Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "Miriam Margolyes and Jeremy Hunt" video.
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I have always appreciated your authenticity and have never, for a moment, considered that you would speak differently or seem and any different if I were to meet you face to face. Indeed, for me, that is part of your appeal and what keeps me coming back, whether I agree wholeheartedly with you or not on any given topic.
I looked up the video of the Margolyes interview, before finishing this video, to see what you were talking about. And I did feel I understood her point. We all feel genuine, heartfelt anger toward some people, especially politicians. Though we can be happy enough for our feelings to be known about us, by the public at large, we would not necessarily want to spit our bile into the face of that person, simply because the opportunity presents itself.
There are times when I feel I could cheerfully do actual physical harm to at least some of the politicians who literally laughed at us while we lost isolated loved ones during the Covid crisis and they partied on. Especially since I have learned about Boris Johnson’s attitude toward Covid as a natural way of killing off the old to make way for wastrels like himself. Their sheer callous disregard for all decency hurts all the more when I think of my father dying without me by his side.
But it is not just the fear of legal consequences that would restrain me if I were to bump into Johnson in bar. Nor, necessarily, my sense of responsibility to the people around us, just minding their own business and not wishing to witness any violent actions or language. It is merely my fundamental belief that I am better than him in every important respect, more capable of self control and measured language, that I believe would govern my actions overall.
I don’t think Margolyes betrayed any degree of hypocrisy so much as she simply expressed what she was thinking about the man, rather than willing to say to him. Smart people know that simple name calling merely fuels the confirmation bias of your enemies, making it too easy for them to dismiss you as, “just another hater,” or whatever, without ever thinking over what you said to them or why. She doesn’t care that people know (and, by extension, Jeremy Hunt knows) what she really thinks of him, but she is above confrontational abuse and I applaud her self restraint. Especially since it’s her, famous for speaking without apparent restraint.
Simply abusing the man would have done neither party any good, but could have done harm.
As to the BBC Radio 4 headquarters being a, “temple,” I am with you 100%. I see it as a soiled, somewhat sullied temple, badly in need of renovation and restoration to its former independence. But that’s a whole other conversation.
If you read all of this, thank you for your patience. I hope you can see the distinction I was making?
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