Russell Brand and Alex Jones expressing their sincere Christian piety
Added 2024-09-11 04:05:43 +0000 UTCWe look at a truly despicable display of performative religiosity from two self-styled Christian renegade truth-tellers: Alex Jones and Russell Brand.
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Also, Katy Perry is like, I dodged a bullet like Neo from the Matrix. ๐คฃ
Liz Tily
2024-09-12 19:32:20 +0000 UTCWatching Mattโs expressions during the โprayerโ is priceless. Chris, on the other hand, remains stoic. Thanks, Editor Andy, for providing this visual.
Linda Sears
2024-09-12 12:23:57 +0000 UTCUsed to?
Geraldine Kawabe
2024-09-12 09:01:42 +0000 UTCHe's trying to beat the impending lightning bolt.
Geraldine Kawabe
2024-09-12 08:56:15 +0000 UTCJackin the creed and whackin the weed.
Roscoe 112
2024-09-12 03:28:56 +0000 UTCAlso I can see why olโ Del Boy โBrandโ trotter would flip on is ideology if he has a financial stake in a new market. To me none of the theories like horseshoe, diagonalism, fish hook answer the whole story. There certainly is a strange continual kaleidoscopic shift in the Venn diagrams of the gurus you discuss
Mark Francis
2024-09-12 00:50:37 +0000 UTCThanks for the thought provoking comments! Maybe itโs less of a left right thing and more of a up down divide!? I just finished Mick Westโs book, I like his concept of the demarcation line. Although I was rather confused when he said Joe Rogan and Abby Martin are rabbit hole escapeeโs. I find both very partisan but from opposing ends. Thanks again for all your hard work at DTG
Mark Francis
2024-09-12 00:33:41 +0000 UTCMy mum (a deeply religious woman) once said of someone who'd been charged with a crime, "as soon as I saw him carrying that Bible, I knew he was guilty".
Sonje Finnestad
2024-09-12 00:23:08 +0000 UTCMark > That's an interesting bespoke definition but not what the term usually means. Lots of partisans happily eject their earlier ideology when it suits & Sonje that's the typical progressive line but it doesn't address the existence of people like Brand who have moved very easily from left-wing revolutionary to right-wing populist with little issue.
Christopher Kavanagh
2024-09-12 00:21:15 +0000 UTCIs Russell Brand afraid that if he pauses for breath, God will interrupt?
Sonje Finnestad
2024-09-12 00:19:42 +0000 UTCThat prayer. Jesus is holding his nose.
Fran Diamond
2024-09-11 21:39:32 +0000 UTCAll my horseshoed IRL friends believe they are centrists
Mark Francis
2024-09-11 17:42:21 +0000 UTCJoe rogan for example
Mark Francis
2024-09-11 17:40:34 +0000 UTCTo me, horseshoe theory describes someone who belief in both extreme left and extreme right populist conspiracy theories. And then these horseshoerโs then think they must be centrists because they believe in both extremes equally
Mark Francis
2024-09-11 17:39:50 +0000 UTCI happened across Russell Brand on YouTube at a time when he was interviewing mostly ex or current ISKCON devotees, and promoting a meditation app/stream. I didn't realise that he was the copresenter that had been sacked/suspended with Jonathan Ross after some scandalous tomfoolery on BBC Radio. Indeed I recommended his podcast to my mum, because of his playful, loquacious New Age presentation.
Anne Stephens
2024-09-11 16:07:31 +0000 UTCI just cant โฆ This is the end. Itโs fucked. Peak Guru โฆ Did you know that Russel Brand used to take drugs ? โฆ FML ๐คฆโโ๏ธ โฆ zzzz
Richard De Val
2024-09-11 15:16:01 +0000 UTCGlad I'm not alone. I don't know about you but the allegations about Russell made me reflect on some of the mad stories that used to come up on the show that, now with hindsight, feel very wrong. But that aside think about how Russell was going around wearing a blanket in the Audioboom days, acting like a spiritual shaman. This version of him was always on the cards but it feels much more extreme. Perhaps all a ploy for some redemption with regards to the allegations. I do always wonder what Matt thinks of it all
George
2024-09-11 14:55:13 +0000 UTCYes! I am one. I used to love them both. I'm still a fan of matt Morgan. Very funny guy
Nรญall Faughnan
2024-09-11 14:40:32 +0000 UTCPretty disgusting pair! Russelโs prayer is quite sacrilegious!
Chandra Collins
2024-09-11 13:34:22 +0000 UTCMatt: ffs somebody slap him! Perfect!!!!
Julie
2024-09-11 12:34:46 +0000 UTCAlexs eyes are rolling back. Looks like he might be about to start speaking in tongues even more than the usual amount.
Violet
2024-09-11 12:14:18 +0000 UTCJesus take the wheel. I think what we have here is a nearly flawless demonstration of โcringe immunityโ
Liz Tily
2024-09-11 11:14:11 +0000 UTCI mean... You gotta be impressed by Russell... It's the grift of the century...
Chomagerider
2024-09-11 10:25:10 +0000 UTCWhat in the holy fuck is this? Does he look a bit like Jesus in this graphic?
Liz Tily
2024-09-11 09:46:51 +0000 UTCWonder if there's any crossover with DTG listeners and anyone who listened to Russell and Matt, back in the day? I'd be interested to know how you reflect on it all
George
2024-09-11 08:43:36 +0000 UTCGood lord brand's praying is repulsive.
Rufus Evans
2024-09-11 08:03:17 +0000 UTCMy phone hated this so much it crashed during Russellโs opening prayer.
Ryan Booker
2024-09-11 06:36:34 +0000 UTCWhited sepulchres.
Violet
2024-09-11 04:15:30 +0000 UTC
