"If I'd Just Done Good Things, I Would've Never Blown Up on the Internet"

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of social media on young boys through the lens of a controversial influencer's actions and choices.

This quote comes from red pill influencer, Harrison Sullivan, in Louis Theroux’s latest documentary, Inside the Manosphere . Theroux was prodding Sullivan about the influence he wields over young boys. As an audience, we’d just witnessed Sullivan and his crew catfish and then physically assault a gay man who thought Sullivan had asked him on a date. In the aftermath of this unprovoked attack, Sullivan seems momentarily shaken. He’d been live with his viewers, who’d been encouraging the group towards violence, but Sullivan seems shocked at what actually transpired. Wary of further legal troubles (he had already fled a warrant in the UK for reckless driving and fleeing the scene of accident) he quickly deletes the video. The quote struck me as a rare moment of honesty. Harrison is admitting that he sees how social media works and has decided to ride that train to money and fame at the cost of his integrity. If the choice was between being a good person and being a successful influencer, he chose the latter. Heretic Hereafter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The manosphere has been a concern and…

People in this episode

Host: Katharine Strange

Topics covered

• social media influence
• manosphere
• feminism
• integrity
• violence
• youth culture

Keywords

• Harrison Sullivan
• Louis Theroux
• manosphere
• social media
• influencer culture
• feminism
• youth influence

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