Laurence Fox: Woke Culture & Its Celebrity Hypocrites
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
- This week's guest on "So What You're Saying Is..." is actor, singer & songwriter Laurence Fox, who made newspaper headlines several times last month for various comments criticizing "leftisim" at R.A.D.A., identity politics in the arts, and the hypocrisy of "woke" celebrities who support MeToo and ExtinctionRebellion movements whilst wearing revealing dresses and travelling on private jets.
Mr. Fox, part of the famous Fox dynasty of actors (which includes his father, James, and uncle, Edward), is perhaps best known for playing the leading role of DS James Hathaway in the Inspector Morse spin-off TV series "Lewis" (2006-2015) and from his roles in films such as Gosford Park and Elizabeth: The Golden Age. More recently, however, (in 2018), Mr. Fox joined the ITV series Victoria, playing the role of Lord Palmerston for its third series, which first aired in 2019.
A singer and songwriter, Laurence Fox's latest album includes a song ("Dead in the Eye") that targets politically correct woke culture, which he likens to a new religion.
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I’ve distanced myself from anyone who extols Hard-Left virtues, or has repeatedly ranted about Brexit or Trump voters.
Absolutely no great loss whatsoever.
Very true ! Those who are extremely left ( or right ) often come close to having a personality disorder. Or are having one.
Good man, so have I!
Good man.
Yes, always have actually, they all seem to have the same opinion on these topics
@@spinningspin6053 How do you now this guy "identifies" ideologically with "his people" ?
"Justice is not a word that needs a modifier." What a perfectly clear-cut argument against the excesses of 'woke' social justice grievance culture. Well said, Mr Fox
You should watch his interview on Triggernometry. Excellent.
@Futures If people are chosen for jobs based on their skin colour, gender etc - then you are not necessarily going to get the best people for those particular jobs. Also - to be told, for example, that only scripts which have 50% women with 50% screentime will be accepted does not necessarily create the best scripts. Creativity is about freedom - controlling behaviour deadens the creative muse.
I would add ‘experience’ to that ...as in ‘Lived Experience’ ...what other sort of experience is there ?...idiots !
@Futures The number of ethnic minorities on TV far exceeds the % in our society. Adverts particularly. That's just one example. You know quite well it is happening in all industries. Lawrence's voice has nothing to do with anything. If people don't like your music, they won't buy your records.
Yes, I also liked the comment of his father that diversity is sought but not diversity of opinion!
He’s speaking exactly how many people feel but are afraid to speak up. Don’t let them shut him down.
Harry talk a load of b******* he was happy enough before Megan if you feel so strongly don't come back to England give up your Duke and prints and give up your British citizenship then you will be respected stop f****** whinging you have chosen
Speak up yourself. Just don't try to change the mind of a crowd of leftists if you are alone.
They preach love yet spout the vilest hate. And will beat you to death. Just look at Kyle Rittenhouse. If he hadn't shot them they'd have killed him.
Need to give him full backing and support,people need to listen to his words of wisdom,like the Chinese proverb.
@@leenoble4414 Only bad people who abuse others have lefties goign after them, the innocent have nothing to fear only the guilty so wht you do?
@@spikey2822 Candice Owens didn't do anything wrong. Kyle Rittenhouse only tried to help ppl injured and put a fire out,tucker Carlson only told the truth. That's just three without thinking. The left tried to kill one,abused the other from a restaurant and threatened to kill Tucker's wife and children. He had to move.
The left are full of hate.
They propose inclusivity yet if you step one inch outside the box they will string up they're own.
Well done Mr Fox for speaking out about the madness of modern times.
Brave of Mr Fox having the "wrong point of view" contra to the woke ideology of his profession.
Ony Va it’s not wrong
Ste Holt shes using irony
@@steholt1533 Notice the quotation marks.
@@timbalders9683 very scary that we now need to explain irony.
The first time I encountered a comment with with the word woke in it, I thought it was a grammatical error, and took the piss out of the commenter. I do hope they found a safe space to cry about it.
If I'm getting on an airplane I want the pilot to be hired based on his skill, not based on his "diversity".
CaptainZ . Lol lol. That was a good one
Today I decided to "identify" as a pilot.
Next Friday I'm going to "identify" as a neurosurgeon.
Damn right.
I wish Donald Trump identified as a person who's where he is because of merit, not which vagina he came of.
If I see a Black pilot I don't assume he was hired because of diversity.
"We're encouraged in all forms of diversity except diverse opinion." This.
Emily You nailed it I’m so few words
We're also encouraged to be "tolerant" but have you ever noticed that the people who speak the loudest about this become rather IN-tolerant when they hear something that disagrees with their views?
