He also said he felt critics of Brand's "revolution" were simply envious of his position – despite admitting that if we were to adopt his theories on political reform, it would likely end in "total global chaos".
Yet we felt critics might grumble that the comparisons were not related: money in dollars, success rate in percentage.
While I obviously can't speak for Ken, I suspect he feels his uptight critics would benefit from quickly lighting a Hamlet and cranking up the Miles Davis.
John Kennedy handled that problem nicely in his Inaugural Address with "My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you.... " Moving past the salutation, the farewell addresser must pass two tests: first, to exhibit none of the bitterness he feels toward his carping critics, and second, to say goodbye.
In particular, and awkwardly, he is fed up with critics, who he feels disparage his work.
Tredwell's, of course, initially had a bit of a thwacking from the critics though he feels these attacks were mostly personal.
Sumney is his own harshest critic, disappointed when he feels his music doesn't add to the conversation of art.
He understands that his critics feel betrayed, but he feels misunderstood; his friends are failing to appreciate that the "Old Harold," as they now call him, has a new job.
How does he feel about its critics?
But he made it clear that he felt frustrated that critics had focused on contentious issues within the Episcopal Church related to homosexuality, specifically that some Episcopal bishops had ordained gay men and lesbians, and that some priests blessed same-sex unions.
