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Posted on 04/09/2013 6:42:40 PM PDT by Steelfish
Russell Brand on Margaret Thatcher: 'I Always Felt Sorry For Her Children'
The actor and comedian recalls a bizarre recent encounter with the Iron Lady, and how it prompted him to think about growing up under the most unlikely matriarch-figure imaginable
Russell Brand The Guardian 9 April 2013 15.22 EDT Isnip) Her death must be sad for the handful of people she was nice to and the rich people who got richer under her stewardship. It isn't sad for anyone else. There are pangs of nostalgia, yes, because for me she's all tied up with Hi-De-Hi and Speak and Spell and Blockbusters and "follow the bear". What is more troubling is my inability to ascertain where my own selfishness ends and her neo-liberal inculcation begins.
All of us that grew up under Thatcher were taught that it is good to be selfish, that other people's pain is not your problem, that pain is in fact a weakness and suffering is deserved and shameful. Perhaps there is resentment because the clemency and respect that are being mawkishly displayed now by some and haughtily demanded of the rest of us at the impending, solemn ceremonial funeral, are values that her government and policies sought to annihilate.
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Russell Brand! So these are the mental imbeciles (like Jon Mayer) that Katy Perry chooses.
It’s called discipline Russell....Won’t hurt ya...
What’s a Russell Brand?
He should have died of a heroin overdose
A little punk.
I feel sorry for Russell Brand’s parents.
other than that, idk.
Honestly, who gives a s__t what Russell Brand thinks about Margaret Thatcher?
Again, if one is defined by their detractors, it's further proof that Thatcher was right.
Never heard of the twit.
Russell Brand was an anal birth....
“All of us that grew up under Thatcher were taught that it is good to be selfish, that other people’s pain is not your problem, that pain is in fact a weakness and suffering is deserved and shameful.”
huh
I can hardly wait to celebrate the next time some flaming liberal takes their trip to hell.
By the looks of him I think he did a long time ago.
Russell Brand trashes the rich when HE himself is filthy ass rich..Guess I can see why Katy Perry dumped his herpes infested ass, even SHE has her standards
Another two bit actor who thinks he has something to say.
It’s so funny. One day they are plain John/Jean Doe looking for work. After making one stinking movie they get the celeb attitude. This classless idiot needs to shut his stupid mouth and move along.
He made a movie called “What About Dick? Guess he couldn’t find his.
I wonder if he's ever pondered what Britain would be withOUT her. Did he somehow sleep through the cold war? Or maybe their media didn't cover it.
Seriously Russ, who the f cares what another unfunny comedian thinks about anything of consequence?
Who is russell brand?
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
Albert Einstein
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