Who knows if he is a piece of work or not? I see it all from a slightly different perspective. How do you get airtime in a world where most businesses and individuals seem to want free exposure/publicity on social media? One way is to rub people up the wrong way and make controversal claims. It is far more interesting than being politically correct. In fact, many make their money from being contrary. By 'standing up to the hegemony of social rules and conventions'. It is certainly a tactic, and I don't have a problem with that per se as we wouldn't want everyone to tow one politically correct line. Conventions should always be questioned even if ultimately incorrect. As for Tate he is just making money. He converts exposure into subscriptions and makes millions a month from it. He might be a lovely guy or an evil rapist, we wouldn't know. My guess is he setup web studios, took women across borders (trafficking) to work in these places, and ran these studios in a business-like way (possibly organised crime in Romania if provable), and will contest a rape charge. If there is consent in all of these actions, and it may be hard to prove otherwise, then he'll walk free. But the authorities are probably similar to you - they also dislike him, so they could find an angle to bring him down. It's a social media saga and one he'll probably embrace to make even more money. It just feeds a narrative and generates more content.