"diverse opinion" is perfectly ok. (if we're talking actual opinions not hateful or absurd propaganda talking points) but the problem is people don't want to have to deal with confrontation and accountability for what they say . If you want to have the right to express "your"opinion accept the fact that someone will oppose "you" with their own and challenge "you" and they also have the right to do so! For example when Laurence Fox says it's odd to include a Sikh soldier in world war film alongside other British soldiers. He should accept the idea that people have the right to call him out for it! Especially since his comment is at odd with historical facts! 20% of the British Army were actually Sikh men!
Can we stop copying American speech patterns and stop saying “This”.
Need to support this wiseman,he’s showing respect for every one, but we shouldn’t have to bend over back wards for people they let in for a better life,or dismantle our way of life.
It's good to hear that people like him still exist in the UK. That means there is hope for the society to wake up and see what's going on and what damage has been done to people's minds and souls. It was a pleasure to listen to this man.
I just wish someone like him existed in Canada.
87stevan “teaching” May still exist in the UK. In Canada “indoctrination” has taken over.
@@lizwilliams14 He does - You've got Puffdeau
@@lizwilliams14 I take that back - thought I was on a different page. I agree with you. I left Canada because of the creeping socialism, but now there's no place to run.
Liz Wil - Liz! You have Jordan Peterson! Can’t get any better than that! PS: Love the “old“ pre-Justine Turdeau era Canada! 🇨🇦
Amazing- an actor who comes over as sensible and normal.
There a couple of words I've not heard for a few years !!
Mr fox seems very different from his sister, Emelia or is. she playing the BBC game and playing ultra political correctness character that you'd not have a crack with 🤫
Jeremy Kirkpatrick is he gay he was married with kids
Fox Gets that Identity and ethno racial homogeneity within western and other nations is normal and natural . We have interests and those interests revolve around our family , Traditional values and racial identity . You are forever connected to your Ancestors blood lines , Traditions , free speech and lands . You have a duty to defend and pass this heritage onto your Children / Grand children .
A rare individual for good
Laurence Fox an absolute hero. To stand your ground and speak your mind in a way that goes against the grain in the acting world at this present moment in time takes courage and shows real character. Well done Laurence you are a gentleman.
@J J I disagree. In the circles he moves in expressing those views, that could well see him blacklisted, takes courage. There will be many people that hold the same views but keep them to themselves and even pretend to hold the popular view just to get work. Don't underestimate his contribution. The more big names that step up and speak their mind the better as that will give others the courage to do the same. Heroes aren't just people that run into burning buildings sometimes they're just people that 'move the overton window'. What you think A-List actors aren't scared to voice unpopular opinion? these views aren't just unpopular, they're heresy.
John Stockton A dignified refusal to acquiesce in the inelastic prescriptions of the woke cult is deserving of the highest esteem in these troubled times, yes. Well said!
But, will it help?
@@xonerate371 it's a small crack in the fabric but there will be others. I honestly believe we may be seeing the end of all this PC culture. People have had it up to the eye balls. there is a way to go but the PC/identity politic crowd have just pushed too far. Trump, Brexit and the Yellow Shirts are a symptom of the over reach. they're going down it's just a matter of time.
@@xonerate371 yes absolutely it will help. There is a saying....not one snowflake ever took responsibility for an avalanche. The more that speak up and refuse to curtail to the biased, hypocrisy of the 'woke' culture ...the more likely it will be put back in the box where it belongs, to do no more harm to society.
Aussie Kev here. This is how a grown up adult interview goes . Respect ✊. All other countries could do with interviews like this. Cordial and professional.
This is truly ground breaking. An actor talks sensibly and boldly against the woke orthodoxy. And I’ve always liked Laurence Fox as an actor.
I’m only worried about week people making people bow and give in to every yell and complaint,with there own paranoia, they need to look at statistics and see if people are looking for jobs,and what jobs are in the area,and wether there trying to work rather than blaming other people that have bothered and studied or worked hard
What a fine and courageous man. More power to him and everyone who has the courage to stand against PC bullies. This will send a shockwave through the establishment, and I hope Laurence's example encourages other public figures to 'come out' and make a stand.
Back2TheBike . PC brigade is brain washing rubbish only sheep follow. Free thinking is beautiful we all have a voice . Sometimes in life people have different views we can all learn from each other understanding each other & move on
no chance. The whole media, entertainment industry is run by liberal globalists. They are ones with all the money.
@@patriciaoreilly8907 Depends what those views are such as racisim, female genital mutilation, anti gay vlaues, and family honour killiing enforced arranged child marriage rape, whihc of those are you referign to opinion wise.?
