Why Banning Radical Misogynist Andrew Tate from Social Media Was a Great Decision
His freedom of speech stops where your safety is violated.
YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok have banned Andrew Tate.
The odds are high you already heard about him, so to put it short, he’s a violent misogynist, self-help guru, criminal, and scammer who thinks women are the property of men. He has actively influenced young men through his scams. Tate has millions of followers and billions of views.
Yet, one can argue that being a total asshole doesn’t take the right away from Tate to speak up. Restricting freedom of speech is the highway to dictatorship, and we can’t ban someone every time their values don’t align with Western norms. That’s a pretty dangerous game.
As Voltaire put it,
“I wholly disapprove of what you say and will defend to the death your right to say it.”
So why was it still appropriate to make this dude disappear from social media platforms?
Andrew Tate already caused terrifying harm
As we live in a society, we all need to follow certain rules. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to live together more or less peacefully.
