Very well read!

@SamGSwann

3 күн бұрын

Thank you! I found Fisher's work so formative.

Cool reading Thank you

the defense of russel brand has aged very well. anyone who thinks otherwise doesn't understand that mark is writing about them.

The passionate defence of Russel Brand hasn't aged well at all

@foleyhuck2344

7 ай бұрын

It's funny how Fisher talks about Brand being vilified by a number of people on left for his narcissism, which he casts off as being down to a subconscious (or even fully conscious) dislike of outspoken working class voices, when it was actually down to the fact that many of us could see that Brand is a narcissist. "Brand’s intervention was not a bid for leadership; it was an inspiration, a call to arms" is a soberingly inaccurate observation looking back, considering his current iteration as a New Age conspiracy maniac. And that's before we get to the extensive sexual abuse allegations. The defense of Owen Jones has aged pretty badly now as well, considering how much of a moralising bully he is.

@osoisko1933

5 ай бұрын

I have a deep respect for Fisher, and there's aspects of this essay that address long concerns of mine, but this was clearly written in another era.

@holeymoley712

5 ай бұрын

I know Fisher suffered from depression but in many ways he wasn’t cynical enough. Actually admiring a circus entertainer like Brand is cringe and it was back then

@osoisko1933

5 ай бұрын

​@holeymoley5138 I could never stand Brand. He creeped me out, but back in the day he seemed like a down guy and I felt bad for judging him. My first instincts were proven right though 🤷‍♂️

@timothybell5698

5 ай бұрын

Truthfully, it hasn't aged well because it was born sick. Russell Brand was always a grandiose narcissist, this is obvious to anyone who knows anything about cluster B personality disorders, and this essay was written a full five years after Brand's shameful shock jockery.

Some interesting and extremely valid points well put. Maybe a little verbose for a video - I shall look forward to reading it on the 'open democracy' webpage so that I can digest it further and make more relevant comments.

An insight into Fisher's astonishingly bad judgement. He seems to have been utterly blinded by class ideology with Brand - because he was from a working class background he could do no wrong. "Four legs good, two legs bad."