Let's all take Blindboy seriously now...

Stonedpilot · 16-11-2017 01:09AM

Insect Overlord wrote: »

What in the name of Fuck are you shiteing on about now?

You've literally just created a whole scenario out of your imagination, based on nothing but your weird prejudices. Go away and do something worthwhile instead of wasting everyone's time posting rubbish here.

Haha. Nope based on what he said.
Ah calm down lad you'll give yourself a stroke or maybe a hernia over a point that is pretty blatantly obvious.

See I have listened to him unlike you.

My refernces are online in video no less.
Youtube Blindboy boatclub on mental mealth and his passionate plea to Simon Harris.

He moans on religion numerous times. He Hasn't the gumption to see religion and God are two different things. Would his ego allow him to listen to depressed people who state they got better through Gods grace? Of course not.

He also mentions to Simon Harris in that video many psychotherapists use angel reading.

Total lie. Show me one!.

Dannyriver · 16-11-2017 01:23AM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Haha. Nope based on what he said.
Ah calm down lad you'll give yourself a stroke or maybe a hernia over a point that is pretty blatantly obvious.

See I have listened to him unlike you.

My refernces are online in video no less.
Youtube Blindboy boatclub on mental mealth and his passionate plea to Simon Harris.

He moans on religion numerous times. He Hasn't the gumption to see religion and God are two different things. Would his ego allow him to listen to depressed people who state they got better through Gods grace? Of course not.

He also mentions to Simon Harris in that video many psychotherapists use angel reading.

Total lie. Show me one!.

http://www.citynorthhotel.com/en/Counselling%20&%20Healing/

Insect Overlord · 16-11-2017 01:48AM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

He moans on religion numerous times. He Hasn't the gumption to see religion and God are two different things. Would his ego allow him to listen to depressed people who state they got better through Gods grace? Of course not.

You're literally relying on the notion of miracles now. "God's grace", you say. Marvellous stuff.

Prayer is just another form of meditation, or mindfulness, or whatever name you want to put on it. It just takes the onus off the individual and places it on some mysterious external force, much like the artists and philosophers of old claimed to be inspired by Muses or genius. It helps keeps certain exceptional people modest, and takes the pressure off them when they fail. It's a recognised and effective coping mechanism, no question. The "grace" of some all powerful creator, however, it is not.

OnDraught · 16-11-2017 01:55AM

pappyodaniel wrote: »

How dare they evolve from singing about glue sniffing and fingering girls in nightclubs. I'd like to think that we've all matured from the dumb sh!t we were doing ten years ago.

He was as talking about this two years ago.

Stonedpilot · 16-11-2017 02:08AM

Insect Overlord wrote: »

You're literally relying on the notion of miracles now. "God's grace", you say. Marvellous stuff.

Prayer is just another form of meditation, or mindfulness, or whatever name you want to put on it. It just takes the onus off the individual and places it on some mysterious external force, much like the artists and philosophers of old claimed to be inspired by Muses or genius. It helps keeps certain exceptional people modest, and takes the pressure off them when they fail. It's a recognised and effective coping mechanism, no question. The "grace" of some all powerful creator, however, it is not.

You obviously never felt it. I hope you do.Maybe someday. Grace is not a miracle either.

Oh ye of little faith!.

However You are very confused.
Prayer isnt mindfulness or meditation you are confusing spiritual New Age practices with sacred or holy practices.
Very very different things.

Many atheists turn believer everyday when they see how flawed atheism is.

Look at two atheist schlors and writers atheist "megastars" if you will Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens get mauled when Dawkins debated John Lennox and Hitchens William Lane Craig.

Understandly Dawkins(whom Im sure you admire) refuses to debate William Lane Craig as he easily rebuked every argument Hitchens had.

elefant · 16-11-2017 08:19AM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

You obviously never felt it. I hope you do.Maybe someday. Grace is not a miracle either.

Oh ye of little faith!.

However You are very confused.
Prayer isnt mindfulness or meditation you are confusing spiritual New Age practices with sacred or holy practices.
Very very different things.

Many atheists turn believer everyday when they see how flawed atheism is.

Look at two atheist schlors and writers atheist "megastars" if you will Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens get mauled when Dawkins debated John Lennox and Hitchens William Lane Craig.

