Fucking hell man, Cleese has his own show on goddamn GB News now? How horribly disappointing
First of all, fuck GB News.
Second of all, fuck both John Cleese and Stephen Fry
Third of all there is no “exploration” here, merely a roundabout admittance of privilege, which enables the wilful ignorance of what reality is like (and has been for significantly longer than 20-30 years) for those who aren’t famous rich white men.
In your own article…
“As president of Mind, Stephen Fry has done a huge amount to raise awareness and understanding about bipolar disorder and other mental health problems. He has supported Mind in our campaigning activities over the last decade and has helped enormously to change public attitudes in the UK about mental health for the better.”
Does that sound like sound like someone that needs to be ‘fucked’, or is it someone you can appreciate for their efforts relative to the society they grew up in but hasn’t quite followed the leading edge in understanding in their later years. This whole judging people by today’s standards can get a bit out of hand especially if you don’t know their context. They are people that pushed things in the right direction in their zenith, they aren’t perfect, no one is, but in their time, when they had a platform and used it more responsibly than most. Now they’re just a bit out of date.
You should be able to respect people’s background conditions (especially if you are purportedly standing up for a fairer understanding of various mental health conditions), you don’t have to agree with or respect everything they say now but you should respect them as humans beings especially given the positive pressure they exerted in their prime against way worse attitudes than we experience now.
Fry’s point isn’t terrible, it just lacks some qualifications. Cleese, on the otherhand, is a bit older and has much more dated notions. They shouldn’t be amped, but that’s what GB News is all about. Platforming regressive shite. GB news and all it’s founders should be ‘fucked’. They are darkly cynical cunts.
The pair of them’s blether should be judiciously ignored. Pat them on the back, put a blanket on their knees. But don’t fuck them.
Pray you can make a positive influence now as they did back in their prime.
Wealthy, succesful men with fans in the millions explore obsession with money and power.
rich old white men do cliche rich old white men things