Comedian Russell Brand found guilty by UK court of rape and sexual assaults

[BaronOfHair]

It's the current powerful taking down either the old powerful (Brand) or the potential new powerful (Tommy Robinson, Danny Tommo).

A story as old as time...

Another explanation:

-As a species, we're not predisposed towards giving those who physically resemble the rabble more strongly than they do the glitterati benefits of the doubt. It's long been joked that Brand somehow looks as if he's never come within 500 miles of a bath tub, despite being a multimillionaire

-Nothing provides The 5-0 and our judiciary with stronger PR than excising those who seem "too different" from "the norm" out of general society

-General society, on some level, also yearns for a Messianic force that'll "keep us safe" from such individuals. It's not a coincidence that what Radley Balko has dubbed The Rise Of The Warrior Cop began around '73, when Middle America no longer found The Counterculture cute

-ESPECIALLY if that individual is famous for trying to appear like the smartest person in the room, or/and more righteous than the rest of us mere mortals art

-Washed up/Near Washed up celebrities who meet one or both these criterias are prime targets for such takedowns

Whether or not he's guilty of the charges he's been convicted, the public image Brand designed essentially inked him up in a full-body target. Had such accusations been hurled at someone like Zac Efron, public support for the accusers would be considerably less powerful, and the prosecution would've found making these charges stick a far more daunting task than they did Brand



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