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So I just heard about this through @bonifartius ... maybe im missing some details but let me see if i got this straight.
1) Russel Brand was accursed of some sort of sexually inappropriate activity, not sure what it is yet, but sounds serious. While serious as of yet no evidence has been made public, no trial, and his guilt is unknown.
2) Based on only accusation and rumer the UK parliment decided he should be treated as if he is guilty before a trial
3) the UK parliment has reached out to several platforms asking to deplatform him as punished for something we havent determined if he did yet
4) Platforms like YouTube saw no problem with this and agreed.
Is this seriously where we are at....
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@freemo sums up what i know about it pretty well.
i actually only remembered him about a week ago for is role as annoying musician in "forgetting sarah marshall". looked up what he does now and gave his podcast a listen.
fast-forward a few days he is cancelled.
@bonifartius I see him talking a lot about pro-left wing politics. Kinda ironic him being the victim of the very toxic environment he has supported.
@freemo well, he did interview tucker carlson. not sure if i'd put him into the leftist corner. seems to be more british-libertarian-new-age-health-guy to me, but i haven't really listened to much of his stuff.
anyway, the point is that it's absolutely crazy how things are handled lately, cf. the whole episode with the rammstein guy.
I have never heard him say or have an opinion that would be on the right (by any measure) and quite a few on the left.
Interviewing tucker carlson doesnt tell me anything about if he is right or left.... disagreeing/agreeing with him might.
And yea it is nuts.. like i wouldnt be too surprised if people boycotted him.. but to have the UK parliment itself actively pull something like this based on rumor alone... Im astonished.
@bonifartius Pretty sure that is a false statement....
@bonifartius I think you meant to send me a picture of something underneath the parliament? Thisis just a picture of an ordinary parliament session.
@freemo
> i wouldnt be too surprised if people boycotted him.. but to have the UK parliment itself actively pull something like this based on rumor alone... Im astonished.
well, the parliament is made of people :P