given Alex's usual response to people making misogynistic comments and encouraging violence towards women etc i think it's incredibly telling that in terms of the recent article by Jeremy Clarkson, sharing his horrifically misogynistic opinions and urges to bully and publicly humiliate Meghan Markle while pelting her with excrement as she walked naked down the streets, Alex has refrained from the usual critical, ranty reel. instead, she totally twisted the narrative to focus on her bestie Em Clarkson - Jeremy's daughter - and has put real effort into ensuring Em was placed firmly in the role of "victim" and accusing anyone who messaged her to ask her thoughts on her father's article as "bullies" supposedly sending "hate". she quickly announced that it's totally unfair and Em does not deserve or have her "feelings hurt" based on her dad's behaviour - totally disregarding thale fact that Meghans 's feelings may be "hurt" - despite her usually been the first to jump up and support women spoken about so awfully in the media.
usually, that kind of misogynistic article would have her racing to film a critical reel - the opinions her shared were truly vile - far worse than some of the stuff Alex has latched onto previously and made a huge drama out of, yet on this occasion, Alex limited herself to sharing a story in support of Em, not referencing or calling out the misogyny and threats of violence towards a woman, and instead highlighting that Jeremy's opinions not Em's responsibility, and she doesn't deserve to be "bullied" as the result. like fine, i totally get her sticking up for her friend, but ensuring she totally twists the narrative to imply Em is the victim and anyone appalled at her dad saying he hates Meghan more than a serial killer, and dreams that she will be forced to walk naked down the street while the public hurl verbal abuse at her and pelt her with excrement is a bully - as opposed to her father, who was published in a national newspaper literally encouraging hatred and bullying!
Alex chose to turn it into an issue of how "women shouldn't be held responsible for the actions of men" and that the onus isn't on Em to call her dad out on his misogynistic opinions. interesting, because both Em and Alex have made it their mission to do exactly that - except when it's her bestie's dad, in which case she suddenly doesn't have any criticism and hides away from calling him out, twisting the narrative ot foucs on the usual #womensupportingwomen spiel as it. benefits
her. such a predictable reaction, as it just goes to show that her dramatic rants are all for show and not content - not because she is a fiercely supporter of feminism and women's rights or cares about the threat of misogyny to the safety of women - or she would have spoken in her stories, not just typed a statement, and immediately filmed a reel addressing it and calling Jeremy out on his behaviour - as whe should other man responsible for similar abusive and misogynistic comments - yet she isn't all at all interested in ensuring he takes accountability for his vile comments!
using the whole "you mean cruel nasty bullies" narrative to discourage people from sending messages to Em is incredibly manipulative, when realistically, the majority of the DMs she was receiving won't have been rude or nasty! they will be mainly be genuine and - given the context - totally justified questions - especially as Em very recently wrote a post sharing her own views about the way the media treats Meghan. and sure, Em may feel overwhelmed, but that's an issue she needs to address with her father - not rope in her friends to twist the blame and accuse her followers of "bullying".
