Oh yeah! I can definitely understand the objection to that!

That's really interesting, cos I think when the Simpsons was at its best it was really good at subverting that idea. Like that episode where Homer is hired by his brother to design a car that appeals to the working man, but it's a disaster because Homer doesn't know anything about designing cars.

It's like we've been trained by pop culture to equate disruptive vulgarity with working class authenticity, so when people like Farage or Johnson or Trump come along we all think we're hearing the voice of the people instead of some posho acting the prick.

Basically what I'm saying is, the destruction of Western Civilisation can ultimately be traced back to Rodney Dangerfield.

...except of course that the vulgar oafs at the centre of all these stories had big hearts & cared about people. That bit has been conveniently forgotten.

No but it had a lot of flavour.

(I misspelled @jennylmorris.bsky.social's handle there).

We are both looking forward to eating like fictional left-wing firebrand archers. I'll report back later with how it tasted. :)