Understandly Dawkins(whom Im sure you admire) refuses to debate William Lane Craig as he easily rebuked every argument Hitchens had.

Thread has reached the point where it needs to be taken out back and put down.

Stonedpilot · 16-11-2017 09:23AM

elefant wrote: »

Thread has reached the point where it needs to be taken out back and put down.

The irony.
Yet you will still post on it LOL.

Point is Blindboy cant see the difference between organised man made religion and God and Insect Overlord cant see the difference between prayer and meditation.
Both trying to knock something they have no clue about.

Classic Dunning-Kruger effect in both cases.

RocketRaccoon · 16-11-2017 09:28AM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

The irony.
Yet you will still post on it LOL.

Point is Blindboy cant see the difference between organised man made religion and God and Insect Overlord cant see the difference between prayer and meditation.
Both trying to knock something they have no clue about.

Classic Dunning-Kruger effect in both cases.

You know God is a made up character yes?

optogirl · 16-11-2017 09:38AM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Case in point. He whinges about religion being taught in schools yet I gurantee ya he wont listen to a drug addict in Limerick who will tell him Jesus helped them massively overcome their addiction. Many many people with mental health problems turn to God, and pray to Jesus they get help. Will he listen to them?. Of course not his gargantuan ego wont allow it.

He hasnt the gumption either to see that a personal relationship with Christ can be obtained without religion. Jesus saves from religion, he in book of Matthew spoke strongly against religion and religious leaders.

Feeling Gods grace can massively help with mental health issues, sadly hes too ignorant to see religion is man made but God isnt!.

Case in point? No it isn't.

frozenfrozen · 16-11-2017 09:52AM

God could have a bag on his head too xxx

One eyed Jack · 16-11-2017 10:04AM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

The irony.
Yet you will still post on it LOL.

Point is Blindboy cant see the difference between organised man made religion and God and Insect Overlord cant see the difference between prayer and meditation.
Both trying to knock something they have no clue about.

Classic Dunning-Kruger effect in both cases.

Where are you pulling this from exactly, because I went through a good many of his YouTube videos last night as you said, including the one referring to Simon Harris, including the interview with Scroobius Pip (whatever his name is), and I couldn't find anything even remotely like what you're claiming. Sure, he takes a pot shot at Catholicism here and there, but that's standard fare for any Irish comedian. It's expected of them, and there was no malice in it.

Hell, even Tommy Tiernan was on the Late Late the other night and I fully expected his usual shtick about Catholicism, I expected him to be screaming his head off as was his usual style of comedy around the time I just gave up giving him an audience (went to see him a couple of years ago in UL, walked out at the interlude because I couldn't understand a word so I just didn't get the comedy), been to see the rubberbandits in Dolans a few times, not really my thing if I'm honest, but it was good last night when I was looking for what you were talking about, to be reminded of when they were funny with the fake phone calls. This was long before the Joe Duffy show. Back to Tommy anyway - there was none of his usual shtick, I could actually understand what he was saying, and he was measured and there was none of the manic shìt, I think Ryan was disappointed as he kept poking and poking for a brief glimpse of the old Tommy to generate a few ripples on social media, but none was forthcoming. Actually 'twas all a bit bland as Tommy came off a bit pious if I'm honest!

Now I've already said I have no great love for blindboy, his style of comedy is just mediocre, I don't get the genius label at all, let alone the subversive art, it's just not very clever or creative at all. However, having said that, I still don't see where you're getting your claims from. I don't particularly care for his waffling on about emotional intelligence, because to me he really does come off like an evangelist who has "seen the light", and his shtick about feminism, capitalism, neoliberalism, etc is exactly the kind of ranting I'd expect from a first year LCAD student, but, I still don't see any evidence of your claims.

All I see is yet another Irish comedian who could have been a contender, but chose to go the way of what's current in social justice circles right now. He admitted as much himself in the Joe Duffy interview when he said "I'm an artist Joe, but I love money". He is a product of the very culture and society he claims to rally against, he's no different to the many who have gone before him, Russell Brand being another prime example, because while he may enjoy the scraps off the table of the real elite socialites for now and think he's finally been accepted as one of them, they find him mildly amusing and useful for their purposes (we're so in touch with the yoof!), and when they tire of his antics too, he will fade back into the obscurity from which he emerged.

