▲ 586 ▼ Russell Brand accused of rape, sexual assaults and abuse (www.thetimes.co.uk) submitted 3 years ago by ZeroCool@feddit.ch to c/news@lemmy.world 162 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world 50 points 3 years ago (3 children) Funnily enough he used to be pretty left. It's like this right wing conspiracy pipeline is a honeypot for pond scum that reveals who they really are. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 19 points 3 years ago Populist rhetoric works because it offers seemingly simple solutions to complex problems and excuses behavior that would otherwise be unacceptable. Sometimes it's even a good excuse, others just an outlet for hate and stress. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jas91a@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago (2 children) I thought he was quite left as well hadn't realized he swung to the right permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Syreniac@lemmy.world 33 points 3 years ago He always struck me as one of those people who wasn't, in his heart of hearts, actually left-wing, but rather just wanted to be counter-cultural. The culture has shifted around him and now if he wants to be counter-cultural it means being alt-right. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Me too. Damn. Conspiracy to fascist pipeline got another one, I guess. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Neon@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago* pretty left or just far-right? the swiss LEGA also agrees with a lot of the far-left on how to deal with social Problems, but is still far-right. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 19 points 3 years ago Populist rhetoric works because it offers seemingly simple solutions to complex problems and excuses behavior that would otherwise be unacceptable. Sometimes it's even a good excuse, others just an outlet for hate and stress. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jas91a@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago (2 children) I thought he was quite left as well hadn't realized he swung to the right permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Syreniac@lemmy.world 33 points 3 years ago He always struck me as one of those people who wasn't, in his heart of hearts, actually left-wing, but rather just wanted to be counter-cultural. The culture has shifted around him and now if he wants to be counter-cultural it means being alt-right. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Me too. Damn. Conspiracy to fascist pipeline got another one, I guess. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Syreniac@lemmy.world 33 points 3 years ago He always struck me as one of those people who wasn't, in his heart of hearts, actually left-wing, but rather just wanted to be counter-cultural. The culture has shifted around him and now if he wants to be counter-cultural it means being alt-right. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Me too. Damn. Conspiracy to fascist pipeline got another one, I guess. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Neon@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago* pretty left or just far-right? the swiss LEGA also agrees with a lot of the far-left on how to deal with social Problems, but is still far-right. permalink fedilink source parent