@Golden Wings what? you saying it takes courage to say its okay to beat up your wife and force girls into marriage and deny them abortionand birth control, enslave black folk or how about white folk?
I just hate this tendency to dislike someone because they speak properly, have good manners, don't swear , are well dressed and went to private school. We all come from different circumstances in life, If someone's parents' have the resources to send them to a non state school (and boy are those State schools awful) why wouldn't they. I came from a deprived area of Liverpool but I have never felt resentment to those who are and we're, in better circumstances than me. I just felt that I had to strive hard to make something of myself and I did.
Society will never be equal, ever. Let's face facts. Some people are very intelligent, inherently. Others are very talented, creative inventive or entrepreneurial. But these people are a minority. Most people, including many who have been to University, are just not that bright. It has always been this way and always will be regardless of attempts at social engineering.
This 'downward aspiration', for want of a better term, has been a thing for several decades. It's depressing and infuriating in equal measure to hear nice, white,, otherwise respectable young people make themselves ridiculous by aping the speech patterns of uneducated 'urban' youths, for example.
Yes I was dragged up,shit education but I have never felt hate toward someone who is privileged only if they think that they are better morally.
hear hear
So true.
Equality and Conformity are two sides of the same coin!
This is a very important interview. Laurence is spot on in this chat. well done, and thank you Laurence for having the guts to say this.
At last an actor, who doesn't follow his fellow sheep & speaks common sense.
ive seen Laurence occassionally in his acting roles, what a real bonus to find out he's grounded and preaches common sense
edit ... having watched this in full now, its extremely brave of Laurence to speak out on these issues given his profession in which he, as the holder of this type of "think" will be a minority and it wouldnt surprise me if he now suffers in getting work for holding these opinions. I didnt know much about him at all prior to this interview but he has massively gone up in my estimation, a real pleasure to listen to.
SoundOf TheCrowd . Make a stand in life or be spineless wimp
Freedom of Speech needs to be fought for its our human rights next step the thought police. Really do & be what you want to do
Absolutely. Intelligence and common sense, rarely the two go hand in hand.
I found it fascinating he referred to ‘woke’ culture as a religion. That really opened my eyes.
but you won't see him employed !!
@@_kmCarter religion/cult
Thank you so much for speaking out Laurence...I agree with you so much, especially about this new pseudo ‘religion’.
All the best.
I love seeing brave people standing up for the truth in an age of hysteria.
Yes truth like only loosers and failures identify themselves in terms of ethnicity, nationalism etc as have nothing better to do so with
@@spikey2822 : I wasn't raised with any kind of tribalism. When I was in elementary school my sisters and I used to ply my mother with questions to determine if we were in any way Irish, but just around St. Patty's Day. That was the extent of my foray into tribalism. It didn't take long to notice tribal hypocrisy when people lied, made excuses, and looked the other way on horrible behavior within their clan. And even as a kid I was kind of embarrassed to care about something so superficial as it wasn't very hard to see that tribal identity was sad and lame. As an adult I can see that real, genuine, functional tribes have standards and some kind of elder, wise leaders who imposes rules and penalties on conduct and create a fair structure that can serve an important moral purpose. All that's gone and we're left with shifting definitions, arbitrary rules, and horrible punishments that don't even come close to fitting the 'crime'.
@@cynthiajohnson9412 Good point...
You see by stating , "As an adult I can see that real, genuine, functional tribes have standards and some kind of elder, wise leaders who imposes rules and penalties on conduct and create a fair structure that can serve an important moral purpose."
This means judging on the basis of merit not skin tone and birth place>
if paddies day has parties well parties are cool. Things like cruelty to animals like bull fighting,, fox hunting, of FGM and foot binding, soccer hooliganism of iriash Magdalene laundries not cool as abuse and thus should be seen as shameful not great simply as someone shares the birth place or colour. And certainly you should not support your parents culture, religion etc if sexist, homophobic, into family honour, racsim, gang membership, human sacrifice, facisim etc
Again this is judging on MERIT and smarty pants merit is hybridisation ie pick and mix only the good parts from various cultures and form you own blend.
Like making your bike from parts taken from other bikes, like a bike with good breaks but a hevey frame and one with a light frame but rubbish breaks to you have a light bike with good brakes>
Thats what better people define themselves as like say someone into pop punks but likes colourful hawain shirts not just black clothes
"We seem to welcome diversity in everything thesedays, apart from diversity of thought" - brilliant!
Yeah they promote free speech so long as you agree with everything they say.
When people like him start complaining. ....... Then there really is something wrong with the world.
When people like him start complaining...then the great pushback has begun. It's the beginning of recovery.
@@nevbarnes1034 Agreed my friend.