Dannyriver · 16-11-2017 11:36AM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Haha. Nope based on what he said.
Ah calm down lad you'll give yourself a stroke or maybe a hernia over a point that is pretty blatantly obvious.

See I have listened to him unlike you.

My refernces are online in video no less.
Youtube Blindboy boatclub on mental mealth and his passionate plea to Simon Harris.

He moans on religion numerous times. He Hasn't the gumption to see religion and God are two different things. Would his ego allow him to listen to depressed people who state they got better through Gods grace? Of course not.

He also mentions to Simon Harris in that video many psychotherapists use angel reading.

Total lie. Show me one!.

Here s an example I pointed it out yesterday are you at least going to acknowledge that what he said has some truth in it and take back the total lie assertion.

http://www.citynorthhotel.com/en/Counselling%20&%20Healing/

Dannyriver · 16-11-2017 11:52AM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

You obviously never felt it. I hope you do.Maybe someday. Grace is not a miracle either.

Oh ye of little faith!.

However You are very confused.
Prayer isnt mindfulness or meditation you are confusing spiritual New Age practices with sacred or holy practices.
Very very different things.

Many atheists turn believer everyday when they see how flawed atheism is.

Look at two atheist schlors and writers atheist "megastars" if you will Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens get mauled when Dawkins debated John Lennox and Hitchens William Lane Craig.

Understandly Dawkins(whom Im sure you admire) refuses to debate William Lane Craig as he easily rebuked every argument Hitchens had.

It' s lunacy to debate with anyone who can use the get out clause of 'you of little faith'. I used to when I was younger but I ve learned that the 'God card' is the ultimate debate ender because one person is debating about what is real tangible and provable and the other is coming back at you with stuff that is not real tangible and provable and using 'faith and belief and the mystery' as a bargaining point.

In no other realm of life or debate can one person be allowed to use imaginary beings as a basis for a solid argument ever and I mean ever. In fact in real life it would be used as a serious indicator of schizophrenia. Don t get me wrong here as John Lennon says 'whatever gets you through the night' is fine with me and I know for sure that many people have used religion and belief to get them through dark times, bereavement in particular but it's not for everyone and by having it enshrined in our constitution the implication is that it is for everyone.

Religion, in particular the one espoused by the catholic church has been the root of many wasted lives in Ireland where grown men and women were expected to never mature to adulthood in many aspects of their lives most glaringly in the sexual. We as a nation are still carrying the guilt and shame of the rigid strictures that were placed upon the preceding generations by an obsessively controlling church and indeed state on their behalf. That by the way is documented history not made up ****.

Dannyriver · 16-11-2017 11:56AM

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Where are you pulling this from exactly, because I went through a good many of his YouTube videos last night as you said, including the one referring to Simon Harris, including the interview with Scroobius Pip (whatever his name is), and I couldn't find anything even remotely like what you're claiming. Sure, he takes a pot shot at Catholicism here and there, but that's standard fare for any Irish comedian. It's expected of them, and there was no malice in it.

Hell, even Tommy Tiernan was on the Late Late the other night and I fully expected his usual shtick about Catholicism, I expected him to be screaming his head off as was his usual style of comedy around the time I just gave up giving him an audience (went to see him a couple of years ago in UL, walked out at the interlude because I couldn't understand a word so I just didn't get the comedy), been to see the rubberbandits in Dolans a few times, not really my thing if I'm honest, but it was good last night when I was looking for what you were talking about, to be reminded of when they were funny with the fake phone calls. This was long before the Joe Duffy show. Back to Tommy anyway - there was none of his usual shtick, I could actually understand what he was saying, and he was measured and there was none of the manic shìt, I think Ryan was disappointed as he kept poking and poking for a brief glimpse of the old Tommy to generate a few ripples on social media, but none was forthcoming. Actually 'twas all a bit bland as Tommy came off a bit pious if I'm honest!

Now I've already said I have no great love for blindboy, his style of comedy is just mediocre, I don't get the genius label at all, let alone the subversive art, it's just not very clever or creative at all. However, having said that, I still don't see where you're getting your claims from. I don't particularly care for his waffling on about emotional intelligence, because to me he really does come off like an evangelist who has "seen the light", and his shtick about feminism, capitalism, neoliberalism, etc is exactly the kind of ranting I'd expect from a first year LCAD student, but, I still don't see any evidence of your claims.

