[halfacrown]

An interesting OP...I, like a lot of people I know, have little in common with Freddie but still like him the most. I'm vegetarian, anti-hunting, broadly left-wing and grew up at a time when hippies and their philosophy of 'positivity' was seen as a joke by my generation, who embraced negativity and isolation (punk).

As you grow older you realise that being a nice person is one of the most important things in the world. Freddie is a nice person (one of the few this year) and like all of us he is flawed - that is why he is popular.

A lot of the vicious posts on here are a sort of joke villainy (trying too hard), but if you reply calmly, many people who appear vehement initially, start to apologise for any offence. There are always exceptions of course