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extremely interesting. from my experience teaching the target demographic of his stuff it's very different. while i don't disagree with the findings as anecdotally i think it's reasonably accurate. a lot of my year 9 students end up either not even thinking about him or outright calling him a dickheadJust out:
Dr Stephanie Wescott on Manfluencers & Schools
This week we have a chat with Dr. Stephanie Wescott about misogynist influencer Andrew Tate and the impact he's having in Australian classrooms.www.3cr.org.au
I'll post this in a few relevant threads.
- Australian teachers surveyed about misogyny in their schools.
- A flood of responses, from which they picked thirty to get more details.
- A consistent and disturbing picture of acts across states, across schools.
- Classrooms "from small coastal towns to big city private schools" noticing a strong uptick in the occurrence of gendered violence, misogyny, Andrew Tate quotes and defences of their behaviour.
- "What do you think of Andrew Tate, miss?" as a provocation to argue and Gish-gallop with Tate quotes and ideals.
- Major social platforms allowing it to manipulate for more page views and active accounts. Even supporting it at times in the case of Elon Musk.
Any kid interested in this has already heard of him, and Tate can access them via his social media.
Any coverage on MSM will hardly be seen by his target audience.... until it is spread via online channels that should delete his s**t.
And if you're talking about 3CR ... I wouldn't call them MSM at all.
No that's not how it happened. He was removed from social media and lost his job at Breitbart. He lost funding for his "tours".
His support was taken away - no more money from oil billionaires. No more social media accounts.
He went to Telegram and raged to 2500 losers. He's selling bible and vitamins now or something.
Tate is still being supported by billionaires - one in particular who is all gaga over "the marketplace of ideas" which means "let a rapist and sex trafficker share his ideas online with millions of people so my investment can give me a return".
Then give time to the effects - that is what this research does.
It's part of the argument to remove his access to social media and thus the minds of impressionable kids. That is what will kill his influence.
And the ones who had never heard of him?
It's not like new people aren't exposed to him.
You don't agree that kids will not see him on TV unless clips and shows are shared online?Once again don't agree. He's in the mainstream media cycles now it seems.
He is a source of those issues. It's unavoidable but you will se that before he appeared on TV in interviews and the like, most kids knew of him.I'm taking about all the MSM that keep bringing up his name when talking about wider issues.
He hasn't disappeared from social media. He isn't on TV news or radio any more that I can see. He has his platforms.Being removed from social media doesn't diminish much.
Alex Jones still kept a high profile despite being removed from social media platforms.
I think this is a naïve view.Remove him and make him a martyr or let them show the world the real vile them?
Social media for its faults has been a useful tool in letting fools trip themselves up and provide evidence due to their vanity.
Not interviewing him is the start. Not letting him talk directly is the start.You'll make him a martyr to even more. Make an angry mob even angrier.
Is that an ideal situation?
I prefer the softer approach. Make him irrelevant by just not reporting on him, talking about him, giving his words air.
It's definitely a self-selecting population in the research, which is why they talk about needing more work done.extremely interesting. from my experience teaching the target demographic of his stuff it's very different. while i don't disagree with the findings as anecdotally i think it's reasonably accurate. a lot of my year 9 students end up either not even thinking about him or outright calling him a dickhead
absolutely, the other thing is that trends and what not change so fast and change a lot depending on what the young person sees.It's definitely a self-selecting population in the research, which is why they talk about needing more work done.
His influence is already in effect. If new people hear about him, that's unavoidable, but at least their first exposure is an analysis of his grift rather than a promotion of it.
Yes, some people do give him a platform to spout his garbage when they have enough material to analyse and respond to without letting him - and those like him - speak first hand. They will never take part in interviews with any sincerity or good faith.
You don't agree that kids will not see him on TV unless clips and shows are shared online?
Do you know any kids that watch FTA TV? News shows?
He is a source of those issues. It's unavoidable but you will se that before he appeared on TV in interviews and the like, most kids knew of him.
His lies had already circled the globe before the truth had got its boots on.
Yes people put his name in their headlines as clickbait. Sad state of affairs.
He hasn't disappeared from social media. He isn't on TV news or radio any more that I can see. He has his platforms.
But his influence is much diminished. I haven't heard anyone mention him - and I used to hear "he is a bit nuts but he tells the truth about x, y and z".
Never hear of him any more.
I think this is a naïve view.
Talking about their views, analysing them, giving people the tools and responses to counter their garbage, I think that is all worthwhile. Specially when Tate is specifically mentioned, quoted and revered by too many young boys.
Not interviewing him is the start. Not letting him talk directly is the start.
Analyse what he has left behind. Learn how to counter its effects. Support those in our schools - teachers and students - who are dealing with the fallout - and of course the boys who wind up unhappy, broke, and excluded after following his advice to commit violence to get what they think they want.
Then you were late to the party. These people were whipping up big followings before they were ever reported on by TV news. Did this exposure get you to follow them? Put money in their schemes?I'd never heard of him until I saw his name on Big footy.
I'd never heard of Milo until he popped up on some CNN thing years ago.
Then you were late to the party. These people were whipping up big followings before they were ever reported on by TV news. Did this exposure get you to follow them? Put money in their schemes?
In some cases they were reported on by TV news as they were a topic of interest. They should never have been given direct access to air time, but that got the eyeballs. So in that respect, yes the MSM shouldn't give them exposure.
They were a topic of interest due to support from rich people, and lax application of rules by social media platforms.
Tate was, it seems, initially funded from laundering money through casinos. His initial public exposure was getting kicked off Big Brother for harassing female contestants.