Oh, that cultural fascism!

It's time to call shenanigans on Top Gear, that said it was time long ago. Top Gear is fascist, both implicitly and explicitly. You might think I am exaggerating and maybe I am, but the secret to defeating fascism is to recognise it early and call it out. The implict message of Top Gear's Adventures In... is technological domination. The boys see a sublime natural wonder and try to drive across it; the Arctic ice sheet, nothing; the Andes, meh; the Sahara, a bit dry but we'll make it. The point is to assert Jeremy Clarkson's will to power. Fingers crossed their next adventure will be driving across the face of the sun.

But Top Gear is more explict than this, evidenced by the to-do with the Mexican Ambassador. Top Gear is, in its own small way, a functional equivalent of the Tea Party in Britain. It helps to poison public life and discourse through consistently demeaning and violent language. Hence Stewart Lee's point: "if Jeremy Clarkson can all Gordon Brown a 'one eyed Scottish pillock' I can wish his daughters go blind". BUT, but, but, but, you can't object to Top Gear, you see, otherwise you're a sandal wearing, bearded, liberal etc who doesn't get it, because it's all just a joke. A fundamental prop for the fascist mentality is violated superiority (not to mention assumed victimhood). This is one of the many reasons why fascism is a middle-class pursuit.

The middle-class, especially the class of middle-managers and private sector professionals, are trained to operate with a sense of superiority over those they command. Their attitude toward their own bosses, who demean them as they demean others, is a mixture of resentment and admiration. They are consistently buffeted by the fortunes of capitalism but have little to defend themselves with. They were born to command, yet life generally dictates to them. They can't fight their way up, hence their need to constantly kick down. This is the Top Gear mentality.

Top Gear is a heaving sack of poison injected into our society once a week. It needs to be drawn. It needs to be taken off air... The BBC won't do it (unless it is forced to). Their explanation of the Mexico incident was "making fun of national stereotypes is part of the national humour", which translates as, "racism is the in thing these days, and with DVD sales like these who are we to object".

Oh, and if you're still in doubt, Jeremy Clarkson is a supporter of the far-right English Democrats.

Case. Fucking. Closed.