When did Russell Brand become the newest D-list celeb alt-right convert? I know maintaining relevance is hard but...
He seemed to follow the Left Wing conspiracy theory - - - > Right Wing conspiracy theory path but with a massive dose of ego.
There is a disturbing overlap with certain left circles, usually in the health, wellness, hippie, yoga, meditation area, that shares antivax notions, who then are susceptible to being redpilled because of this overlap
Those things that aren't really fixed to one end of the polictal spectrum, sounds alot like the silicon valley VC lot too
For example, the furthest left parts of Portland, OR do not allow fluoride in the water
Having a cluster A personality disorder is independent of the left/right political spectrum.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Russell Brand has vehemently denied “very serious criminal allegations” about his personal life, in a video in which he does not specify what the claims are but insists his relationships have always been consensual.
Andrew Tate, a self-proclaimed misogynist who is awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, which he denies, and who has claimed in the past that he has been attacked by the media, also appeared to defend Brand, tweeting “welcome to the club” to him.
In his video, Brand decried “coordinated media attacks” in the past against figures such as the controversial podcast host Joe Rogan after he announced he was taking the deworming drug ivermectin to treat Covid-19 in 2021.
The host of the Stay Free with Russell Brand podcast has previously appeared to promote “natural immunity” over vaccines.
While he has always been a contrarian, the Forgetting Sarah Marshall actor has drifted from being a mainstream comedian with leftwing views to something of a figurehead for the online alt-right in recent years.
In July, he shared his platform with the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has pushed far-right conspiracy theories and was fired from the channel in April.
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While he has always been a contrarian, the Forgetting Sarah Marshall actor has drifted from being a mainstream comedian with leftwing views to something of a figurehead for the online alt-right in recent years
Really? I'd have said he's a figurehead for the alt left
Edit. I stand corrected. Shame, I used to like his stuff
He sort of could've been if he stuck with his psudo-hippy crap. Then he started decrying science and vaccines and hanging out with rightoids. The left actually believes in science and doesn't like obnoxious charlatans like Peterson or Rogan, so his audience shifted.
I've known an extreme hippy be antivax before, so maybe that was the route he took
More like was hoping to drag more vulnerable tacitly-left people to the right with him. He clearly decided to shift his rhetoric. There was no way in hell his audience was staying the same. He also shifted way too hard to make it subtle, so anyone with strong axioms was right out too.
Many hippies I know are completely anti western medicine so being antivax is kind of a given for them.
Thanks, I haven't followed his stuff since he found god
It's always the religious lot.... tssk.
I guess the shift would have been around the time he began
promoting an energetic blend of conspiracy theories, COVID denial, and the liberal use of capital letters, with videos like “The TRUTH About Pfizer” and “The CDC Are SPYING On You,"
promoting ivermectin for viral infections, and hanging out with Tucker Carlson.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z34zd9/russell-brand-ivermectin https://deadline.com/2023/07/tucker-carlson-fox-firing-reaction-russell-brand-interview-1235431938/
Yep, that'll do it. Thanks, happy to be corrected :)
genuinely curious, what is the alt left in your view?
It's a term reactionaries invented to promote horseshoe theory bullshit and general whataboutism. It's basically a dogwhistle
Look at the hexbear community and find out.
hexbear is garbage but "alt-left" is made up reactionary bullshit and if you have any leftist tendencies you'll do well to keep that out of your vocabulary unless you want to share theories with fascists. That said, if you're not a leftist, i don't give a shit what you think and you can say alt left all you want
Alt right = baddies; Alt left = imaginary baddies
Got it. Thanks i am glad I have you to clear these things up for me. Its a good thing hexbears dont use liberal as a slur or hate on anyone that uses non hard left platitudes. Anyone that calls themselves true leftists but has a picture of Che engraved on their eyeballs and fluent in chinese anti west propoganda is not alt left. Gotcha. If you dont see that this anti west sentiment is alt left then I dont know what to tell you.
got it, I don't give a shit what you think
Are you some undercover hexbear or something? Why would you think these people who are anti west but still want to be called leftist are not alt left?
hmm. fuck off
Im going to assume thats a yes. Shouts out to my Chinese friends, i know its not your fault you are just following orders. Some day you can go to sweden like you always wanted. Keep up the good work comrade!
Please respond to this is you're a loser with no friends.
Lol gottem
Pls respond if you are a loving and caring person
What’s the ‘alt-left’ when it’s at home?
The vampire castle is trying to cancel him again?
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