For Thee, Not For Me

Ricky Gervais is getting a lot of press and a lot of pushback for his roasting of the Hollywood Elite.  I speak often in class and on this site about watching the reaction, as it usually gives you more information than the action itself.

This event is no different.

The rank hypocrisy was exposed fully after the show.  We had Jennifer Aniston giving us a message from Russell Crowe about how the fires in Australia were definitely caused by Climate Change.  Oddly, there was no mention of the people who have been arrested for arson (CNN source here).

But even if they're right, that human activity has caused rising temperatures, and this in turn has caused the fires in Australia, shouldn't there be some shame among the people who lecture us?  The same people who sermonize you about your behavior, guilt, and complicity see no need to put a brake on theirs.

Here's the lecture:

Here is what I'm talking about when I tell you that these are people to ignore, and when possible, mock:

Notice the throwaway line about existing in "their own universe".  That bit of rhetoric is put there to get you to dismiss the absurdity of it all.  The flowers were flown by jet from Ecuador and Italy to the Golden Globes.  Think about that for a minute the next time you give credibility to any of these people.   The NY Times, clueless as ever, couldn't help itself: "

“The last thing anyone needed was for the smirking master of ceremonies to reprimand [the audience] for having hope, or taunt the room for trying to use their influence to change things for the better.  Gervais, should have been brave enough to drop the tired agitator shtick and, for once, read the room.”

That is exactly what Gervais did.  Go forth and do likewise.  Ignore their message, mock them, and view anyone who follows their lead as, at best, ill informed.