Winston Marshall, the former founding member of Mumford & Sons who left the famed English folk rock band after being targeted by the rabid cancel culture \u2026<\/b>
\nWinston Marshall, the former founding member of Mumford & Sons who left the famed English folk rock band after being targeted by the rabid cancel culture mob for complimenting journalist Andy Ngo\u2019s book exposing Antifa, is crediting his faith in God for his ability to stand up in the face of what Winston called the \u201ccancel culture viral mob.\u201d Marshall discussed his departure from the band which was triggered after he recommended a book from Andy Ngo on Antifa violence, Unmasked, with former New York Times opinion editor Bari Weiss. \u201cCongratulations @MrAndyNgo. Finally had the time to read your important book. You\u2019re a brave man,\u201d Marshall wrote in the now-delete tweet, which featured an image of Ngo\u2019s book, sparking the woke backlash. \u201cIt began when I tweeted about a book that documents far left behavior in the U.S. And I\u2019d been tweeting about books through the pandemic. But this one sort of seemed to take off,\u201d he told Weiss, saying critics began editing his Wikipedia page and calling him a fascist and Nazi. \u201cAnd then there\u2019s a sort of second wave where they come for your friends and your associates and their families. And it\u2019s and it\u2019s very intimidating. It\u2019s a very effective mode of intimidation because it\u2019s one thing when they come for you. But when they come for those you love, you want to defend them,\u201d Marshall said, explaining he was \u201cbloody terrified\u201d announcing his departure from the band he help found at 19. \u201cYeah, particularly the last half an hour before I was very nervous, but I feel like it\u2019s gone. I feel like I got my integrity back and I feel like I got my soul back. I feel good now,\u201d he explained, stressing his apology to the band \u201cwasn\u2019t for what I did, it was for how it was interpreted.\u201d However, Marshall, who played in the band for 14 years, ultimately credited his faith for his ability to stand up to the cancel culture mob. \u201c Well, if I can quote the great American theologian of all time, Kanye West, he said, fear God and you will fear nothing else. And I love that because for me, I do fear God. And I think it\u2019s true,\u201d he said. \u201cThat if you fear God sincerely, then you won\u2019t fear worldly issues, worldly problems. \u201d In another interview with BBC Radio 4 this week, Marshall said he left the band to spare them of the \u201ccancel culture viral mob.\u201d \u201cIn the public eye we were a unit and that\u2019s what I suppose these internet mobs do,\u201d he told the outlet, explaining how \u201ctroubling\u201d it was to see his friends \u201cget dragged under the bus with me which is not fair on them.\u201d \u201cIt felt like very distracting unwanted attention and possibly damaging for the brand of the band. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve decided I should let them be,\u201d he added, noting his bandmates have been \u201cperfectly honorable\u201d in handling the situation. In a Medium post announcing his departure, Marshall said he faced backlash after issuing his apology as well, and although he does not consider himself a conservative, he said there is \u201cnothing wrong\u201d with that. \u201cThough there\u2019s nothing wrong with being conservative, when forced to politically label myself I flutter between \u2018centrist,\u2019 \u2018liberal\u2019 or the more honest \u2018bit this, bit that.\u2019 Being labeled erroneously just goes to show how binary political discourse has become,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI had criticised the \u2018Left,\u2019 so I must be the \u2018Right,\u2019 or so their logic goes.\u201d<\/p>\n