All I see is yet another Irish comedian who could have been a contender, but chose to go the way of what's current in social justice circles right now. He admitted as much himself in the Joe Duffy interview when he said "I'm an artist Joe, but I love money". He is a product of the very culture and society he claims to rally against, he's no different to the many who have gone before him, Russell Brand being another prime example, because while he may enjoy the scraps off the table of the real elite socialites for now and think he's finally been accepted as one of them, they find him mildly amusing and useful for their purposes (we're so in touch with the yoof!), and when they tire of his antics too, he will fade back into the obscurity from which he emerged.

Actually read his book and come back to me.

jonski · 16-11-2017 12:08PM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Many many people with mental health problems turn to God

Ain't that the truth, it might even be a prerequisite .

Dannyriver · 16-11-2017 12:25PM

jonski wrote: »

Ain't that the truth, it might even be a prerequisite .

Many do and like i said whatever gets you through the night is fine with me, however another way of dealing with mental health issues is to examine the rules and beliefs about yourself and others that you learned as a child which [clearly if you are having mental health issues] aren t working any longer , and that takes the courage to challenge these beliefs and ultimately change them therby finding real meaning in this life rather than peace because of a belief in the after life and the notion that 'God s will will prevail'.

Often religion is what people turn to because the pain of change is too much, many Irish marriages that should have ended in divorce plodded along at the expense of the children as a result of religion as did many lives . Change is difficult and to question deep set beliefs and find out they are no longer working is even harder so like I said if religion can being solace to those that find change difficult all good with me, but not for me if you know what I mean.

Stonedpilot · 16-11-2017 12:27PM

Dannyriver wrote: »

Here s an example I pointed it out yesterday are you at least going to acknowledge that what he said has some truth in it and take back the total lie assertion.

http://www.citynorthhotel.com/en/Counselling%20&%20Healing/

Well done medal on its way.
Surprised to see that to be honest. Still a lie he said many!.

jonski · 16-11-2017 12:45PM

Dannyriver wrote: »

Many do and like i said whatever gets you through the night is fine with me, however another way of dealing with mental health issues is to examine the rules and beliefs about yourself and others that you learned as a child which [clearly if you are having mental health issues] aren t working any longer , and that takes the courage to challenge these beliefs and ultimately change them therby finding real meaning in this life rather than peace because of a belief in the after life and the notion that 'God s will will prevail'.

Often religion is what people turn to because the pain of change is too much, many Irish marriages that should have ended in divorce plodded along at the expense of the children as a result of religion as did many lives . Change is difficult and to question deep set beliefs and find out they are no longer working is even harder so like I said if religion can being solace to those that find change difficult all good with me, but not for me if you know what I mean.

I agree wholeheartedly .

I wonder if I had put a '

' after my initial comment would you have read it differently .

One eyed Jack · 16-11-2017 12:46PM

Dannyriver wrote: »

Actually read his book and come back to me.

Danny I believe we covered this earlier?

One eyed Jack wrote: »

I've read his book, and I read that review. It reads like it was written by Brian Badonde. It's certainly not as creative as The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct: A Sokal-Style Hoax on Gender Studies. I still laugh every time I read their explanation of "manspreading" -

Manspreading — a complaint levied against men for sitting with their legs spread wide — is akin to raping the empty space around him. :pac:

And I'm not the first person to suggest it's not a particularly riveting read either -

Blindboy Boatclub book: A mixed plastic bag of mad ideas

Dannyriver wrote: »

I take it ur not too fond of Blindboy there one eyed jack, sorry to hear you got burnt with his book. sleep well.

Stonedpilot · 16-11-2017 02:08PM

Dannyriver wrote: »

It' s lunacy to debate with anyone who can use the get out clause of 'you of little faith'. I used to when I was younger but I ve learned that the 'God card' is the ultimate debate ender because one person is debating about what is real tangible and provable and the other is coming back at you with stuff that is not real tangible and provable and using 'faith and belief and the mystery' as a bargaining point.

In no other realm of life or debate can one person be allowed to use imaginary beings as a basis for a solid argument ever and I mean ever. In fact in real life it would be used as a serious indicator of schizophrenia. Don t get me wrong here as John Lennon says 'whatever gets you through the night' is fine with me and I know for sure that many people have used religion and belief to get them through dark times, bereavement in particular but it's not for everyone and by having it enshrined in our constitution the implication is that it is for everyone.

