Andrew Tate says it’s ‘dangerous to be white,’ likens far-right riots to Palestinians
Within the past weeks, Andrew Tate stated that ‘it is dangerous to be white now’ and also equated British right-wing riots to the situation of the Palestinians. He made this statement at the time of hate crime sprees, including racism and Islamaphobia in the country incited by fake news on social media, mainly after a stabbing incident in Southport in which three children died.
In this regard, hackers were not slow to provide a new picture online, claiming that the attacker was a Muslim and an illegal immigrant. Some of the popular accounts on X (ex-Twitter), like anti-Islam activist and former leader of the English Defence League Tommy Robinson and ex-GB News presenter Laurence Fox, participated in proliferating these claims. It was mind-blowing, but one of the main sources of this disinformation was a British-American influencer and a new Muslim, Andrew Tate.
Tate, who is on record for making remarks about women and stating he has made his money from webcamming, also became a Muslim, ceasing this year around late October. Nevertheless, he poses as a repentant racist but is still quite vocal with his anti-immigrant sentiment and supports a man like Nigel Farage, who was accused of Islamophobia.
After the attack in Southport, Tate posted the video on X and accused the attacker of being an illegal migrant, which in two days received 15 million views. While the suspect was claimed to be a 17-year-old from Cardiff with Rwandan parents, according to the BBC, Tate continued to give accounts that were completely unrelated to what happened, going around with his conspiracy theory that is associated with ‘The Matrix’ –his term for the powerful political forces he believes are manipulating reality.
Tate’s misinformation and other similar claims sparked far-right riots, which, in turn, have led to masked men attacking mosques and assaulting Asian people. Tate further provoked the conflict by posting provocative images and statements that included a caption that said, ‘It is dangerous to be white’ and Claiming that the British government hates white people.
Tate was fiercely accused of telling an out-right lie when she compared the temper of far-right mobs to that of the Palestinians in Gaza, suggesting that the two vicious groups were unleashing their fury on what they considered as oppression. Such a comparison elicited a lot of anger among the Muslims and all other subgroups of people.
Interestingly, despite his hate speech over the weekend, Tate urged Muslims, before starting bossing the native English, to feel for them and focus their anger on the government instead. However, he declines to repudiate violence by the fascist groups, preferring to speak against violence from ‘both sides. ’
These occurrences of violence meant that groups of Muslims had to come together to effectively guard mosques against violent actions being conducted by far-right mobs. In Birmingham, a hearsay regarding an ultra-right rally directive caused hundreds of Muslims to mobilize around a mosque. Some started and ransacked a pub close to the area but later had to apologize to the affected party formally.
Tate was severely responded to by many Muslims on social media, not because of his opposition to uncontrolled immigration but because of his acts of tirade against Muslims and promoting hate crimes against them. To solidify his stand, he asked if Dubai facilitates free immigration, pointing out that the emirate does not.
Recently, Tate claimed that he had never been called racist slurs all his life because of his brown skin; on Tuesday, he posted in bad faith, asking if society could resume making racist jokes. Tensions do not decrease, and police in Britain anticipate more violence, with far-right groups allegedly plotting attacks on immigration centers and legal practices.
