Höhöhö. After years of reliably having the most fashionable opinion on everything, and enjoying the applause you get for it, Mellers has finally expressed one very mildly unfashionable opinion, possibly for the first time in his life.
And you won't believe what happened next.
And you won't believe what happened next.
https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/1288357081045770242
In these situations, why do these people never pause, and think:
"Hmmm, maybe all this applause I used to get for years wasn't really because what I said was so brilliant. Maybe it was just because I told people what they wanted to hear. And now I've seen what happens if I don't"
"Hmmm, maybe all this applause I used to get for years wasn't really because what I said was so brilliant. Maybe it was just because I told people what they wanted to hear. And now I've seen what happens if I don't"
That awful moment when you realise: You don't have "fans". You have trendy opinions. The moment you stop expressing trendy opinions, and express an un-trendy one, your former "fans" will turn against you, quicker than you can type #JC4PM or #IStandWithJeremyCorbyn.
That's why you sometimes have to say stuff that upsets your own followers. Just to find out whether people follow you because they think you have interesting things to say (irrespective of whether they agree with it), or whether it's just out of tribalism.
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