He cares about his country going to the dogs.
I met a guy a few years ago at a silly meet-up for the fanbase of Sargon of Akkad He was also in theater and stood out from everyone else based on how he presented himself. More people like this need to stand up because things don't change based on the majority, they change if the elites change.
@@nevbarnes1034
God I hope so!
An excellent interview, yet again, Mr Whittle. Thank you and to your guest, the Fantastic Mr Fox.
We used to hear the news and wonder how to feel about it. Now we’re told how to feel about the news and wonder if it’s true or not...........
OOsh! well said !
There was never an age when didn't have to have critical thinking about the news being told.
Yes that is very true The BBC were fairly good in the 80s and 90s now everything has BBC agenda of news not being told or over told we mostly can see this quite clearly.
@@paulukjames7799 Don't feel alone, the American "news" media does the same thing. They try to show only one side and tell everyone (or try to) how they should think. A perfect example is how the media talks about President Trump. President Obama said that 2% growth in our economy was the "new normal" (a direct quote) yet under Trump we have 3% growth and his first term isn't over. We have a +50 year low in unemployment, our stock market is setting records, the trade deficit with China is rapidly decreasing and we have more jobs than people to fill them and that is only going to increase. In fact, from what I've read, Trump has created more jobs in under 4 years than Obama did in his 8 years total. yeah, I cringe at some of the things he (Trump) says, but I love his results. The media had all but anointed Hillary Clinton as the next president before the first vote was cast.....the agenda, was evident.
@@tidefanyankee2428 Trump is a business man......understands how economies work and how to het things done. Clinton and Obama are just figureheads for the left wing media to wax lyrical about.
Both of whom do nothing and achieve even less......
what a refreshing change to hear an actor say it how it is.
Very interesting that many people that agree with this B television actor and think he's "telling it like it is," because he parrots what they think. Could be his bit player career needed a boost and he's see how it worked for other morons like Boris The Clown. Folks, parroting what a majority of morons believe is hardly brave, hardly insightful and certainly doesn't have anything to do with any kind of truth.
Weezer544 - like your channel, your comment has no content. Anyway, you must rest now. Nurse will be round soon.
Brett Weinstein made the best comment about this kind of thing when he said "I'm a radical who wants to live in a world where I can be a Conservative"
Brilliant.
Yep. The trouble is that the left seems to be driven by movement. If you aren't moving left, then you aren't left. They will never stop and I think that is what differentiates a Liberal from a leftist. A liberal has a principled goal in mind, a leftist, whether they know it or not, is advocating for perpetual revolution.
Brett Weinstein and his brother are simply awful.
Morgan Platt outstanding
@@elspethsilverstar6136 - yeah, everyone seems to forget that Weinstein was one of those doing the brainwashing yet now wants to cry about it
I admire this man’s balls. This interview could end his career and he still went for it.
So true. Normally people don't give interviews like this until it's been made clear to them that their career is already over because of their views.
Maggie Shuck - yes, lest we forget
Lawrence has spoken if you love this country you were stand by him because he says it's the truth and if you don't like the truth you love with with the the lies comes consequences don't forget truth is like a cork in water will you try to push it down to the bottom you will always pop up to the top
How dare you say balls.
It will only destroy his career if we allow it to
Always loved L Fox as an actor, and now I respect him as a human being too.
Because you only respected him as an amphibian or reptile before?
Asif Khan - Ho Ho Ho! I wish I’d said that, Oscar.
Love him but some of initial points are wishy washy, poetry without weight or actual intellectual context, flowery words and edgy yet pc compromised content...
He is! 😊
Fully support him!
One of the most sensible people I’ve ever heard,every one that cares about the way we live should support him.
How refreshing! We need some common sense like this over here in the States. Dear God, I miss the 1980’s....
Me too!
i knew there was plenty of reasons i enjoyed lewis! good on you pointing out how ridiculous our nation has become
I like the cut of his jib. Laurence Fox talks so much sense. Refreshing to hear an actor go against the woke culture.
Love Laurence he’s a breath of fresh air
Laurence is my new hero. Smart, articulate guy. Watch his James Delingpole interview, his points are all bang on!
You're obviously the type who needs a hero. Who was your last hero?
@@oldishandwoke-ish1181 Charles Bronson
@@jtaylor9562 Stick with him. A genuine anti-hero.
He was good in Victoria and I’m liking him more now
I liked him in Lewis. He was a more down to earth version of Morse.
@@lettyguerra371 a thoughtful actor, playing a thoughtful policeman. So well cast.
Finally a truly talented actor with no fear of the goon squad.
Unlike the pandering R. DeNiro with his "F. Trump". So brave.
