In my previous post, Jaan quite rightly held me to account on the overall message of the poem Trumpet Trousers, to which, after a little friendly conversation, all holes that I may have dug for myself were nicely filled and leveled. However, because I love looking up from the bottom of empty wells, wondering how the hell I get out of this one, I have started digging again. I do hope I hit the right tone.
You don't have to agree with everything someone says to like them…..
You don't have to like someone to agree with everything they say.
Queue Andrew Tate….
And it's not actually that I don't like him, I just find it impossible to really know him.
And I can't figure out who he is; Freemason, sex trafficker, or just a successful kick boxer with a smart mind and a talent for monetising empowering messages for young men who lack a strong masculine influence in their lives, who then just happened to run his mouth a little too much in the direction of the global cabal. He could be any one of these three, or all three, though he is certainly the latter.
His persona is so varied, depending on where you view him that it just leaves a complex mess of personality types and panto villains for your mind to sort through.
The only thing I can be sure of with regards to Tate is that, should we find ourselves opposing each other in an MMA octagon, he would spark me out in 0.5 seconds. There would probably just be enough time for a bit of wee to come out before I went unconscious.
Many people would, and have said that Tate is the epitome of toxic masculinity, which, by the way, is probably my least favourite adjective. Is there such a thing as toxic masculinity, or is there just toxic people? By this I mean people who have become poisonous to their immediate environment. Beating your wife or girlfriend with a hammer (Andrew Tate HAS NOT done this, by the way) is not toxic masculinity, it is simply toxic (and disturbing).
But as far as I know, Andrew has never encouraged any young men to be violent to women, in fact the only times I have heard him mention violence it has been in the context of avoiding violence.
Example 1:
When asked by James Delingpole for some advice if confronted in the street, his advice was to run as fast as you can, as you have no idea if they are carrying a weapon or have a group of mates round the corner.
Example 2:
When describing a scene in a late night takeaway in London. Andrew and his girlfriend were in the queue when a black Audi pulled up and 2 huge guys got out, pushed past everyone and demanded their order. Tate's girlfriend says, "are you going to do anything", to which Tate replies "shut the fu@k up". He then goes on to tell how the woman in front of them started remonstrating with the queue jumpers who violently assaulted her and then did the same to her boyfriend.
Now, you might not like how Tate requested his girlfriend to think about what she was saying, but in that moment in time, he immediately recognised the danger of the situation and she didn't (assuming he wasn't making it up). So, for her own benefit, he saw fit to speak to her in a way that she would immediately get the message.
I have also heard him talk about the value of honesty and integrity, and looking after yourself spiritually, mentally and physically. All good stuff.
I saw a tweet from a prominent left wing journalist accusing Tate of encouraging men to own women, but I've not heard him say this in 4hrs of podcasts with Zuby and James Delingpole, or in the far too many YouTube shorts featuring Tate doing what Tate does.
In fact, from all I have heard, his views about women seem to align with those of psychologist Mark Macdonald, who states that the happiest women are those that are in a relationship with a strong man, not meaning physically strong of course, though I'm sure that's a turn on for some women, but with a man who she is confident has the ability to protect and provide for her while she is focusing on raising children, and all the while, still able to appreciate the form of other women but never straying from his wife, whom he adores. This behavior of openly appreciating the form of other women but never straying, has the effect of empowering the female in the relationship, who should recognise that what is actually happening here is that the man is saying "man, she's hot…but not as hot as you my love". Obviously the dynamic in every relationship is slightly different, and none of the above implies a submission and certainly not an ownership, it is simply adhering to the roles that nature has defined for us, and NOT adhering to those that society would pressure us to believe are preferred or appropriate. The man also feels empowered as he gets to be masculine without being told that he is toxic. What it really comes down to is base attraction. What woman, in her right mind, wants a weak pathetic pushover doormat for a husband. What man, in his right mind, wants a woman who constantly tries to inhibit his masculine tendencies while outperforming him in the protect and provide side of things too.
The crux of all this is that men and women in a relationship should love and worship each other (this does not mean obey), otherwise, what is the point? But before that worship has to come respect.
The role of the mother is the most important role in society, if anyone has any other suggestions I'd like to hear them, when did we forget this? It is a sign of how regressive we are as a society when stating this fact can have you labeled as an extremist. The very fact that it is extremist progressives that have pushed society into this regressive state is one of the great inversions, and we all know how much they love an inversion.
This modern society has so much to answer for because it makes this situation impossible in many regards. I think what most men really want is just to go out, kill a mammoth and bring it home for supper. And to balance this out, most women would be happy to raise children and make a home. But, of course, that is no longer possible for the 10000 reasons that we all know, such as the credit based fiat monetary system and the emancipation of women which was really just a ruse to get more taxes from the general population and destroy the cohesion of the nuclear family in the process, and not forgetting the inability to afford a house on a single income. Those Neo Marxists have really played a blinder, and whether you like it or not, you really have to take your hat off to them.
Just for clarity, I'm not saying that women should not have equal rights, or equal pay, or equal opportunity in the workplace, of course they should. But they should also ask themselves if they really want that high flying career or a place on the battlefield because society wants it for them or because they really want it for themselves.
There is no shame in wanting to provide for and to protect your family, and being masculine. There is equally no shame in being a full time mother, while you are young, and to be provided for by a strong, loving, respectful man.
Progressive pressures from society have done all they can to break this mold that served so successfully for thousands of years, and from what I have seen, all Tate is trying to do is inspire young men, and women for that matter, to get back to the basics, all the while respecting each other.
Unfortunately for Tate though, he has an ego the size of the Pacific and a delivery that, while he might mean well, probably attracts a fair helping of misguided douchebags that just want to be tough guys. And I guess this means that there is more to a message than the words that come out of someone's mouth.
Maybe he knows this, maybe he's controlled opposition after all, just doing a hatchet job on us, and in turn giving the progressive Marxist nut jobs some imaginary justification for their online censorship bills.
I have no idea, but I don’t think he's my cup of tea.
Now i’ve just dug myself another mammoth sized hole, i’d better go and find a mammoth to fill it with, wish me luck.
PS. I would like to add that I detest YouTube shorts, but at 5am, in the last 2 hours of a 12 hour night shift, my brain cannot focus on anything else.
I don't know what I said or why, but thanks for the shoulder pat.
I particularly like the word play of "Pro-Tate-Hoes."
I don't even know who Tate IS, lol.
Anyway, a good post, and cheers.