Overview

Freddie Bentley's World War II Comment refers to a clip of Good Morning Britain when Instagram influencer Freddie Bentley known best for his role on the television show The Circle claimed that young people don't need to hear about how many people died in World War II. During the segment that aired in November 2019, Bentley claimed that telling young people about World War II can do damage to their mental health. The statement was widely criticized on Twitter and Reddit.

Background

On November 1st, 2019 during a segment on Good Morning Britain, 22 year-old influencer Freddie Bentley suggested that because there is a rise in mental health issues young people should not be learning about how many people died in World War II and instead concentrate on today's issues such as Brexit and Climate change (shown below).^[1]

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November 1st, 2019, Freddie Bentley^[2] posted a video to Instagram about being on Good Morning Britain. The video then became host to comments regarding his World War II statement (shown below).

That day, Twitter user @Ryan_Butler9^[3] tweeted, "Wrap him in cotton wool and tell him everything’s going to be alright. That’s how society is going these days. People young and old should be made aware and reminded of events such as WW2 to realise how lucky they are to live in such world today" (shown below, left). Redditor Den_Dre posted a dumbest man alive image to r/historymemes^[4] about Freddie Bentley (shown below, right). The post received over 9,000 points (98% upvoted) in a day.

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