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::YouTube has blocked Russell Brand from making money off its platform and the BBC pulled some of his shows from its online streaming service in the wake of rape and sexual assault allegations against the comedian-turned-influencer.

  • FaeDrifter@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    Russell Brand is a wealthy, famous Hollywood star who does not know who you are and will never give you the love you needed from your father.

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

          I think Brand is a narcissistic prick, but that doesn’t mean I don’t care how he’s treated by even bigger evils.

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            I agree that capitalism is bad.

            But since we live in a capitalist country, I do my part as an informed consumer and I don’t use Google products.

            But this particular brand of whining about “big tech” is so stupid. Google risks losing advertisers. Google acts to not lose it’s advertisers. Cry a river that in a capitalist economy a business takes action to protect its income source.