The conditions you put those girls in were worse, Andy. Wish, I could feel bad for you. Oh wait, no I don’t.

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    Whether he’s being truthful is the question, but those conditions should be absolutely unacceptable, no matter who’s in there. When the state takes responsibility for housing inmates, they need to do it right. It should be clean, they should be treated humanely (insofar that’s possible when you’re keeping people in cells) and they should be kept healthy.

    I see in this thread a lot of people whose gut reaction is to be happy that a piece of shit is being treated like this, but you guys do realize that this treatment is not just limited to Tate, right? Do we really want a society where this shit is accepted, or in this case even praised? It degrades all of us.

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    He’s having a shit time in prison, but is still able to tweet about it? Since when are inmates allowed social media? What a douche.

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      Probably though an intermediate. So he would have calls and someone on the outside who can tweet for him. He may even send letters or have access to prison monitored technology. Still more than he gave to the girls and women he trafficked.

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      Absolutely! People we hate deserve inhumane treatment because we’re moral and ethical and have the right reasons!!! We rule!!!

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        You are grossly underestimating the situation when you turn this into an issue of personal hate. We are talking about a person who is damaging the world at large by actively turning younger generation into mysoginist, toxic males, likely committing sex slave trafficking (wouldn’t be surprised if minors involved) and making tons of money out of both. When you turn this into an issue of “hate” then you are either pointing at the wrong target conciously (for whatever reason I can not say) or really haven’t thought this through at all.

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        No, we just like to see these people in the process of learning that being treated like shit is not fun. And that you should therefore not do the same to others.

        And yeah there’s a bit of schadenfreude in there feeling justice being served to an absolute vile shitty human being.

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          …learning that being treated like shit is not fun. And that you should therefore not do the same to others.

          I agree, which is why I don’t cheer when anybody does it. I hope you eventually learn that enjoying somebody’s suffering doesn’t actually resolve your personal anger issues, it just makes it easier and easier to enjoy other people’s suffering.

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            Not really, I am relatively old, have always been like this and the set of people whose suffering would make me happy is small (basically people who fuck up the world at large for personal gain). I haven’t turned into some grumpy mean old guy who fantasizes about making a person who annoys me suffer, or even those who are locally a menace to people around them. Anger issues? Again maybe only against a very small set of people. I don’t think there is anyone around me that would categorize me as particularly angry.

            I think the words you are looking might be frustration (at being able to do almost nothing when some people really fuck the world up) and losing hope (that there are just some people who don’t have a single ounce of conscience in them).

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            No no, I would much rather Andrew Tate not be punished for his crimes. That would mean we lived in a world where he wasn’t allowed to (or simply didn’t) put his victims in worse conditions where they were raped, beaten, and forced to make porn.

            We do not live in that world. Furthermore, there are young men who idolize this man. They need to be taught that actions have consequences and that they should not replace him. His suffering will send that message well.

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            It’s not so much “enjoyment”. I get no pleasure from the hurt being inflicted upon people. I DO get enjoyment from seeing justice served. And yes, there is a difference, I love that he feels a little of what his victims have been feeling for much longer and much deeper. Without being heard or seen.

            And he is still being heard and seen, which means: to me; he is not hurting enough for justice to have been served.

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        Does it help that I’m only happy he’s suffering because he made his victims live in worse conditions?

        The conditions in our prisons are deplorable, but every so often, they end up being an ironic punishment.

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        Morality is not being soft on people who need help and also being soft on people who need punishment or retribution.

        Your virtue is in being soft with the good people and also being equally harsh with the bad ones.

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        The bright side of this is while he’s in the worst cell, he’s occupying that spot, no one else is.

        Changing jail conditons for everyone will take time.

        Meanwhile, probably better him than anyone else in that prison.

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    The irony is, despite all his bitching, they’re protecting him. He’d be thrown around like a dog’s toy if he was in GP. Prison really is not the place for a pretend tough guy.

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    I don’t like him. But prisons should be a place to put people with some dignity. The punishment is taking away their freedom.

    You.want.to.rehabilite.people.back.into.society. Not possible with all, but most can. People make mistakes and learn from them.

    Andrew tate can fuck off and get lifelong though.

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      I wouldn’t automatically believe him either. I have no idea what prisoners in the US can really expect but at the minimum prisons are required to maintain livable conditions, so that means reasonable temperature, and access to proper sanitation, although not necessarily in the cell itself.

      I can totally believe the cell doesn’t have access to hot water, due to the obvious safety risk of giving problem prisoners access to hot water, but if that’s the case he will absolutely have access to public showers, and being the amazing alpha male that he is, I’m sure he has no problem at all with using communal facilities.

      He’s just trying to get some sympathy because he knows that if he ends up getting deported, he’s screwed.

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      Given how much he was lying about conditions previously, nobody should be feeling elated yet. But on the bright side, by taking the stand in his extradition bail hearing he hurt his chances in any future trials, especially any he testifies in.

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    I imagine a parallel universe where he lives in a trailer and is methed out of his mind trying to convince others on the internet he’s wealthy and powerful and successful because his Lowe’s bucket is superior to the Home Depot bucket his neighbor has. He has designer clothes he stole from goodwill. Men respect him (he’s their dealer and doesn’t charge) and women fear him (he doesn’t bathe and only speaks at one ungodly high volume). For his next video he’ll be camping on a park bench due to the restraining order from his exotic dog, a breed called “stray”.

    An alpha male.