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Silent3

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46. Not impressed. This guy is angry about a lot of things people should be angry about...

Sat Oct 26, 2013, 09:23 AM

Oct 2013

...but only vaguely calls for (or merely is waiting for) some unspecified kind of "revolution" to come along and magically make things somehow better, unable to articulate any solutions, all mixed in with telling people not to bother voting.

I suppose I can see the appeal if you're looking around for someone with a high profile getting angry at the things that make you angry, but this strikes me as little more than naive ranting by someone who strikes me as overly impressed with himself for merely spotting and bitching about problems that many other people can see just as well, if not better, than he can.

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Russell Brand's call for revolution [View all] cilla4progress Oct 2013 OP

Bookmarking to watch later deutsey Oct 2013 #1

who warrior1 Oct 2013 #2

A 1%er who wants to lead us peons to liberty when he's not sunning himself at his McMansion. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #3

sounds like he came up from the streets cilla4progress Oct 2013 #4

RB is hardly in the 1%, though he is rich. He is also brilliant, extremely well-read, and wise. WinkyDink Oct 2013 #6

I used to get mad also when my fan letters weren't answered... LanternWaste Oct 2013 #16

I doubt he's a one percenter Dyedinthewoolliberal Oct 2013 #19

Amen! k&r polichick Oct 2013 #5

Yeah. It's not like the Teabaggers managed to kick out a bunch of establishment candidates and ... ieoeja Oct 2013 #20

We should be so lucky as to vote out our corporate whores... polichick Oct 2013 #21

The tea party had massive funding and organizational assistance. DireStrike Oct 2013 #31

Yep. Exactly right DS. The Tea Party was fully funded because, AT THE TIME.......... socialist_n_TN Oct 2013 #37

no summation of what he said anywhere? I have to watch a 10 minute video to know anything TeamPooka Oct 2013 #7

Here's a bit of his view (not from this vid)... polichick Oct 2013 #9

"Calls for revolution" cilla4progress Oct 2013 #10

thats a headline, not a summation. TeamPooka Oct 2013 #12

I thought the same thing, but 10 minutes flew by when I watched it. DireStrike Oct 2013 #32

i'm at work so that's not always possible. TeamPooka Oct 2013 #35

Kick to find later n/t hootinholler Oct 2013 #8

Just be back in time watch his TV show Dreamer Tatum Oct 2013 #11

Russell Brand is a fucking asshole. Wanna know why? Sheldon Cooper Oct 2013 #13

I used to feel the same way GCP Oct 2013 #14

DO NOT listen to people who discourage voting! Courtesy Flush Oct 2013 #15

Filter... cilla4progress Oct 2013 #17

^^^^ THIS ^^^^ N/T FSogol Oct 2013 #18

So if you don't vote you're "giving up"?...... socialist_n_TN Oct 2013 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author Courtesy Flush Oct 2013 #40

The only thing I know about Russell Brand is that he was married to Kate Perry. Why should we care? ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #22

I don't think anyone suggests that you must. DefenseLawyer Oct 2013 #25

I tend not to hold celebrities and their opinions above that guy in the checkout line... ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #26

So does that mean you hold celebrities and their opinions BELOW....... socialist_n_TN Oct 2013 #41

They are just people. I don't know who Russell Brand is, outside of Ms Perry's ex. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #42

You are in tune enough with popular culture to not only know Katy Perry DefenseLawyer Oct 2013 #43

People shouldn't get hung up on the "vote or don't vote" angle DefenseLawyer Oct 2013 #23

Its like Jeremy Paxman made a bunch of accounts on DU bobduca Oct 2013 #24

Thanks... cilla4progress Oct 2013 #27

It's a mildly dirty word on DU as well DireStrike Oct 2013 #33

yea, I'm a never miss an election kind of guy... WCGreen Oct 2013 #28

Me too... cilla4progress Oct 2013 #29

Yes, he's got a point in that we're handed candidates Warpy Oct 2013 #30

I should give a shit about the opinion of some guy who acts like he's wasted most of the time? n/t winter is coming Oct 2013 #34

you don't have to.. cilla4progress Oct 2013 #36

Dead. On. Le Taz Hot Oct 2013 #38

Annoying, untalented, and misogynist hack. His opinion is worth less than dog excrement. Dash87 Oct 2013 #44

Can anyone think of a good country for him, one w/o elections. Maybe N. Korea? Coyotl Oct 2013 #45

Not impressed. This guy is angry about a lot of things people should be angry about... Silent3 Oct 2013 #46