A BBC Newsnight interview of comedian Russell Brand went viral this week, with viewers split over Brand’s call for a socialist egalitarian system to replace the current political order. The Left was certainly excited, with the Huffington Post declaring that “Russell Brand’s Epic Interview With BBC’s Jeremy Paxman Just Might Start A Revolution” and Gawker writing that “Russell Brand May Have Started a Revolution Last Night.”
Brand’s call for massive taxation of corporations and redistribution of wealth was a hit with actress Jenna Elfman and other celebs.
https://twitter.com/JennaElfman/status/394163101693526016
@rustyrockets good work on bbc brother -Benny the Jett says hello!!
— John Cusack (@johncusack) October 26, 2013
https://twitter.com/MatthewModine/status/393840631279132672
Conservatives, however, weren’t so warm on the idea of “revolution.” Brand admitted he doesn’t vote, so how exactly is that revolution going to happen?
https://twitter.com/AdamBaldwin/status/394144484901912576
@AdamBaldwin @rustyrockets why does blood have to be spilled?
— Stephanie Morris (@littlestephm) October 26, 2013
https://twitter.com/AdamBaldwin/status/394160479678918656
https://twitter.com/yesnicksearcy/status/394186178674454528
https://twitter.com/AdamBaldwin/status/394164659839709185
https://twitter.com/yesnicksearcy/status/394183479220396032
You should have probably waited till you had actual influence before spouting off your mass murder desires. @rustyrockets #UsefulIdiot
— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) October 26, 2013
@ChrisLoesch @rustyrockets just 1 question for the pompous elitist: where's your deficit when you have a net worth of $15mil? Boo capitalism
— DeplorableClinger (@Knooch21) October 26, 2013
@Knooch21 @ChrisLoesch @rustyrockets socialism is for the little people, not the socialist. Someone always has to be on top…
— Cdn Gunslinger (@the_kit_guru) October 26, 2013
Greg Gutfeld and the rest of Fox News’ “The Five” debated the wisdom of Brand and his “plan.”
@greggutfeld Really, Russell Brand…a real BRIGHT LIGHT…bet he flunked preschool sandbox
— George Hicks (@geohcks) October 25, 2013
https://twitter.com/minxjhnsn/status/393849460171612160
https://twitter.com/KathleenBryan13/status/393849500185292800
https://twitter.com/PlanetVasko/status/393849946316615680
@greggutfeld – Has @RustyRockets given away all his "ill gotten gains"? If not he is simply a hypocrite! @greggutfeld @JedediahBila
— Joe American (@MidAmericanGuy) October 25, 2013
https://twitter.com/tjoy7/status/393850852802191360
@rustyrockets, #Rustyrockets is a idiot when it comes to finical thinking. Actually funny to hear him speak on such topics. @greggutfeld
— Brent Soura (@BrentSoura) October 25, 2013
https://twitter.com/ChuckNellis/status/393849697443405824
Russell Brand: British AssHat. @FNTheFive
— ScottOnCapeCod™ (@ScottOnCapeCod) October 25, 2013
Hey, Russell, if you like socialism so much, then you first. YOU give up all of your riches to the effort then… http://t.co/6c9EEdJOWE
— Chris Starks (@Gilead_Roland) October 25, 2013
How about Russell Brand take his communist desires back to Britain and leave America alone! Yeah, that sounds like… http://t.co/6YNGujPZGv
— Candace E. Salima (@CandaceSalima) October 26, 2013
Russell Brand's "revolution" is just as rational, and will be just as successful as the Occupy movement (not at all) http://t.co/KumZN2hGWn
— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) October 26, 2013
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