Clarkson Is A Knob, But...

[poliphilo]

If you like Jeremy Clarkson then he's the sort of thing you like. He has a constituency and it's welcome to him. Personally, I switch over hastily at the first glimpse of his sulky face. And that's my point. I can censor my own viewing, thank you very much. I don't want him- or anybody else- sacked. In a world that ran according to my principles he wouldn't have a job in the first place because there'd be no appetite for his schtick- but there is and he flourishes- and I hope I'm grown-up enough not to repine because views other than my own are given air-time. 

Comments

[loxian.livejournal.com]

Hate him. Used to just despise him, but after that 'other people have to work for a living' business, I've stepped up the loathing. Can't say any more for fear of swearing in your journal.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Please don't be afraid to swear....

I think Clarkson has a bad case of persona-inflation. The richer he gets the more cartoony he becomes. I suspect he may be hiding great gulfs of fear and loathing- as is often the case with obnoxiously right-wing men.