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If it’s worth saying once, it’s worth saying again

Since The Jackal’s Spring issue landed last Wednesday I’ve been asked a number of times what our cover star Martin Freemanwas like. We only spent a few hours with him, and so I won’t draw too many conclusions beyond the fact that on the day he was polite, engaged and generally very good company (sweary, too). I liked him. He seemed to enjoy the shoot, so much so he asked our stellar snapper Matt Holyoak if he could take the Polaroids captured on the day away with him (Matt, gent that he is, obliged).

But none of that is what has stuck with me, and that’s not the answer I’ve given when asked. My takeaway was how reasoned and reasonable he was. Despite strong political leanings (he appeared in a party political broadcast for Ed Miliband and as a Labour member voted in Corbyn), he is smart enough to recognise that politics, like life, is not black and white. Or even red or blue. There are shades of grey, good people on both sides, fairness in both camps – and the opposites in equal measure.‘We’re getting more polarised,’ he said. ‘The inability to see the other side is a problem. Unless someone is actually driving down your street in a Panzer, then I think you have to keep dialogue. Social media has helped do away with nuance. If me and you have a disagreement here, we can still have a cup of tea. But we do it on social media – then you’re a Nazi. We can’t go on like that. I’m of the Left, but there are people and things about the Left that make me very uncomfortable. The sort of unquestioning, demonising of anyone who doesn’t agree with you, kind of thing. I see that in atheists – if you don’t agree with me, you’re intrinsically a moron. And that isn’t helpful.’

I’m not sure that can be said often enough. Thank you, Martin

(https://www.thejackalmagazine.com/sunday-soapbox-transparency-responsibility/)

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