Every Nihilist is Really an Optimist | Ash Sarkar meets Frankie Boyle

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  @FCJ14 · 5 years ago

  " If you wrestle a pig you both get covered in shit and the pig enjoys it" such an incredible phrase I have never heard :'D thank you Ash and Frankie. Great discussion !

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• LA

  @lavenderandred_ · 5 years ago (edited)

  It&apos;s amazing how so many people take Frankie&apos;s wider points at face value and how his narratives and characters have been coopted by the exact people he&apos;s been criticising since day one. It reminds me of how Al Murray&apos;s Pub Landlord character is so often taken seriously by Little Englanders who&apos;ve clearly never thought critically about the values and ideas he&apos;s satirising. It proves the idea that radical ideas eventually get de-fanged, voided of context and incorporated into a pro-elite narrative. It&apos;s the case for comedy as it is for any reaction against capitalism. <br><br>Frankie, you look great and I hope you&apos;re looking after yourself. We need you and your insight around as long as possible. Great content from Novara, as always.

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• SP

  @spartandud3 · 5 years ago

  The Empire wasn&apos;t covered in my history education in the mid to late 2000s. However my GCSE Teacher wouldn&apos;t entirely neglect it but it wasn&apos;t part of the syllabus. So when we talked about WW1 and the propaganda she would point out the hypocrisy with how we would claim &quot;The German Empire was invading small defenseless nations and oppressing them&quot; and that we did the same thing. There were more things but because there wasn&apos;t time to cover something not in the syllabus she couldn&apos;t cover them in detail. But was sure we had some awareness of the wider Empire and some of the stuff it was doing.

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• VI

  @Visoli9020 · 5 years ago

  Good talk. I&apos;d love to hear what Frankie said to the now ex-meninist in his DMs that convinced him how misogyny would ruin his life. I feel the barrier to gender equality is that feminism is perceived as reserved for girls and women when really it&apos;s pretty useless if it&apos;s not taught among boys and men. It&apos;s good to have former edgelords advocating for this stuff.

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• AR

  @archivist17 · 5 years ago

  Optimists can only be disappointed if they are wrong; pessimists can be pleasantly surprised

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• RO

  @ronan7695 · 5 years ago

  “Theyre not actually classical liberals”<br>Why do I sense a subtle dig at Dave Rubin? 😂

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• PA

  @patcampton9799 · 5 years ago

  It makes me realise that I had quite a good history education at school in the 60s. Most of it was social and economic history but we did learn about Ireland and the famine. Maybe it was because we had a great lefty teacher. Certainly he increased my love of history.

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• TH

  @TheInternetIsDeadToMe · 5 years ago

  Love these two. Such a great chat.

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• MA

  @mattliamjack3293 · 3 years ago

  Thanks for this interview👍🏼💚🌍🍀🍀

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• RA

  @Radagast- · 3 years ago

  &quot;Show me a cynic and I will show you a bruised romantic,&quot; as Wilde put it. Well, someone else probably said it, but Wilde &quot;acquired&quot; it.

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• TI

  @TI_Ted · 5 years ago

  people like these two people change my mind

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• GO

  @goneonholidaybymistake84 · 4 years ago

  One of the best interviews Novara Media has done. Nice one, Ash.

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