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Russell Brand accused of multiple rapes: Open thread

“Comedian” and conspiracy theorist Russell Brand has been accused of rape and abuse by multiple women, according to an extensively reported story in the Times (UK).

Somehow this doesn’t come as much of a surprise.

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Andrew Tate charged with rape and sexual trafficking and just look at who’s still defending him

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Human carbuncle Andrew Tate and his brother, along with two associates, have been charged by Romanian authorities with multiple counts of human trafficking; one of the four (likely Andrew) has also been charged with two counts of rape. The brothers and their associates are accused of operating a human trafficking ring that used “violence and mental coercion” to force seven women to participate in pornography.

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Misogynistic backlash getting worse in France, new report finds

“Masculinist” attitudes are common among young French men

The misogynistic backlash isn’t confined to the Anglosphere. Indeed, a new report from France’s High Council for Equality between Women and Men finds “alarming” levels of sexism in French society, especially among the young.

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Vice News: “Andrew Tate Was Arrested on Suspicion of Rape in the UK in 2015”

A chilling new story in Vice reports that Andrew Tate, currently occupying a jail cell in Romania, “was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and physical abuse in 2015 while he and his brother were running a webcam sex business out of the UK, VICE World News can reveal.”

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Andrew Tate’s defenders are out in force after his arrest

The so-called “king of toxic masculinity” sits in a Romanian jail with his brother, detained for thirty days, accused of human trafficking and rape. The crimes Andrew Tate and his accomplices are said to have committed are heinous indeed. According to the authorities, the suspects recruited their

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Between Greta Thunberg and a police raid, Andrew Tate doesn’t know what hit him

Andrew Tate: Sad clown

UPDATED: See end of story. Pizza box thing not true.

It’s been a rough couple of days for musclebound professional misogynist Andrew Tate. Yesterday, his attempts to troll environmental activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter backfired spectacularly, inspiring widespread ridicule. Then, today, his Romanian villa was reportedly raided by the police in connection with the alleged kidnapping of two young women.

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Some UK police think most rape is just “regretful sex,” new report finds

A new report finds that many police officers in England and Wales think that most rape accusations reflect “regretful sex” and stand in the way of proper investigations.

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Check out the Daily Beast’s blockbuster article on Nick Alahverdian, the alleged con man and serial rapist who used to be A Voice for Men’s poster boy for “false” allegations

You may recall the story of Nick Alahverdian, the alleged con artist and serial rapist who faked his own death and fled to Scotland to escape charges in the US, only to be arrested by Interpol while in the hospital with Covid. I’ve written about him, and his one-time close ties with Men’s Rights hate site A Voice for Men, several times in the past.

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Incels agree: We should be allowed to have sex with our mothers and sisters

Incel wonders: Why isn’t my sister obligated to fuck me?

Even Freud, as obsessed as he was with the darkest aspects of human desire, would have an aneurysm reading through the posts on Incels.is.

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That big report on incels that came out last week doesn’t live up to the hype

It’s not that complicated. If you want to learn what’s going on in the heads of the regular contributors to the incels.is forum, one of the best (and quickest) ways is to simply read an assortment of comments posted there (or perhaps several of my posts on the subject, all of which quote copiously from the original incel comments).