Predictably the public debate about Russell Brand is now almost entirely focused on "free speech" and "presumption of innocence".😫
He had and probably still has a despicable attitude to women. His misogyny and claims of being addicted to sex and porn are not disputed. He bragged and joked about it all the fucking time. It also a matter of record that the BBC, C4, The Guardian and others all happily employed/paid him when he was in his pomp.
I find the handwringing by lots of media commentators nauseating, he is now being used by the same people as a symbol of how something was wrong but clearly not them. 🤦♀️
The squeals of protest about his demonetisation on YouTube from free speech campaigners are also annoying and mostly miss the point. Brand is free to say what he wants and YouTube and other online platforms can decide whether or not they want him on/or making money on their platform. The letters sent by UK MP Caroline Dineage were wrong and she is rightly being criticised but Brand has many ways to get his views out.
Anyway, after reading the reports in The Times/Sunday Times and watching the Dispatches programmes my thoughts are with the women who are now telling their stories. Even if they are not featured in all the TV programmes, newspaper columns, blogs and other online content, we are only talking about this because they came forward. We do not have to know their their names to recognise them as survivors and to acknowledge their bravery.
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