Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD/UK: A school in west London has been holding ‘Andrew Tate assemblies’ to protect the children from the influence of the former kick-boxer’s damaging tweets involving ‘gateway drugs’.
According to the Independent, Tate, a controversial social media personality, and his brother Tristan Thompson, have been in the custody of Romanian authorities on charges of human trafficking and sexual assaults.
Gateway Drugs
Andrew Tate’s official account keeps posting damaging content while he’s in jail.
A head of performing arts, Matt Adams, told the Independent that a tweet could serve as a “gateway drug” to the children.
Matt said that it concerns how much Tate’s supporters could take his word as gospel and have not do any research before regurgitating it back into the world.
“Tate’s speeches not only scream of the toxic masculinity, misogyny and victim blaming, but they express a deep lack of care for other citizens as human beings.”
“This lifestyle appeals to a young man, and the message is that they must be just like him to reach it. One teacher told me a student had said that Tate was ‘correct’ regarding his distrust in government and taxes, so “the other stuff must be right”,” he added.
The 36-year-old’s following on social media continues to soar after his arrest. The hashtag #AndrewTate has also gained 12 billion views on TikTok since the ban.