Religion, in particular the one espoused by the catholic church has been the root of many wasted lives in Ireland where grown men and women were expected to never mature to adulthood in many aspects of their lives most glaringly in the sexual. We as a nation are still carrying the guilt and shame of the rigid strictures that were placed upon the preceding generations by an obsessively controlling church and indeed state on their behalf. That by the way is documented history not made up ****.

What a crazy arrogant post. So the several billion peoe who believe in God are ALL schizophrenic?!? Least diagnosed illness in the World there doc!.

I was atheist til I reached the age of reason.

Again you are confusing man made religion with God as Ive highlighted blindboy doing. Personally cant stand the Catholic Church.

In your post Same old tired tripe then follows.

Catholic Church is bad I dont like em therfore God is bad.
Its a pathetic argumemt.

Surely surely it cant be that hard to see a difference between non denominational Christianity and the Romam Catholic Church?!?!!?.

I know a 5 year old who sees the difference.

WinnyThePoo · 16-11-2017 02:23PM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

What a crazy arrogant post. So the several billion peoe who believe in God are ALL schizophrenic?!? Least diagnosed illness in the World there doc!.

I was atheist til I reached the age of reason.

Again you are confusing man made religion with God as Ive highlighted blindboy doing. Personally cant stand the Catholic Church.

In your post Same old tired tripe then follows.

Catholic Church is bad I dont like em therfore God is bad.
Its a pathetic argumemt.

Surely surely it cant be that hard to see a difference between non denominational Christianity and the Romam Catholic Church?!?!!?.

I know a 5 year old who sees the difference.

Don't do drugs kids. You could end up posting arrogant nonsense on after hours.

Nettle Soup · 16-11-2017 02:39PM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Catholic Church is bad I dont like em therfore God is bad.
Its a pathetic argumemt.

Well to be fair, one actually exists and is bad. The other is propaganda by the bad organisation.

Dannyriver · 16-11-2017 02:59PM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Well done medal on its way.
Surprised to see that to be honest. Still a lie he said many!.

No medal required, there are many out there partaking in dubious practices under the guise of psychotherapy.... and as you can see this person is accredited by the main Irish accrediting body which clearly means they don't have a problem with it which is why Blindboy was asking for proper regulation to prevent this practice. So no not a lie, it is ok not to question everything he says you know.

optogirl · 16-11-2017 03:34PM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

What a crazy arrogant post. So the several billion peoe who believe in God are ALL schizophrenic?!? Least diagnosed illness in the World there doc!.

I was atheist til I reached the age of reason.

Again you are confusing man made religion with God as Ive highlighted blindboy doing. Personally cant stand the Catholic Church.

In your post Same old tired tripe then follows.

Catholic Church is bad I dont like em therfore God is bad.
Its a pathetic argumemt.

Surely surely it cant be that hard to see a difference between non denominational Christianity and the Romam Catholic Church?!?!!?.

I know a 5 year old who sees the difference.

How about not believing in god(s)? Catholic church is bad but an absolute disbelief in god has much more to do with my atheism than the RCC.

Stonedpilot · 16-11-2017 03:42PM

Dannyriver wrote: »

No medal required, there are many out there partaking in dubious practices under the guise of psychotherapy.... and as you can see this person is accredited by the main Irish accrediting body which clearly means they don't have a problem with it which is why Blindboy was asking for proper regulation to prevent this practice. So no not a lie, it is ok not to question everything he says you know.

Fair enough I don't dislike Blindboy, admire his chutzpah shall we say in getting paid to voice opinions. Most of which are either self indulgent intellectualism or obvious stuff like saying water is wet

His major downfall is

I don't think he has the humility to listen to alternative arguments.

Say someone was mega depressed and got solace from angel healing, would he listen to them and try and learn from it?.

Of course not. Goes against his massive ego

He's exactly like the people he's trying to rally against. A total ego masquerading as a man of the people.

His infantile desire to shock and self indulgent obvious twaddle is one of the reason's he appeals to vacuous people who listen to him and go 'ohhhhh how profound' when he says something like here kid property prices are too high.

Dannyriver · 16-11-2017 03:48PM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

What a crazy arrogant post. So the several billion peoe who believe in God are ALL schizophrenic?!? Least diagnosed illness in the World there doc!.

