P sure Andrew Tate is a comedian.
You spelled ârapistâ wrong.
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Where is the conviction? Where is the evidence? Calling someone a rapist used to be a pretty fucking serious accusation. Iâm not trying to defend a ârapistâ if that is what he is. In fact, Iâm not really defending him at all. What I guess Iâm defending now if anything is not accusing people willy nilly of whatever heinous crime you want because you donât like them. Thatâs evil.
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âComedyâ is not an excuse for being a misogynist.
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Could you kindly point out where in the history books rape has been taken seriously as a crime? I mean, you can defintely find throughout history where accusing someone of rape has been considered a serious offense, but ironically not the opposite *gestures to mountains of untested rape kits*
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itâs taken pretty seriously nowadays quite a lot of places, but agreed history is a very nasty place
Where exactly? Not in congress, where someone credibly accused of sexual assault STILL made it to the highest court in the land, while the woman who bravely came forward had to literally hide in fear for her life.
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i guess iâm speaking literally, not rhetorically⌠also I have another reply devoid of anything controversial that is for some reason âwaiting approval from a moderatorâ - that over careful atmosphere is part of what is generating an appetite for ridiculous content like the kind Tate produces. Are we anywhere near tipping the scales of the insanity that history and many parts of the world today allow? No of course not - but that doesnât change the fact that political correctness has become cloying in certain arenas. Of course itâs not balanced. History is a cesspool.
I donât know how much more literally I can get with an example from recent history.
Men are STILL allowed to get away with a shit ton of sexual misconduct as âboys will be boysâ where as we treat rape and other forms of sexual assault as a fucking joke.
Iâm not really sure where youâre getting this idea that false rape allegations are somehow a bigger problem than rape and other forms of sexual abuse, but itâs really, really not.
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I never said that.
Where are you getting the idea that I had that idea?
There are lots of people I donât like who I donât accuse of being rapists.
Tate, however, has been credibly accused of rape and human trafficking and is currently under investigation for same. From the above article:
In a statement provided to The Daily Beast, Romaniaâs Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism said the raid on the Tatesâ house was part of an investigation that began after a woman was reported to be held at the house against her will. As the probe continued, it escalated to include âcrimes of human trafficking and rape.â
And in case you are preparing a âyeah but Romanian police are probably railroading the guyâŚâ response, recall
In one video on his YouTube channel, Andrew Tate said â40 percentâ of the reason he moved to Romania was because Romanian police were less likely to pursue sexual assault allegations.
So by his own admission the Romanian authorities are usually pretty lax about that sort of thing.
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Shall we review the âStanford Swimmerâ case?
Ex-Stanford swimmer, rapist released after serving half his term | RSN (nbcsports.com)
Brock Turner, whose six-month sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman at Stanford University sparked national outcry, has been released from jail after serving half his term.
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Ok. I donât know enough about the case to say anything further that could possibly be construed as defending Andrew Tate. Maybe he is a rapist, maybe he isnât - thatâs for a court of law to decide, not the court of public opinion - thatâs all Iâm saying. I donât want to end up sounding like Iâm defending this guy if he is guilty of this stuff.
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Also I acknowledge that rape is still not prosecuted fairly in many places in many parts of the world. And that when you look at history it is a literal horror show. I never intended to say anything counter to that and Iâm not sure how it got painted that I was.
This whole thing started with this comment:
The target of the video in question. Someone making the excuse that they are making jokes when they are saying shitty things about others doesnât cut it.
And the article that @WHY_NOT posted in response seems pretty damning.
So, once again, making shitty jokes at the expense of others doesnât excuse being shitty. Full stop.
Then donât. Do you think he cares, as long as heâs getting paid?
In nearly every place on this stupid planet⌠even the most âenlightenedâ ones donât quite get it right. Some places are much better than others, but these retrograde attitudes impact every single woman (and all men, too, for that matter) on this planet. Iâm really getting tired of being gaslit over this kind of stuff. I know my experiences and the experiences of every other woman I know are valid and weâre sick of being told that the comfort of men matter more.
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As an individual citizen rather than a court of law I am perfectly within my rights to express the opinion that someone is a criminal even in the absence of a conviction. For example, I personally think O.J. Simpson and George Zimmerman are murderers despite their acquittals and I also believe that Jeffrey Epstein was a rapist despite the fact that he was never convicted of rape.
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Fair enough⌠100% ⌠once again, all I am saying is when someone is involved in the business he is and when he literally goes out of his way to make himself hateable - it is conceivable that he could be falsely accused and assumed to be doing something he is not. Heâs made himself a villainous caricature - so it wouldnât be hard for someone to use this to try to take him down. Thatâs why we have courts - I know courts are still very fallible and make terrible judgement, but we are working toward this ideal of a fair trial.
Yes I agree - but I guess where things get squirrely (sp?) is when someone has a very large platform says someone IS something without a conviction. Not âI think they areâ or âI think they might beâ but âThey areâ Thatâs why there are libel and slander laws.
I also personally think you are right about the examples you gave.
