Andrew Tate: Champion of masculinity or paragon of toxicity?
Andrew Tate, a British-American influencer and one of the most Googled people in the world, practically embodies the word controversy.
Some love him; others detest him.
Some praise Tate as a warrior of masculinity for encouraging men around the world to uphold traditional values by protecting and providing. Others find him the very definition of toxic masculinity, claiming that he exploits women and condones immorality.
Liz Wheeler of “The Liz Wheeler Show” joins Jason Whitlock to discuss the disputes surrounding Andrew Tate.
Liz tells Jason that Tate has given our current culture, which has successfully villainized masculinity, a refreshing reality check.
“He accurately diagnoses a serious problem in our culture,” she says.
“Our society tells young men that masculinity is toxic; young men are told that they shouldn’t want to protect and provide for their wives and families; they shouldn’t want to procreate; our society feminizes men,” she continues.
“Andrew Tate accurately diagnoses that,” she says, adding, “He looks at young men and he says, ‘No, you should be strong; you should be masculine.’”
However, that’s where Tate’s positive influence ends, according to Liz.
“What he prescribes as the antidote” to the attack on masculinity is “poison,” she tells Jason.
“He points young men towards materialism; he points young men to exploitation of women; he points young men to worship of self,” she says.
And that’s what makes Tate such a danger to society, Liz argues.
“Accurately diagnosing a cultural ill … is incredibly destructive when you’re just using that to lure young men to a path of self-destruction,” she explains.
So is Andrew Tate a champion of masculinity or a paragon of toxicity?
In the eyes of Liz Wheeler, he’s a bit of both.
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Biden accuses Texas and Mississippi governors of 'Neanderthal thinking' for reopening states
President Joe Biden says the Republican governors of Texas and Mississippi are guilty of "Neanderthal thinking," in reference to their decisions to reopen their states from lockdowns and mask mandates imposed in an effort to combat COVID-19.
What are the details?
On Tuesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves issued separate announcements declaring to their respective citizens that statewide mask mandates and other coronavirus-related restrictions would be lifted within a matter of days.
Mississippi Today noted that "both governors attributed their decisions to declining COVID hospitalizations and the rollout of vaccines."
During a meeting at the White House, a reporter asked Biden for his reaction to the policy changes in "Texas and Mississippi."
The president responded:
"I think it's a big mistake. Look, I hope everybody's realized by now, these masks make a difference. We are on the cusp of being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease because of the way in which we're able to get vaccines in people's arms...And the last thing — the last thing — we need is the Neanderthal thinking that in the meantime, 'everything's fine, take off your mask, forget it.'"
Biden went on to say that as of the day before, 511,874 Americans had died of COVID-19, and that the nation would "lose thousands more" before full vaccination is achieved.
"It still matters," he reiterated, "It's critical, critical, critical, critical that they follow the science."
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In reaction to Biden's comment, Reeves tweeted, "President Biden said allowing Mississippians to decide how to protect themselves is "neanderthal thinking." Mississippians don't need handlers.
He added, "As numbers drop, they can assess their choices and listen to experts. I guess I just think we should trust Americans, not insult them."
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Anything else?
Biden is not the only person criticizing Abbott and Reeves. Dr. Paul Offit, the director of the Vaccine Education Center in Philadelphia, told CNN Wednesday, "It's very frustrating, actually, when you have the people, say, from Texas or Mississippi saying, 'OK, let's open up,' because we're still in the midst of this pandemic."
"There's 60,000 cases a day and 2,000 deaths a day," Offit continued. "It's obviously still the pandemic. And if we can just hang on for a few months and just — and mask and social distance until we get everybody vaccinated that needs to be vaccinated...we can stop this pandemic."
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