Harry Harry Harry
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smokingbootWhen my brother mentioned it, I realised how big the story's become. He couldn't care less about the Windsors, but here we are, Harry Harry Harry. More in England and mostly all over the Internet, Harry Harry Harry.
'He doesn't seem to realise that there's no way back,' said Bro. My first thought was Are we so sure he wants a way back? Looking at the internet, someone writes 'To HELL with Harry and his lies, and the same to HER. May their names never be spoken,' seemingly unaware of the irony.
It's all so weird, like some social experiment, an endlessly stirred petridish of propaganda. The UK population, particularly that portion of it that lives in England can be intensely apathetic and politically infantile. There is rejoicing at not paying tax, and then pouting at not having public services; clapping for nurses during lockdown, then shaking heads at nurses wanting a payrise, determination that immigrants should not come in, and then fury at no-one picking the crops; a befuddled universal anger that needs less a scapegoat and more an Aunt Sally, destined not to be cast into the wilderness but to stand still and have things thrown at it.
And here we find Harry. The dedication to his downfall seems to be verging on the hysterical, goaded across social media. Gleeful reports of the lack of queues for the book fade away into media sulking when figures reveal it's a best seller; of course it is! But how strange the need to hope it wasn't, to revel in any failure that could be attributed to him. I watched The Interview, having been astonished at the vehemence towards 'SPARE.' There he was, a warm, volatile B student/jock type, a kid whose mother died in mangled ruin to the sound of lens shutters clicking. It seems evident that whatever he says, he is not over that, not over any of it. And it's also clear that the Windsors are utterly dysfunctional, family members having separate offices that vye for attention and projects etc. Bizarre. So much rage for this man especially compared to Epstein's friend, whose saintly Mother paid millions towards his legal help, money that ultimately came from public coffers. There's been some disgust at Andrew, but nothing as overwhelming, as visceral, as this hatred which seems cooked up to be savoured and enjoyed as a vicarious conduit for other frustrations, a strange national vent.
I think there's something to be said for the argument that without fuel, they go find something else to pick on. Still, the early relish for Meghan baiting was extraordinary, and it is hard not to land this square on the stepladder of racism, xenophobia, misogyny, and underneath it all, just plain envy.
None of these are pretty, but every single one of them is more interesting than poor Charles and poor poor William.
'He doesn't seem to realise that there's no way back,' said Bro. My first thought was Are we so sure he wants a way back? Looking at the internet, someone writes 'To HELL with Harry and his lies, and the same to HER. May their names never be spoken,' seemingly unaware of the irony.
It's all so weird, like some social experiment, an endlessly stirred petridish of propaganda. The UK population, particularly that portion of it that lives in England can be intensely apathetic and politically infantile. There is rejoicing at not paying tax, and then pouting at not having public services; clapping for nurses during lockdown, then shaking heads at nurses wanting a payrise, determination that immigrants should not come in, and then fury at no-one picking the crops; a befuddled universal anger that needs less a scapegoat and more an Aunt Sally, destined not to be cast into the wilderness but to stand still and have things thrown at it.
And here we find Harry. The dedication to his downfall seems to be verging on the hysterical, goaded across social media. Gleeful reports of the lack of queues for the book fade away into media sulking when figures reveal it's a best seller; of course it is! But how strange the need to hope it wasn't, to revel in any failure that could be attributed to him. I watched The Interview, having been astonished at the vehemence towards 'SPARE.' There he was, a warm, volatile B student/jock type, a kid whose mother died in mangled ruin to the sound of lens shutters clicking. It seems evident that whatever he says, he is not over that, not over any of it. And it's also clear that the Windsors are utterly dysfunctional, family members having separate offices that vye for attention and projects etc. Bizarre. So much rage for this man especially compared to Epstein's friend, whose saintly Mother paid millions towards his legal help, money that ultimately came from public coffers. There's been some disgust at Andrew, but nothing as overwhelming, as visceral, as this hatred which seems cooked up to be savoured and enjoyed as a vicarious conduit for other frustrations, a strange national vent.
I think there's something to be said for the argument that without fuel, they go find something else to pick on. Still, the early relish for Meghan baiting was extraordinary, and it is hard not to land this square on the stepladder of racism, xenophobia, misogyny, and underneath it all, just plain envy.
None of these are pretty, but every single one of them is more interesting than poor Charles and poor poor William.
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