Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "david Knowles death is now seen as suspicious" video.
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@hutsuls : Appreciated. But, rather than going down a rabbit hole of conspiracy theorists, what I actually want to understand is why HE specifically chooses to, “believe,” this extraordinary thing. I doubt I will be persuaded, but I want to know what specifically persuaded HIM? Who HIS sources are? BTW, I am not, “shouting,” those alt-cap words, but I have no way to put italics or underlining into my text.
There are probably a million different theories about how, when and where just about every famous person has died, been abducted or been replaced by lizard people on the web, so I wouldn’t have any problem constructing a theory of my own, collating all of my, “sources,” and building a web page called, “I’m right dot com @, ‘educate yourself!!!’ for the insecure bubble dwellers incorporated,” and have my own following and donation pages by sundown.
I’m just too old and too bored with all that rubbish to bother.
I am simply going to repeat the question, each time I witness him making this assertion. Though probably way more briefly in future. It’s HIS reasoning I’m after and which, incidentally, I believe we are all entitled to, since Prof Wilson is a professional educator, broadcasting to the public, with a significantly large, consistent (if not, “loyal”) audience. He of all people ought to know that he has a responsibility to that audience. You just can’t go around saying stuff like that without offering a shred of evidence to back up your assertions! He has criticised many others for doing the same thing.
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I am going to ask you for your empathy. And I beg your patience, since this comment turned out far longer than I intended when I began. Please believe my sincerity and hear my point?
Look, Prof Wilson, surely you can see that this behaviour is unfair on your viewers and somewhat confusing? You are normally so sound on political matters, indeed, the voice of reason and calm when all about us are losing their heads. Yet, you repeatedly make this astonishing claim about Putin without EVER responding to the very reasonable request to offer SOME REASON as to WHY you believe this, let alone EVIDENCE or even LINKS to your sources or articles . . . ANYTHING!
I don’t understand WHY you are doing this? Do you want to convince us? Then give your evidence. Do you want us to research it for ourselves? Then SAY SO! Maybe give us a starting point? Are you just trolling us with unsubstantiated, outrageous claims of Trumpian proportions? Then, please stop it!
I wish I could convey the effect this has on me personally and probably many other disconcerted viewers. I come to you as a TRUSTED source of political discussion, sketch offerings, debate, think pieces, etc. I have disagreed with you on several occasions, but NEVER ONCE have I doubted your honesty, integrity or compassion.
To a man like me, an agoraphobic, with several mental health conditions, who consequently doesn’t get out much, you are a man upon whom I can rely, for some well adjusted, thoughtful, compassionate, well informed and often surprisingly entertaining videos, to which I turn for help with processing world events; you help me to see other points of view; help me through my, often, troubled days.
I like you, personally, (from what I see presented) and believe that, if we ever met (vanishingly unlikely, but) you and I would get along famously.
Yet, PLEASE try to imagine for yourself what it might FEEL like if one of your most reliable, TRUSTED sources of information AND solace; a person to whom you turn for sensible, dare I say, “comforting,” input, suddenly kept making an allegation like, “Kier Starmer is not the real PM, but a doppelgänger,” and every single time you asked, “What makes you think that?” they flatly ignore you. They reply to other questions and comments, but NEVER this one. They offer no evidence, no reason for you to agree with their findings, and behave as though it’s all just a bit of fun. And they repeatedly assert it as though it were established fact, heedless of any effect such a destabilising assertion may have on their broader following or how that ripples out into the wider community.
How would that make YOU feel?
Someone you trust, like and rely upon as an oasis of sanity in a world gone mad, on this one particular issue, simply will not stop making these completely (to me) groundless allegations that have implications for everyone on Earth! And they flatly will not offer you ANY reasoning behind their thinking, let alone a SOURCE!
For me, it ultimately leaves me saddened. I honestly thought you were one of the, “normals,” not one of the conspiracy nut jobs. But how else does one describe a man who makes these outrageous assertions with no evidence?
If I have missed your evidence, links or whatever, in a previous video, please direct me to that? But, PLEASE!? For the love of Mike!? Will you please STOP making these assertions, UNLESS you site your EVIDENCE (even if it is just links under your video) and back up your claims EACH TIME you make them? You SHOULD be offering links to your sources in every single video in which you make this claim. You must understand that?
Can’t you see how irresponsible this behaviour is??? You realise some people actually take you seriously, right???
From a genuine admirer, a long time subscriber and a sincere commenter, I ask you, please consider what I am asking of you with an open mind?
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@CloudyMcCloud00 : That opening comment is unfair and unfounded. You know nothing about me or my capacity for, “self reliance.” Nor do I, “invest emotional and intellectual capital in someone else’s [specific] viewpoint.” My investment is in him, as a man of standing and standards, which he appears to be letting down in this regard. If he never replies to me, and chooses to make this (to me) unfounded allegation to the end of his days, I will be disappointed and he will slip in my estimation. But - and I thank you for your, “concern,” - the experience will not break me. I will continue to be happy and handsome, regardless.
As to his responses to comments, he and I have engaged on previous topics, so I can evidence the fact that he does read at least some of the comments. He has explained his reasoning as to why he puts out his own likes, (“seal of approval?” whatever you wish to call it) in previous videos, of which you are demonstrably unaware.
But, in the end, patronising strangers merely for the sake of it is the behaviour of an internet troll in my view. Your whole comment could be summed up as, “I don’t like or trust Prof Wilson,” seasoned with the familiar trolly trope of, “Do your own research.”
In that context, let us ask: Was the really ANY point to your comment at all?
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@CloudyMcCloud00 : As I explained, my capital is invested in him, not what he says, per se. I respect and admire his sincerity, honesty and willingness to risk ridicule for his beliefs, let the chips fall where they may. Even when I disagree with him I find him knowledgeable and well informed, as well as often entertaining.
I took a risk of my own, by attempting to reach the man on a different level, sharing some of my own experience in that process, in order to make clear my sincerity. But there is the broader responsibility of an educator and broadcaster to think of in his case too. Something he has chided others for failing to respect.
None of that is to say I, “depend,” upon him in any way, certainly not emotionally. I don’t even depend on people I know, but I’ve had that sort of a life. An impassioned argument is not necessarily a passionate argument, and I think that is where the confusion lies. I probably expressed myself poorly, as it was a stream of consciousness.
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