell Brand as my God Emperor. I asked permission from Donald Trump to change holy allegiances, and was granted His permission.

I'm sorry if my worldview seems "strange" or "out there" to you normies - but I make no apologies.

Just don't start wearing skinny jeans. It's not a good look on men your age. Or any age.

[Jolly]

@89th said in Russell Brand, Come on down!:

Chalk this up to another news story that has ZERO impact on our lives.

That's what they said about the #MeToo, and that turned the office world upside down for a couple of years, with a few echoes even today.

Sometimes, you just don't know...

[Doctor Phibes]

I think there's potentially some repercussions for the broadcasting companies who appeared to allow this to happen.

[Renauda]

Until this thread and the news headlines I had no idea who this Brand guy was.

Still don’t.