Α weird march with some one hundred young men, among them also minors, took place in downtown Athens on Sunday night. The crowd gathered to express support for the controversial British-American “influencer” and misogynist Andrew Tate, currently in Romanian prison on charges of human trafficking, rape, criminal organization with the aim to exploit women for the porn film industry.
The “protesters” gathered at Syntagma Square in front of Parliament and marched down central Ermou Street chanting “Free TopG,” one of the handles used by Tate.
Πρεπει να μας απασχολησει σοβαρα το γιατι αδιαφορουν οσοι συμμετείχαν χθες στη πορεια,στην Αθηνα, υπερ του Αντριου Τειτ,που κατηγορείται για βιασμό,sex trafficking, σύσταση εγκλημ.οργάνωσης που με τον αδελφο του εκμεταλλεύονταν γυναίκες για ταινιες πορνο!
pic.twitter.com/rmYLvjHYKq— 𝔼ΛβA (@Elva6) January 17, 2023
According to some posts on social media, the march was organized by an anonymous account on TikTok and ‘protesters’ claimed they joined the rally “just for fun.”
Andrew Tate, 36, is a British-US citizen with 4.5 million followers on Twitter, who has previously been banned from various prominent social media platforms for expressing misogynistic views – including that rape victims should “bear responsibility” for being attacked – and hate speech, according to the Associated Press.
The former kickboxer and reality TV contestant was arrested on December 29 in Bucharest along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women on charges of being part of an organized crime group, human trafficking and rape.
Reuters reported Romanian authorities as saying that they have seized goods and money worth 18 million lei ($3.95 million) as a part of the criminal inquiry into Tate’s activities.
Sunday’s march has caused a backlash on Greek social media, with calls on parents and educators to address what may be a rising trend among the country’s youth, daily kathimerini reported.
Fact is that whenever young men and teenagers are been arrested either for bulling or rape they claim they did it “for fun”. Despicable perception of fun, nowadays, indeed.
What kind of “fun” is that for a human being with equal rights i.e a woman???? How come some males think that a woman is a “toy” and can be “used” as they please?? Horrible way of thinking! Hope that this Tate and his entourage goes to prison for a LONG time!
Well said!
Then we wonder why there is an increase in femicide, not only in Greece, but all over the world. And we have the audacity to blame the parents for their sons’ behaviour. I know of stories in Greece of women who were abused by their husbands, left them, went home to their parents and were taken back to the husband because “he’s your husband”. These were women in my grandfather’s neighbourhood, relatives…
The world is going far right after the pandemic. Our isolation made us more insular and the internet has a lot to answer for in terms of allowing everyone to say what they want. You mentioned that Tate was banned from various social media – but Mr. Musk reinstated him on Twitter. There is a fine distinction between freedom of speech and hate speech.
Still, I just wonder WHY some males think they are better and wiser than females??! Nothing in history points that way…. On the contrary, all the wars for example, the lack of understanding in so many ways. Once again, what gives the males the right to try and govern over the society and females?
And, please, dont mention Adam and Eve! Do you know why God chose to use one of Adams ribbones to create Eve: because it was the only part of Adam that was good enough….