@@JC-by6cl well no
Human After All ....what goon squad?
@@JC-by6cl Robert DeNero has no class and is a total nasty guy.
Alvida Hamesha that would be total intolerance and bigotry on your part. You seem to fit the mould that you find abhorrent.
"Death of God and need to fill that moral gap". I totally agree. Laurence Fox clearly knows his philosophy. Good man!
I will be watching this Laurence Fox. I like his style.
I've always loved Laurence Fox ever since "Lewis" on PBS! How refreshing to know that he's so grounded, rational, and insightful :D
This man needs to write. He's extremely articulate. And brave. Not easy to 'come out' (as it were) as sensible in his business. Top man.
Good point. I would imagine the entertainment industry is similar to America's in terms of their "tolerance". If a popular American actor came out with the same statements as this wonderful Mr. Fox, he would be scolded publicly to the point where his popularity and income were in serious jeopardy.
Jean de Valette I believe his siblings are actors too and similar
He is genuinely putting potential work at risk, and the guy has 3 kids. So i suppose you could forgive him for keeping it zipped like MANY actors do. So, respect. And what he says is true, why would you want to work for leftist, diversity obsessed, identatarians?
Alvida Hamesha How is he a hate preacher? Back up your points or gtfo
@Alvida Hamesha you prove his point, to such an extent that you are probably trolling. You're either a troll or obsessed with race, racists like you need to learn that people's colour doesn't matter. Take his words for what they are, not for the colour of their speaker.
"We're encouraged in all forms of diversity except to diverse opinion."
An incredibly acute statement. Diversity is only allowed so long as you think the same as 'them'.
I really do take my hat to Laurence. Actively challenging woke in the wokest of industries.
Me: Laurence Fox seems like a sensible, intelligent and articulate individual who comes across very well.
The left (chorus): "Cancel him"!
A lot of actors are to chickenshit to talk straight about this .Thanks Mr Fox.
They are looking after their careers, actors who speak out against this madness usually get early retirement. I'm praying Laurence remains on our screens he's a great actor.
@@domfrancis3140 : Blacklisted. Diversity of opinion is not tolerated.
He's risking his career. Respect.
I agree with everything he said. At last someone with the balls to stand up to this woke bullshit.
What career? He’s a failed musician
@Digit 56 I hate to spoil it for you, but I’m not really Wonder Woman.
@Digit 56 lol. .nice one. .
@Muso Snoop how did you know I was a liberal? Maybe I’m a conservative who just hates his music.
What chilled me about this interview was his son saying that Social Justice was his favourite subject. Is Social Justice as such really a school subject? And what the hell are these kids being taught? It's frightening.
pp312 Don't really see a problem with social justice, or just justice if we follow Fox's father's line of thinking. There's no justice in billionaires and their media and political whores hoarding the most and the best and pulling up the ladder behind them.
Alvida Hamesha except the fact that is entirely sinister in its very message. Everything you just said there essentially boils down to a tear jerking attempt to vouch for policing people’s free will, using humanity and compassion as a moral smokescreen to try and mask the totalitarian movement from what it really is.
It may be non compassionate, but people are free to look out for themselves without caring about the less fortunate. And they shouldn’t be demonized for exercising that freedom as long as they don’t directly infringe on the freedom of others.
Alvida Hamesha I may be a jerk, but I’m just standing up for what the law is supposed to do, which is protecting people’s freedom rather than force them to act in a certain way. I have said nothing hateful nor bigoted, yet you immediately fling those out along with the Hitler card, showing just how little of an intellectual argument you have thus having to resort to labels and fear mongering.
Nobody has a responsibility to look out for the well-being of someone unrelated to them. That kind of life died out when society evolved from tribal communities that needed their members to survive for the benefit of the whole. Now we don’t care about random strangers because their survival has no impact on our continued existence.
Plus, though you might not like this, life isn’t fair. It never has been nor will ever be. People are born into varying circumstances which set them up with differing degrees of chance in life. Laws exist to try and level that playing field as much as possible and give people an equal opportunity towards success. But laws that seek to forcibly ensure an equal outcome are invasive in nature and infringe on the rights and freedoms of some to try and lift up others.
Sorry, Alvida. You played the Hitler card. That means you're out of the game.
Also, I noticed you used the phrase 'Socialist Justice' where I said Social Justice. I wonder if that was a Freudian slip.
Michael Lyle Bit of a contradiction in terms there, Michael. If you are "not caring about the less fortunate" then you are infringing on their rights! What you are really saying is, "I want the freedom to be sociopathic without a lot of tiresome carping from normies", which is essentially the right- and left-wing libertarian position.
