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Andrew Tate's Deplatforming and the Machete Comments
from Private Prison Penthouse | The Tim Dillon Show #312 · #312
13 min
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Tim discusses Andrew Tate being removed from TikTok and Twitter for alleged misogyny, plays clips of Tate's controversial comments about cheating and threatening women with a machete, and argues that deplatforming people prevents them from defending themselves, referencing a similar point made by Gavin McInnes.
- Tim notes Andrew Tate's deplatforming without clear explanation from the companies doing it.
- Platform claims misogyny is hateful ideology, but Tim questions whether that standard was applied consistently before.
- Companies don't link users to specific statements when removing them, just broad accusations.
- Tim examines Tate's tweet about sexual assault responsibility in context—he says it's offensive but held by many reasonable people.
- Platforms want a villain and may be casting Tate in that role deliberately.
- Tim claims his recent Joe Rogan appearance contained the most meaningful thing ever said on the show.
- Video shows Tate describing machete attack on a female partner accusing him of cheating.
- Tate argues a man can only cheat if he loves someone else; sleeping with others while loving a partner is just exercise.
- Tate stated he left Romania partly because it would be easier to evade rape charges, though he claims he isn't a rapist.
- Deplatforming prevents someone from responding to allegations, allowing companies and critics to define them without recourse.
- Tim predicts platforms' practice of removing people and controlling narratives will eventually cause a schism—a split between opposed groups.
- Tate could migrate to alternative platforms like Rumble or his own paywall site like other pickup artist figures do.