Comment on YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off his channel — The suspension comes following the publication of rape and sexual assault allegations against the British star

• intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You have allowed yourself to become so cynical that the only reason you can conceive of for speaking up in another person’s defense is that it might be part of some psychological complex from childhood.

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  • FaeDrifter@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Give me another reason to stand up for a famous hollywood star you know nothing real about, just a carefully and expensively crafted media persona.

    I’m all for a good discussion around the social implications of false accusations, but there’s an exceptional amounting of simping going on for one specific special boy.

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    • admin@lemmy.my-box.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Aside from false accusations - how about tech monopolies (only beholden to profits/shareholders) being judge, jury and executioner?

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yes, Brand has been executed by having his YouTube account demonetized. There’s no difference between not being paid by YouTube, but still being allowed to post videos, and being convicted of a crime. No difference whatsoever.

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      • FaeDrifter@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I agree that capitalism is bad.

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    • OrteilGenou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      He helped save Sarah Marshall, that has to count for something

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