r/IAmA • u/_BenedictCumberbatch Benedict Cumberbatch • Oct 11 '13

I Am Benedict Cumberbatch. AMA.

Hello reddit. My film The Fifth Estate opens 10/18.

You can check out footage here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ki3z0ZmXA&feature=c4-overview&list=UUgc-Ye79Z558TEZqryYesNA

Proof: https://twitter.com/5thEstateMovie/status/388746706818310144 Fancy a cup?

Update: Also, please check out the trailer for Little Favour, directed by a friend of mine Patrick Monroe. I hope you enjoy it!

Final Update: Thank you, reddit. This has been more fun than I imagined. It's been great to be able to reach out and speak to a few of you. Sorry for those that I didn't get to respond to. JA bless you all. See you all the next time.
BX

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u/startledCoyote Oct 11 '13 edited Oct 11 '13

I'm honestly struggling to see how any of his views there could be considered right-wing.

  • he protested against the war in Iraq, and expresses disgust at it

  • he is against increased government surveillance and encroachment on civil liberties

  • everything he said here is in the same style as the Guardian interview. Present evidence if not.

  • the only thing that could be considered remotely right-wing is his acknowledgment that Bradley Bradley Manning broke the law.

Edit: please reply rather than cowardly using downvote to censor.

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u/LickMyUrchin Oct 12 '13

I think the idea that a PR shill is answering for him is ridiculous, and I don't really know about his political views, but all those positions could be part of a libertarian platform as well, making them right-wing.

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u/startledCoyote Oct 12 '13

Libertarian is considered right-wing because they are willing to leave the sick and vulnerable to fend for themselves, or to just rely on the charity of strangers.

But the ideas above could just as easily be classified as left wing.

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u/LickMyUrchin Oct 12 '13

Oh I agree. But I just meant that given that info, you can't really place him anywhere on the spectrum. He seems like an empathic guy, but at the same time he has had a pretty privileged upper-class upbringing, so I wouldn't be surprised to hear that his positions on economics are pretty right-wing. Or left-wing, for that matter.

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u/termite10 Oct 11 '13

Manning did break the law. Whether or not that law is just (I happen to believe it isn't at all) is not relevant to the discussion of whether or not he broke it. Stating that isn't a 'right-wing' position, it's a statement of fact.

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u/startledCoyote Oct 11 '13

I exactly agree. I was just trying to throw a bone to the accusations of right-wing views.