Joey Barton is a great shining example of the cultural dark side of the Covid age.
The lock downs bred an army of 'Critical Thinkers' who display absolutely no critical thought whatsoever - just aimlessly nodding along to agenda-driven bile.
To this type of person, Barton might be the Messiah. That Fox wally and that Icke clown are also revered by these new-age critical thinkers.
Now, what I call a new-age critical thinker is the standard buffoon who wants to try whacking everyone with the 'Free Speech, bat, while not once respecting the unavoidably organic factor of free speech that, without which, would render the very base concept as empty and unstable - consequence.
Joey Barton is a walking, talking parody of critical thought and free speech. There's nothing intellectual there, just a vessel that would be empty were it not for the faecal treacle that resides.