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Yes... It's because of the few loud-mouthed, salty, misogynists that men are generally lonely.
Maybe if this wasn't the attitude towards me all the time, there'd be less young boys listening to twats like Andrew Tate.
Or maybe if there were less young boys listening to Andrew Tate there wouldn't be that attitude towards men?
That attitude existed before Tate came onto the scene. Try again.
True, but that doesn't excuse that he promotes behaviors and thought patterns which reinforces reasons why people have certain attitudes towards men.
Andrew Tate is so successful because there already existed the conditions to radicalise young people for quite some time.
Cult leaders or radical leaders don't have a platform if everyone is just fine. No-one in a healthy environment wakes up in the morning and decides "let's start some hateful shit, because it's just so much fun!"
You can keep digging the trenches if you want. Why do you want to alienate people for the sake of it?
I actually do not alienate, but I do criticize when necessary.
I have a close relative who took the red pill and is all in on the manosphere. Sometimes he sends me, and I'm not even kidding, 30 messages in a day about all the manosphere content he watches; but we still hang out and talk. I don't comment on everything he sends me if it is something we have already debated over. If it is something different or something I find to be egregious, I do call him out on it.
To be fair, some days are harder than others to hear his bullshit, and I take a break and mute his messages for a while. I feel overall I still value him as a person and it is important to interact with him. However, I can also empathize with those that want nothing to do with someone who holds those opinions.