Alex M

I've been hearing a lot of talk about the history of this conflict and the Israelis' land grabbing from the Palestinians. It was interesting to listen to the history side of things from an Israeli perspective.

I do not. Debates are a distraction.

Be careful you'll lose your life to this debating shit.

I had to question it. It sounded that ridiculous. It's like, let us think of the worst thing we can. It's one step short of raping them before beheading them. On the other hand, I've been around long enough to realise there are some brutal fuckers in the world.

This whole beheading of babies. Has this actually been confirmed? or is this some media made-up nonsense?

In psychology they call this repetition compulsion.

Exactly

It would be if the advertisers decided to pause the monthly social campaigns and shift the ad spend elsewhere. e.g. Let's say Apple or Disney decided they were going to pause YouTube advertising because they didn't want user backlash or their brands appearing on Russell Brands YouTube videos; you'd be talking of YouTube losing around $30-40 million dollars a month. That's just from two companies. Was the decision to demonetise a bit strong sure. But survival supersedes it.

You will find that Japan is much lower than a lot countries worldwide (like South Korea for example which is almost double Japan per 100k).

I suppose if the person did their time and turned a new chapter of their life and is not profiting from the said crimes. Then maybe it's not an issue. Mike Tyson is a perfect point in this case.

I've seen on a few articles they've requested comment from Brand (not sure if this is true). The BBC had nothing to do with the documentary. This is problematic with both the mainstream and independent media. Both are guilty of doing this. Please look over the last 20/30 of Russell Brands' videos; his fearmonger is as bad as the mainstream media. In the video titles, he uses words like 'LIED', 'EXPOSED' & 'TERRIFYING', very clickbait/fearmonger. Also, I'd like to clarify that I'm not siding with the media here. The whole handling of this situation is a total clusterfuck. The demonetisation (without even being found guilty of anything is very concerning). But I can also understand YouTube's position. They would be no doubt worried about advertisers pulling the plug (much like on Rumble now). YouTube's goal is its own survival. So if that means upsetting Brand and lesser of the population, then so be it. In their eyes, it is better than being cancelled by advertisers.

How is the BBCs treatment excessive? Just from reporting on the story? Or something else?

Yes sad for the kids. His wife would have to be pretty fucking stupid to be surprised at any of this news. Like I’ve said before it would be like marrying an ex mobster and then being shocked if said mobster is arrest for murder from years back. You marry an ex wild drug / alcohol / sex addict that fucked 100’s if not 1000’s of women you are asking for trouble.

Myself being of a similar age (a few years younger) and growing up in the same 90s & 00s in the UK. I've known who Russell Brand was from long before his YouTube days. Right back when he was the presenter on MTV Dancefloor, he'd be presenting from nightclubs around the UK, cracking onto women in the clubs. In his usual 'cheeky' style. That was culturally acceptable back then, but it would be cringy boarding on sex pest to watch now. Throughout that period, he was in and out of the newspapers all the time for things like getting caught shagging a girl in some toilet etc. This was normalised back then (lad culture). There were plenty of instances of celebrities calling him out for his sexual predator vibes (google it you'll find examples). People have made allegations many times, but nothing ever stuck for whatever reason. Now, he's pivoted away from that lifestyle/period. Into YouTube wellness and the more political side (although his activist side also goes back a long way, this anti-mainstream is nothing new; this goes back to after he was fired from Radio 2, maybe even before then). As @Consept mentioned, a newspaper(s) made more substantial claims of sexual misconduct ages back, but because of the liable laws, they mustn't have had enough evidence, so no names were mentioned. But with the latest revelations, they must have seen a decent amount of evidence; otherwise, Brand would be suing them. He's received libel damages from The Sun newspaper before, so why wouldn't he go after them again if it wasn't true? Maybe he will. This might all seem somewhat surprising for the younger generation who know him from YT. I'd say most from my generation are not surprised at all. He's also now got the mask of the mainstream media, who are out to silence him and can use this as a defence mechanism.

It was culturally very different back in the UK in 2003. Celebrity media types could get away with all kinds of shit that wouldn’t wash now.

Or she was still in the bedroom.

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@toasty7718 I thought he was an advocate of keto / intermittent fasting? Not sure how that is anti-science? And how does it make him a grifter?

The irony is comical.

The big media companies cleaned up their act from that period when Brand was fully mainstream. A defining moment (as @Consept mentioned was when he was fired from the BBC2 radio show). Shit that used to fly will no longer happen (like this example https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66882644). He seems to be morphing and chasing the money. On YouTube, he went from someone talking about spirituality/wellness and jumping to right-leaning talking points. This appears to have mainly happened during lockdown, where views of his videos doubled/tripled. So, of course, he pivoted onto those talking points instead (pure survival, haha). He was aligned with his old 'edgy' vibe and with somewhat less integrity. I find it ironic looking at the titles of his videos from that period onwards. They seem to instil a lot of fear-mongering and have a more mainstream media vibe (talking about politics / Covid / Ukraine war). Even though they are very anti-mainstream, a lot of confliction is going on.

Maybe the whole growth thing is mostly bullshit, and he's just jumped onto a popular emerging thing within the western culture and sees it as a chance to make some money. Away from the likes of the BBC / Channel 4 etc.

Thought loops can be an absolute nightmare. Shrooms can get very warped at times. Sounds like your dosage jump from 2g to 3.5g was a step to much. Try ramping up much slower next time round.

I mentioned it before. The period in which this allegedly took place in the U.K. was culturally pretty toxic. So, this could have easily allowed him to get away with this had he done it.

Of course, survival 101