I was atheist til I reached the age of reason.

Again you are confusing man made religion with God as Ive highlighted blindboy doing. Personally cant stand the Catholic Church.

In your post Same old tired tripe then follows.

Catholic Church is bad I dont like em therfore God is bad.
Its a pathetic argumemt.

Surely surely it cant be that hard to see a difference between non denominational Christianity and the Romam Catholic Church?!?!!?.

I know a 5 year old who sees the difference.

Where have I confused man-made religion with God. Im simply making the point that the idea of God is a creation of man through time immemorial. In every culture and time frame there s been an idea of a God like figure who controls things,. The existentialists would say this is because of the unconscious/conscious need for everlasting life or fear of nothingness after death. So the idea of a God has become a socially acceptable construct. and consequently people are allowed to believe in things like that without being required to provide empirical evidence or proof of their existence. However, because believing that I'm being controlled by a higher being who for argument's sake is called Malcolm who is half man have suasage dog is not socially acceptable I might be deemed schizophrenic were I to want to start a church called 'Malcolm' Hope that s clearer.

Dannyriver · 16-11-2017 03:57PM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Fair enough I don't dislike Blindboy, admire his chutzpah shall we say in getting paid to voice opinions. Most of which are either self indulgent intellectualism or obvious stuff like saying water is wet

His major downfall is

I don't think he has the humility to listen to alternative arguments.

Say someone was mega depressed and got solace from angel healing, would he listen to them and try and learn from it?.

Of course not. Goes against his massive ego

He's exactly like the people he's trying to rally against. A total ego masquerading as a man of the people.

His infantile desire to shock and self indulgent obvious twaddle is one of the reason's he appeals to vacuous people who listen to him and go 'ohhhhh how profound' when he says something like here kid property prices are too high.

If someone is mega depressed angel reading may prevent them from doing something tangible about it so no I dont think angel reading is a feasible long term fix for mental health issues even though like medication it can give temporary solace, but the same as you I don t know how Blindboy would feel about it so unlike you Im not going to say I do know .

Also what makes you think he gets paid for voicing opinions you do know that unless you are an A lister [Blindboy himself describes himself as a Z lister in his first podcast] you don t get paid for appearing on the late late and panel shows yeah. ?

If you think anyone who listens to him Is vacuous that s a lot of vacuous people you are dismissing there and perhaps, therefore, you are the one who has the massive ego masquerading as a man of God.

16-11-2017 04:07PM

To me he come across as someone who has found a neat way of 'doing' acting and comedy while suffering from some sort of social anxiety disorder the plastic bag is a mask that allows him to preform in public.

Dannyriver · 16-11-2017 04:08PM

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Danny I believe we covered this earlier?

Fair enough if you say you ve read it Ill have to believe you but in my defense, your other posts and your appreciation of the phone calls suggested to me that his book would appeal greatly to you hence I doubted you having read it. Apologies for that I dont know you and its unfair of me to accuse you of being a bull****ter.

Like i said the reason I thought you d like it is the fact that the comedy/surreal voice of the character he plays in the phone calls is all over the book. If you'll indulge me and you ve time here is a link to him reading out a story in it about a guy called Erskine Fogarty who got caught up in the whole madness of one man up ship of the celtic tiger, I know you ve read it already but Id like to hear what you think of the story with him narrating it.

The story starts at around the 11.30 mark.

https://www.acast.com/blindboy/didyoureadabouterskinefogarty-

Insect Overlord · 16-11-2017 04:14PM

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Of course not. Goes against his massive ego

He's exactly like the people he's trying to rally against. A total ego masquerading as a man of the people.

I think it's strange, too, to see the word "ego" used in such a negative sense in your criticism.

It takes a great deal of self-esteem and confidence to put your work out into the world for public scrutiny. Any actor, musician, sports star, visual artist, author, commentator, entertainer, or presenter you care to mention relies to a great degree on their ego. They have to believe in themselves and in their work, both in order to create the things you consume and in order to discuss them with an audience.

That tends to be the difference between success and failure. The people with the strength of character to recover from failure, learn from it, recognise constructive criticism and use it (or not) appropriately, these are the ones who "make it" on the grander stages.

Let's all take Blindboy seriously now...

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