So it goes something like this:
- Man rapes
- Man gets away with it for a while
- Man gets charged for it
- Man joins the far-right
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People think Russell Brand is funny?
I had vaguely remembered him and saw him on YouTube a while back. I thought, hey, I think I liked this guy. Clicked into his video and was pretty shocked and immediately wrote him off.
Yeah. I think he either went insane, or just smelled an easy con. Sad thing, really.
No junk, no soul
he does look like a crazy homeless person, because his eyes is always bugged out on the youtube thumbnails.
Yeah, I was wondering why they labeled him comedian, he's walking cancer.
It's always the ones you most expect.
So Jared Leto.
No way, there's absolutely nothing fishy going on with Leto. It's a totally normal, completely above board, women only island cult.
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The moment someone starts going all "anti-woke" you know they've got something to hide and they are trying to get acquainted with the pardon-dealing industry.
Yeah. Forcing himself on women was entirely consistent with his public persona, but shifting hard right just to seek cover makes it so much scummier.
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"Rapist Russell Brand charged with attempted comedy"
He’ll be on Joe Rogan in about a month
Freudian slip, but true nonetheless
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Well, I've seen this coming for a while now, but I must admit, I actually liked him once upon a time. His comedy specials weren't just funny, they made you think about the abstract ideas of religion and consciousness. He was like a handsome rockstar comedian, the sort of person I wish I could be. Smart, sexy, cool, interesting. Hell, when I got sober from alcohol, reading his book that re-imagined the twelve steps into something less religious actually helped.
But then I heard the rumors, and it kind of fit with the image he gave himself. And then he made that abrupt turn into right-wing conspiracy and that all but confirmed it. To be honest I thought he'd already been charged with something and had just celebrity-ed his way out of it. Sucks, man.
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But he's always seemed so sane and stable?
Certainly not the type of guy they would write a movie about an unstable, unpredictable, impulsive, and self centered rock star with him in mind to play the lead.
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It's always the ones you most suspect.
I am shocked!...it took this long. Dude has been a creep forever. He has been getting exponentially worse as time has went on.
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And his right-wing transformation is now complete.
I'm not entirely sure it wasn't the other way around.
He probably knew some charges were coming years ago, and started adapting his output accordingly.
Oh for sure. He's been soft-pedaling his right-wing transformation ever since the initial allegations went public years ago. The hard turn recently is probably exactly as you say, he knew charges were coming.
the suddenly "baptism" was obvious, because he mustve knew charges were going to be brought against him eventually
I don't think he thinks the way you and I do. I don't think it was that calculated.
It doesn't take much calculating at all. It's just easy to convince right-wing audiences that sexual misconduct allegations are all a conspiracy by the Deep State^TM^ to silence them. It's a pretty basic grift.
Well he also has people like managers, publicists and agents who will think this way.
This explains his sudden turn to Christianity last year. He's going to try the "God forgave me" defense.
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Rapist Russell Brand charged with Attempted Comedy
I've been thinking for a while that people that have a sudden right wing or andrew tate sphere turn are really just trying to get with like minded rapist, or whatever they're into, circles. Basically networking and putting out signals.
It’s always the people who you expect the most.