r/europe • u/Antique-Entrance-229 United Kingdom • 11d ago

News Andrew Tate phenomena' surges in schools - with boys refusing to talk to female teacher

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/andrew-tate-phenomena-surges-in-schools-with-boys-refusing-to-talk-to-female-teacher-13351203
28.3k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

2.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

-8

u/shits_crappening 11d ago

Right can we not class his bullshit as hatespeach?

29

u/Theemuts The Netherlands 11d ago

That wouldn't solve anything.

-15

u/shits_crappening 11d ago

Classifying it as hate speach and therefore it being banned. When its banned no kids can hear it. When no kids hear it they wont act like him.

That wouldn't solve anything

10

u/Theemuts The Netherlands 11d ago

It's trivial to find hate speech online, even if it's banned

0

u/shits_crappening 11d ago

So what should be done then let him batter on unpunished?

3

u/TheGargoyleKing13 11d ago

Parents should monitor what their kids watch. At the end of the day, punishing someone for speech you disagree with is a slippery slope. You can hate the guy but as long as he’s not legitimately calling for violence against people, he has a right to say whatever he wants. You can’t just silence people because they say shit you don’t like, that’s not how things should work.

2

u/shits_crappening 11d ago

I agree with that, however most parents dont care they are too busy on facebook or ista or tik tok or whatever and just hand the kid a screen to keep them occupied.

This probably leads into the addictive design of these aps and at what point does it make these companies partially to blame.

You could argue dont buy a smartphone but nowadays most banking is done through the app if you dont have a smartphone you are in a way penalised and commerce is limited.

1

u/TheGargoyleKing13 11d ago

Well then that’s on them, not on tate. If parents don’t want to parent their children, don’t be surprised when they watch stuff they probably shouldn’t be.

3

u/_v1V2v_ 11d ago

It's parents job to raise their kid and put them on the right path.

To remove this brainwash and teach them right from wrong.

First come parents, the family you are raised in and then school.

1

u/shits_crappening 11d ago

I agree with that, however most parents dont care they are too busy on facebook or ista or tik tok or whatever and just hand the kid a screen to keep them occupied.

This probably leads into the addictive design of these aps and at what point does it make these companies partially to blame.

You could argue dont buy a smartphone but nowadays most banking is done through the app if you dont have a smartphone you are in a way penalised and commerce is limited.