Had no idea who he was until his brilliant song ‘ distance ‘ came up on social media , his observations are spot on , especially the way he described the woke as seeing themselves as the ‘ god ‘ .
In the less salubrious areas people know the difference between real and imaginary problems and are less likely to read the Guardian.
At a time when socio-economic inequality in Britain is at unprecedented levels, there is no shortage of real problems. Those whose privilege it is not to worry about feeding their children or paying the gas bill seem compelled to supply us all with imaginary problems. How rapidly this nonsense would vanish if we found ourselves at war, be it international or civil. The risk of which is quietly increasing while our society spirals ever downward.
alan bane What's wrong with Gardening...?
I wondered if it was more to do with the 'less salubrious areas' being largely populated by non-British people who might not know what the cap represented. I suspect if he wore a cap with 'Sunnis are better than Shias' in arabic he might get a rather different reaction.
@@thomasm5714 Too true. Fascinated by other peoples sex, imaginary oppression, group identity, willingness not to control themselves and the ability to influence politics enough to control you, the curtailing of free speech and the invention perverted concepts like hate speech. A downward spiral indeed.
@@roncollins3078 : : )
My mother used to say:
The rain it raineth every day
upon the the just and unjust fella,
But more upon the just, because
The unjust hath the just’s umbrella.
@Whisper-that truth-shss Thank you. I had a great mother who sadly died in December 2018. It is a strange world as you get older - I miss both of my parents every day. God bless you for your thoughtful words!
That's an amazing personalised part of one of Jesus parable, love it!
@@AnnabelleJARankin rip
@@daviddawson4655 🤗
@Whisper-that truth-shss 🤗
Finally, someone with some common sense.
It was a delight listening to Laurence Fox : )
I've always respected Mr Fox as a talented actor and an obviously intelligent bloke, but I must admit that I always had him pegged as just another metropolitan luvvie. I can't tell you how surprised I was to see this video pop up on my notifications this morning! I was so impressed with Laurence's measured and well-reasoned arguments, but also his bravery in speaking so honestly. I sincerely hope that this doesn't impact on his career, but you have to admire someone who is prepared to speak the truth, irrespective of personal cost. Wish I could buy this guy a pint and thank him. Great interview, Mr Whittle!
Totally agree. Well done Mr Fox.
Check his conversation on Triggernomatry.
Me too. His music is echoing his ideas on this matter as well. Worth a listen.
@@pelolocoblue Didn't know that he made music, though he's certainly got the voice for it. I'll have to give it a listen.
Andy Mac yes a great interview and the new song was good to hear at the end.
So much respect for this guy - he's no coward!
He's so sensible.
From this Lawrence seems very down to earth, a nice bloke and just airing very good views.
It's so refreshing to hear a fellow artist stand up to this madness in such a matter of fact and intelligent manner. We are the counter culture.
Rather be awake than woke. Woke is nearly group think.
Nothing "nearly" about it.
Never heard of Laurence before. Now, a fan. “Justice doesn’t need a modifier”.
Look for him, because he really is a fine actor. In fact his whole family are.
His dad said that
His dad and uncle (most famous for portraying the hitman the Jackal) and his cousin Emilia and Freddie.
@@IndigoDisco - I believe it was his son that said that, not his father
Thank God for Laurence Fox, proving that not all those of an artistic nature are muddle witted pratts who can't see what's in front of their faces because they're too busy looking down their noses! Well done Laurence!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Laurence is right it should be equality of opportunity = positive discrimination is true discrimination and complete inequality. Choose the correct person regardless of gender or identity.
There's no need to get this guy a new hammer for Christmas. He's already hit every nail in the vicinity on the head.
14:49 the most shocking thing about this interview is that there is a subject called "social justice" in schools.
Balls of steel this man has risking his career like that, isn't it lovely to see more and more people coming out now against wokeness, restores my faith in humanity.
He alluded to it but didn’t say the actual words: Cultural Marxism. Which is exactly what is happening. But the social engineers have already decided that you’re an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist for saying it.
I knew he must be sensible when I saw him wearing a Jordan Peterson T-shirt on Gogglebox. It’s very reassuring to know that not all actors are SJW sheep.
This guy hit on every one of my opinions and how I see myself politically. Glad to see!!
Jason Moler
I have met people in person who take the attitude that if you share any of these opinions you are a bigot. Such lazy thinking. It's the quickest and easiest option for them to dismiss you as a Hitler reincarnate than think through where these Identity politics end up.
Love the boy Fox, what a relief to hear common sense.
Ha ha, yes indeed, because common sense is all about losing social security, pensions, the NHS, the right not to be worked to death by your employer, socially-funded education, just as long as we can hear Mr Fox blither on. Wonderful!
