Pedophiles and abusers. Conservatives have been investing a lot of money so that pedophiles and abusers are the role models of young men as part of their manufactured culture war. When Javier Milei took power in argentina he already had a network of influencers behind him spewing the values of his presidency: anti LGBT sentiment, scorn for women and feminism, racist rethoric and the openly abusive machinations of free market capitalism. The ideology came first. The looting of argentina followed.

This has been going on for a while in the US and it has the potential to get way worse. Because this is the official discourse now and children and young men are taking the examples of these adults and reproducing them in equally disfunctional lives.

Why are we surprised that things are going to shit? People say we are living in the ideocracy, but i think the state of things is way worse. They want to create a society of savages and march us down to self destruct along with their failing system.

Oh look — another Conservative pedophile.

I’m no genius, but I’m sensing a pattern here.

It hasn’t escaped my notice that there are alot of pedophiles in the GOP. More than you would expect by chance. I wasn’t the only one to notice: We need to talk about pedocon theory

You know, I haven’t lived a perfect life. I’ve done things that I regret. I’ve broken hearts. I’ve burned bridges. I’ve let people down. These failures don’t define my life, but, like most folks who aren’t complete narcissists or psychopaths, I have my share of regrets. Like most, I’ve had dark moments where I wonder if I’m truly a good person, or if the world would be better off without me. I’m fine now, but life has had its ups and downs.

But moments like these are a useful salve for such feelings. The regrets I have are a big deal in my life, but nothing compared to this. My regrets are thing like when I’ve burned out of a job due to ADHD, let my coworkers pick up the slack, and then quit on short notice when I hit a wall, leaving them holding the bag. Or when I had to break up with someone I had been with for years, in a relationship where mutual feelings still existed, simply because of incompatible life and relationship goals. Or how, despite all we tried, we weren’t able to save my little brother from the opioid epidemic; the fact that I as an older sibling wasn’t able to save my little brother. Or times I’ve let my spouse down. These are the kinds of regrets that eat at my soul. And I’ve never physically hurt anyone, never cheated on a partner. Just ordinary life regrets.

Those are the kinds of regrets I have. Those are the things that when I’m at my worst make me feel like a monster. I know none of those are objectively evil acts. But feelings aren’t rational.

But then I look at someone like Tate. I feel grief and shame for things that aren’t even really my fault. And this man is unrepentant despite a lifetime of committing the most vile acts a human being can commit. Human trafficking. Rape. Child pornography. He unapologetically treated human beings as disposable trash, on a mass scale, and bragged to the world about it. That is a universe of evil that is simply beyond my understanding.

Some say God has a plan or purpose for everyone. I think Andrew Tate’s purpose, if he has any at all, is to be such a human monster, that ordinary people, healthy but flawed human beings, can get a reality check on their own self-doubts and self-hate. If there is any good at all that has come from Tate’s life, it would have to be something like this. This tiniest of silver linings in cloud of pus and shit.

They are prosecuting Tate with less than they have on Mango Mussolini.

He compared the charges to the legal proceedings against Donald Trump

Oh they’re totally guilty then lmao

It’s always the people you most expect

Best friend of Barron.

I guess… Like father like son!

I’m not in the slightest surprised

So… next Republican candidate for 2028?

He’s the kind of guy you just wonder when he’ll get sent up on some kind of sex offender charge, not if.

Child ABUSE images? RELEASE HIM!

-Republicans Tomorrow!

This puts the US admin in a weird spot. This guy is charged with possessing CA images. Will the USA protect him or hand him over?

It kinda sets a precedence in a way on if pedos are protected or not. We all know the reality but in such a high profile situation like this where there is a charge and he is not politician what will they do?

IMO, Given he is partially African American and generally operated out of the UK, they will hand him over, but that sends the very clear message pedos are to be punished.

Interesting position that’s occurring here (I suspect by design of the UK) . The USA protects its pedophiles, however verbalizing protection of a non white not fully American pedophile is a possible stretch.

Joseph D McBride, the Tates’ lawyer, told reporters that his clients were innocent. He said: “They’ve never done nothing wrong. They shouldn’t be extradited for crimes they didn’t commit. It’s garbage. It’s a stitch-up job.”

Well Joseph is correct on half of that comment… The double negative “they’ve never done nothing wrong” is entirely correct, and he’s also right that they shouldn’t be extradited for crimes they didn’t commit. There’s plenty of crimes they did commit that they should be extradited for.