What I’ve noticed since I’ve come in this sphere of public debate talking about politics, which I do in my book with, like, input from insightful and brilliant figures such as Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, that, like, it’s sort of like people are having a go at me, like I’m not allowed to participate. You know, Shut up! Look at your hair! Listen to your accent! Be quiet! It’s like a really sort of fiercely guarded, like, realm—not just from the right, but from the left, as well. If you sort of go, Hey, I’m actually from a background where people are affected by stuff like this. This is what we think. Can we talk about this in a different way? people are so fiercely territorial and protective, it’s interesting. And it’s not difficult to see why there is such political stasis and such immobility, because people don’t welcome new debate. Not ordinary people. Ordinary people like it. Ordinary people are engaged and excited. But I would say there’s a kind of circuitous establishment that’s interested in a kind of peculiar circle jerk of exchanging opinions. #RusselBrand #DemocracyNow
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 20:13:02 +0000
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