Laurence Fox, you are the most intelligent, gorgeous, intelligent man. I LOVE you!
The problem is the complete abscence of class diversity and the now overwhelming dominance of middle class women, one of the least diverse and most privileged groups ever to have existed, in the bureaucracies of culture.
Just take a look at the people atop BAFTA, BBC commissioning organisations, ACGB etc etc. The lack of diversity is astonishing. Also. over-promoted mediocrities are self replicating and have nowhere else to go.
Well this interview is a surprise! I hope Laurence does not professionally suffer for speaking his mind.
he will, no question.
Suffer?! He's on the firm! Anyone bothers him he talks to his Dad!
Nice one, James Fox is indelible as Chas in Performance.
He will in the commercial creative industry, but he could get into journalism/writing et al from the back of it never know
Mon Pierre That time has come! Check out his recent performance on Question Time? His twitter feed right now is a hoot!
I've always liked you Laurence, but now I like you even more! Just hope your work does not dry up because you are not follow the herd!
I suddenly find myself having a huge amount of respect for this particular Fox.
Fantastic Mr Fox indeed! I had paid no attention to him prior to his rather excellent performance on Any Questions, but now I’m so hooked that I’ve even watched ‘Lewis’ !
Thank you Laurence and Peter. Takes courage to stand up in luvvieworld. Could have been longer - great conversation.
"Justice is not a word that needs a modifier." Grandpa Fox is brilliant.
Yep and without social justice little boys would still be being shoved up chimneys and women would not have the vote. I suspect that the latter would not be of concern for a lot of commentators on here.
@@tgoold54 Really? You can't mean that. I haven't checked the numbers but quite a lot of the comments on this video are from women. And I haven't read anything in these comments about denying women the vote. I don't know you. But you know you. And you know that you're better than that. Don't be a victim.
You prove my point precisely with your arrogance and presumptions.
@@tgoold54 No, I don't think I did. I noticed that you didn't respond to the points I made. Instead you just started calling me names. Hang on while I check my I-Spy book of SJW behaviour. Yep, that makes sense.
@@MitchelGant I didn't call you names. For what it's worth, to me the idea of 'woke' is basically about decency, good manners if you will. It's about having the ability to understand that there are many ways of being and of living. Also to recognise that just because something appears to me to be common sense, it quite often isn't. It is just what I have become used to. You won't like it but I believe that is how white privilege works, much more so if you are white male. So many people have fought so hard for social justice - the Civil Rights Movement to challenge institutional racism in USA - for example. It is desperately disheartening for people who have such advantages not to recognise that and to actively attempt to deny the rights of others.
The religion of one that's one of the best descriptions I've heard to describe these crazy times.
So glad I see an actor speaking the truth. Well done . Especially in England!!!
Lawrence, you along with millions of us find it "odd" and complete insanity!
No one complains, until they are affected directly. And by then it might be too late.
Its not just the politicians but the media as well, who are to blame.
Even when they are directly affected, some don't complain, but instead double-down on even more wokeness - viz the Twitter reaction of the father of the poor man killed the other day by the Islamic terrorist on Westminster Bridge.
@Londonfogey. Yes, I'm afraid your right, I've seen that happen a few times in the English speaking world. Torries, Labor, media, businesses + a few others have gone full woke, quietly. The trust of the people have been betrayed. In politics I'd be betting on Nigel Farage.
@Bo Pik this is just pure racism and you do not speak for me.
I think it is for the UK tragically.
Great interview. He hit the nail when he said, “the death of God” is the cause of most of this wokeness.
@lady grey How little you understand things !
@lady grey How so???
You are hilarious
Atheists are good.
Which GOD? Aphrodite, Venus, freya, Loki, odin, thor, yahwey the rapist terror god, gloroificus, io, athena?
He was great in 'Lewis." I really appreciate his integrity.
He's on gogglebox occasionally
Mr Fox has gone up in my estimation.
Talking of covert censorship I'll tell you just how far it has penetrated the arts. I'm a poet. Ive read my poems on a radio programme and performed them with others at poetry events. When I first started to do it I noticed that all the others were quite political, left wing in fact. So lots of diatribes against Trump and Brexit etc. Lots of feminists performing their anti men stuff too. I began to wonder where the real poets where. In competitions' it's nearly always the politically correct ones who win therefore a gay person writing about their struggle as a gay person etc.
On my last radio show this year I had written a poem in tribute to Osip Mandlestam the great Russian poet who wrote a poem critical of Stalin and who died of hard labour and starvation in the Gulag. I criticised the communist ideology that ked to his death in my intro to the poem. I haven't been invited back even though I'd been on three times previously. Coincidence? I don't think so. If you don't conform these days they won't publish you or allow you to speak. That's how bad it's getting even in the esoteric poetry sector. I doubt if The Wasteland by T,'S. Eliot would be published today.
