Andrew Tate

When I wrote "I guess is to do anything we can as a society to alleviate the pressures of modern day life on parents. So that they have more time and resources to put into actually parenting." that is partly what I was saying yes. You're saying the same thing a different way.

I mentioned that I work with some local kids and teach them a "Jedi Curriculum". I did this because the kids were becoming irredeemable in the area. As part of this I of course visited the parents. I did not want to be some weird old guy who was training their kids in all kinds of things without at least meeting them.

One set of parents were approaching evil. They literally did not care about their son and could not understand why I did. It was a bit like the scene in the book/movie "Matilda" when the teacher Miss Honey visits the Wormwoods. Only worse. You could not imagine worse parents.

The others though were lovely and they were quite upset and opened up to me about their parenting. They just did not have the time. Every day they said "Today we will do better" and every day they would fall home from work with barely the energy to get food on the table. They were somewhat aware they were losing their kids to the dark side. Maybe not quite aware enough. But they were as lost as the kids were to be fair to them. And they have been so grateful and supportive of what I have been doing with the boys.

So yes I would love to get parents to be better role models. But I wish it was as easy to do as to say. Some parents genuinely want to do better. But it is all they can do to keep the current situation together such as it is.

I hope I am a good model for my kids. I have done so much with them. From martial arts to weapons handling to farming to hunting to electrics and wiring to so many many other things. They are more capable at their current ages (none of them teens yet, my oldest is a girl of 12.5) than some grown men. I think I am doing alright! There is certainly no hole in their lives the likes of Tate can fill. They do like Jokko Willink a lot though and his childrens books and listen to Jokkos podcast for kids.

Never "groomed" anyone in my life no. The relationship I am in started simultaneously too. It was not a case of two people involving a third. We all met at the same time. We all got to know each other at the same time. We all fell in love at the same time. And we all realized our life paths into the future were ones we wanted to share at the same time.

Unfortunately Jedi Mind tricks and the force do not exist. So no we do not tend to be teaching those. But actually what we do teach is things that look a little like it. Like Close up Magic and mentalism magic and similar. There is a well known "magic" trick for example that's fun to do where you have people stand around a table and lightly place their fingers on it. And suddenly the table "magically" moves around the room. It works on principles similar to the ouija board. I also taught them - and a couple of them did it on stage in front of actual audiences which was a proud moment - the "Oracle" show. This is the same one Derren Brown does at his Ted Talk Appearance.

So what we basically did was look at all the things Jedi can do and either teach those things (when they were real) or things as close as we possibly can when the things are not real. We concentrate a lot on combat (Martial Arts, Sword play, etc) and the Jedi skills of ambassador to other cultures (the boys can now say hello and have a very cursory conversation about themselves in 6 languages and know a lot about those cultures and their norms) and so on. Clearly Jedi and Jedi abilities are science fiction. But you can make an interesting and stimulating curriculum if you use them as a basis to work off.

What it ultimately did however was gave a group of kids who were just lost, some direction and meaning and stimulation and guidance in their lives. And the effect was quite profound and one of the things I am certainly most proud of in my life.

Unfortunately I find the people who decry them the most are the ones who have listened to little or nothing they have said. Or rely on little snippets taken out of context with the express intent of making them look more awful than they are.

You can usually spot them quickly. The types for example who spout the media line that Rogan got covid and then just took "Horse Dewormer" to try and cure it. The moment you hear them parrot that line you know you are talking to someone who just swallows and regurgitates whatever they are told from their very dumb and very biased sources. And they know very little about a) what actually happened nor b) what this "horse dewormer" actually was.

Alas however I realize the irony in saying this - in that I am on a thread that is for the most part decrying Andrew Tate - while the majority of us on the thread, myself maybe more than most, know almost nothing about Tate, except little snippets quoted or snipped. So it strikes me that if I am going to continue to post on and off in this thread I should put my own standards front and fore and suck it up and actually delve into some of his content for awhile.

It's certainly bizarre to hear Rogan called a "subtle racist" though. I'd be genuinely curious to see what content leads people to that conclusion. I was only just listening to his episode released this week - the latest in a series - promoting the innocent project. How anyone can watch such an episode, hearing all Rogan says on it, including how chocked up with emotion he got over it - and thing the word "racist" even remotely applies to him is a genuine mystery to me. He has many faults. Many. Racism is not one.

hadnt seen this before. I think his point about escaping the matrix isn't about materialism, its about not being some slave to your employer, the banks etc...

A.T.

Yeah this is it. I'm not sure how I could help any of these characters. I just focus on my own gosson and hope mine and my Mrs'. influence is enough to give him confidence and keep him steady.

Curry recipes.

In fairness if you believe that cancel culture is not real then no evidence will convince you as you are choosing to ignore what your eyes see. Philip Scholfield is being cancelled due to information that was public knowledge a couple of years ago but now the mob have turned on him. It is quite common for the left wing mob to turn on their own even on someone like Scholfield who was deemed a hero when the exact same story first broke.

There you go, I never defended Scholfield. Keep lying to yourself.