Andrew Tate is a toxic monster who revels in disrespecting women and it disturbs me that ANYONE still supports him, says Stephen Dixon

A man accused of human trafficking in Romania, a man who has been accused of rape in the UK but a man who protests his innocence.

Scrolling through his timeline is fascinating. Some of it seems pretty innocuous. “You don’t resist because they’ve made you believe their world is all you deserve.

“You don’t believe in yourself anymore”

Can’t really argue against that. It’s not offensive. It doesn’t make a lot of sense but everyone can post something. But then we get on to a theme about men.

I don’t think there should be anything controversial about being proud to be a man. I tend to think men have been weaponised of late. We’re all seen as a potential threat. Masculinity is often called toxic. It seems like we can’t do right for doing wrong.

But that doesn’t mean men are ALWAYS right. Of course not. That in itself is totally crazy.

Batting for men shouldn’t mean though deriding women. In a post about an argument his parents had about a haircut (of all things) Mr Tate says “My mother’s intentions were pure. But she’s a FEMALE”.

Now I struggle with this. There’s no way of seeing this other than saying that a female perspective is, by its very nature, less important than a male perspective.

It’s not an outrageously offensive tweet in its own right, but it is indicative of a theme in his writings.

Men are strong, powerful and important, women less so.

“Your wife loves you. Your children love you ... But your brothers love the most... “

All of these missives get thousands of likes. He is hitting a nerve with lots of people. He knows how to play the game too... Often retweeting the women who support his views.

I can’t help but feel this is toxic. Whatever the outcomes of legal cases which may or may not be brought, it’s an unhealthy approach to society.

There’s an argument of course that some of this attitude is brought about by the “toxic masculinity “ approach that pervades society. When what are pretty polarising views are just accepted by the mainstream, the idea that women are all under threat, that “safe spaces” are a necessity to protect from men, then the opposite view will emerge.

That is though no excuse for stooping to the same level. And it’s not just women that are less than men in Andrew Tate's world.

“Truly imagine what this person even looks like. His physical composition. His soft hands and skinny legs. Imagine how he would react to trials and tests. How small a tribulation would birth a breakdown. Formulate the person in your mind.”

Anyone who isn’t ‘man’ enough is weak, pathetic, to be pitied.

So, as I finish scrolling through his messages, am I still surprised Twitter hasn’t banned Andrew Tate? No, not at all. It’s full of odd and slightly disturbing rants from someone who appears to think of himself as a prophet for mankind.

What really disturbs me is the support he appears to have, with every ‘like’ fuelling his belief that he’s in the right.