@Mebrice Depace It's more like Marxism.
Did you ask for some explanation?
@@Vesnicie How can you. They'd probably say I was imagining it.
@@davidwilliams4832 I've no doubt they would come up with something absurd, if they answered you at all. Nonetheless I think it is the sacred duty of those who believe in sanity to be the bugbear of these stooges. It's not going to be nice or comfortable for us, but then again things are already neither nice nor comfortable. There are still those who would cheer you for striking back. I say go get 'em!
I had a similar experience just publishing my writings in poetry circles online. The problem for them is, nobody cares. They are a vanishingly small minority, though they have this or that cultural artery by the throat, they cannot make humanity submit. Nobody cares about the establishment and elite arts including literature insofar as it has become a PC cult, hence why officially lauded poets are dirt poor and indefinitely obscure. Go out into the real world: everybody hates them or doesn't care. It shouldn't be that way but they have chosen to side with sociopoliticized ideological nonsense over the aesthetic and intellectual realities as well as the raw people and it will redound upon their arrogantly ignorant heads.
I like this man, first time I've ever heard him. Over the pond down in South Florida, USA
What a very interesting interview at last someone that speaks how a big majority of people feel it's just a shame that their is not more people out there with the balls to do so .Thank you Laurence Fox
The peoples silence is a tyrants greatest advocate. ( Aldous Huxley )
Yes. Because the silence from such people really is deafening.
@lady grey Overwhelmed ? Afraid of drowning ???
Fantastic interview.
Thank you Laurence for giving me hope that there are some sensible middle ground people that are in the acting profession.
Laurence Fox has become a national hero since his ability to think and respond as an adult on Question Time. Fantastic. I think he needs to be on every future episode of the programme.
I just listened to Laurence's song, "The Distance." Amazing! Not only a beautiful voice, but a noble, sobering message. I am a NEW fan!! By the way, I have been a fan of his father and uncle since I was a kid! 😀
I think I've got a new hero. So much of what he says I have also said hundreds of times, but while I only have my friends, he has a platform. Long may he use it.
Interesting to hear from an affable actor with reasonable views when usually most of them seem like strange raving lefties.
I'm behind Lauren, and its wrong how he has been treated just because he's not afraid to speak his mind. More people should take a leap out of his book.
He's not afraid to speak his mind and demand free speech but he doesn't want to except there are consequences to what you say. That is a massive part of free speech. If so many people think what you said is bigoted, maybe your bigoted
For all those casting directors take note, he’s risen to the top of the must see list for over 17.4 million people at least!
This nonsense has invaded almost every avenue of our lives so quickly, and you cannot even ask questions, let alone disagree!
Hats off to you for being brave and speaking out against the madness. I hope others in your position and profession have the bravery to speak out too. The masses are being dumbed down and controlled by the minority. You’re a free thinker.... hallelujah
How refreshing to hear a balanced intellectual discussion. Good show Laurence.
Sound bloke. Need more like him in the luvvy community.
He has a great voice, very resonant.
Amazing voice indeed!
Yes he does, but I think that some part of that would be down to the pharyngeal resonance training he was taught that he mentioned toward the start of the video.
Beautiful RP, well-modulated voice. Lovely.
Excellent inerview. A man who speaks sense.
I love this reporter. Thank you Laurence Fox for a refreshing, honest conversation about this wokeness/identity politics killing the arts and destroying real lives. I need more actors like Laurence Fox to speak out and against this madness.
What a TOTALLY REFRESHING interview!!! A rational, intelligent, principled, and talented man speaking the balanced truth. What a relief it is to finally hear someone who is able to think for himself, and is well-spoken, standing firm in the face of the bullying mentality that is pummeling society under the banner of "being awakened". And BRAVO, Mr. Fox, for leaving when you were told to take off your hat!!!
What a breath of fresh air, great interview
This was one of the most honest, fantastic interviews, outside of the lines of Douglas Murray, I’ve heard. Thank you for standing up for your beliefs and authentic opinion, Mr. Fox. You just gained a new FAN today, look forward to listening to your newest work.
Bollocks, this guys a bum. So is Douglas Murray.
@@themasteryourdaddy.6307 Such a well thought out reply. Your use of words is unequalled and you have talked me around to your way of thinking...
@@scottatkinson666 Yes sheer poetry.
I never thought I’d be so delighted to hear a man speak sensibly
What a lovely , down to earth young man . I hope his career doesn't suffer because of his naturally forthright demeanor . These are difficult times.