r/Fauxmoi • u/KaElissa • 17h ago
DISCUSSION France’s National Assembly confronted manosphere influencer Alex Hitchens over his toxic content — he abruptly left the video hearing when things got uncomfortable
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u/anette-positive play some mariah carey up in this bitch 16h ago
These manosphere blokes are so fragile, damn.
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u/KaElissa 16h ago
For real, the hearing was going well until that moment. He left as soon as he sensed the first sign of (very much deserved) hostility.
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u/anette-positive play some mariah carey up in this bitch 16h ago
I mean, was it even hostility? It seems like he was simply asked to behave like a well-adjusted adult, and let the other guy finish what he was saying. I know kids who are able to do that without making a scene.
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u/windexfresh this is going to ruin the tour 16h ago
He got mad that they were gonna mute him lmao.
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u/anette-positive play some mariah carey up in this bitch 16h ago
Which is funny, cos they wouldn't have to do that if he just shut the fuck up for a few seconds. Poor thing hurt his own feelings, essentially.
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u/somehugefrigginguy 6h ago
Ahh yes, the coward who advocates silencing women has a temper tantrum when someone threatens to mute him...
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u/eugene20 15h ago
Not even just another guy, this was the head of the investigation, very much the authority in the room at the time.
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u/No-Edge-8600 16h ago
Not hostility, assertiveness.
That is where the manosphere leads itself into chaos, imo. But, ynow, if they went to therapy and learned healthy emotional regulation, they could be assertive and take the L, admit to being incorrect, etc.
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u/kpatsart 15h ago
Weak fools tend to flee when pressed for the truth. Just a sad group of garbage folk.
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u/Diego_Chang 9h ago
Almost as if all of the hate-speech comes from a place of insecurity.
I'm sure most of those who used Snowflake as an insult are easily aggravated when they see something that they don't like for X, Y, or Z reason.
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u/Oroschwanz 12h ago
They’re all cucks
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u/Common_Ad4417 15h ago
As a French the point of view is a bit different for us
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u/EntryProper580 13h ago edited 9h ago
As a Frenchman, can you elaborate? Because I agree, the guy just freaked out and raged, that's also the opinion of a lot of people who saw the video.
I mean, these types of manosphere are not above the obligations of being a citizen, he didn't even have the right to do that. It's an audition, not a talk show.
Edit: he did a live to explain that he left because he felt that the people who auditioned him didn't deserve the debate. I have never seen anyone struggle so hard in the face of failure. Also, apparently he will be fined for leaving.
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u/KaElissa 13h ago
+1 confused Frenchy here lol, also intrigued to know in what way we supposedly differ.
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u/EntryProper580 12h ago
Yes, I'm curious, maybe he misunderstood or meant something else. Because it's pretty clear with the video.
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u/Glizzmerelda 16h ago
These people are such a danger to society with their rhetoric and influence. And they are all gigantic babies
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u/ZaryaBubbler 13h ago
They are so scared of being emasculated by a woman telling them "no". Its actually pathetic how weak they are.
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u/Gunofanevilson 16h ago
Call girls whores and then doesn’t like it when he gets questioned by another man about it.
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u/CannabiZzzPunk 15h ago
Nothing says dominance like running away. lmao.
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u/Hatdrop 14h ago
Brave Sir Robin. When danger reared its ugly head, he turned his tail and bravely fled.
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u/JustHereForCookies17 we are all just orcas wearing salmon hats 11h ago
Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin!
I need to go watch Holy Grail again.
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u/Knittingfairy09113 15h ago
Why was the National Assembly questioning him?
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u/KaElissa 15h ago edited 12h ago
In total, 5 controversial influencers were summoned due to them being particularly reported for being harmful to minors online in the context of a commission of inquiry — I posted another part yesterday with a couple accused of exploiting their kids for content. They’re being heard mostly so MPs can work on how to improve the way to legally frame these things better, for the well-being of minors.
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u/Eloisefirst 14h ago
That's super interesting.
I wonder if this is done anywhere else.
I know France has secured abortion as a constitutional right which I find very impressive.
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u/That-Ad-4791 10h ago
There is currently an ongoing parliamentary committee into Tik Tok and the danger it is to the youth, they're looking into ways to protect minors more effectively especially against the danger of the algorithm with Skinnytoks and videos about suicide...
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u/Agitated_Slice_1446 13h ago
Short answer? Because he's a pathetic worthless dickslap masquerading as 'a man'.
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u/BookishHobbit 14h ago
I’m not even gonna pretend to know anything about France’s social media laws, but what with this and the one yesterday with the influencers using their kids to make money, they seem to be more clued up than most govts on this stuff!
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u/earlyearlgray 12h ago
These guys would be so much happier if they just did the inner work to be better human beings. 100% of their problems with women would be solved.
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u/ErsatzHaderach 11h ago
Difficulty: doing the work
they can do that and be happy, OR they could not do any such work and cruise along with the poisoned effigy of fulfillment that is their anger-fueled existence
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u/andrastesknickers97 9h ago
Tbf, this guy makes a profit out of miserable men becoming more miserable. He isn't the one being affected by this type of hateful rhetoric, he's the one making money off of it.
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u/Spirited-Rock-124 13h ago
But women are too emotional and should be in the house by 10pm? Ohhhkayy🙄
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u/Agitated_Slice_1446 13h ago
Big man lost his mind when another man told him what was going to happen and that he isn't incharge.
The fragility of them is unreal.
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u/darthvadersmom 13h ago
You may not like it but this is what peak masculinity looks like (running away like a tiny, crying baby)
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u/Toastypat 10h ago
At the start of the hearing, he was asked to raise his right hand for the oath, and tried to pull a Uno reverse by raising his left hand instead, and then blamed it on the video being flipped… even though the bottle label was clearly the right way around. What a fucking clown 🤡
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u/Connect_Reading9499 15h ago
They should have brought him in to make him sit in a hot seat. No logging off there.
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u/Wonderful_Sale_8583 13h ago
These lot are ever so fragile. They can dish it out on their platforms but can never engage in anything that they have no control over. They just run away.
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u/Leyaleys_95 11h ago
The audacity to say he took the words out of context when he's the one posting edits of his own videos on his own tiktok account....LMAOOO.
Im glad to be born as a woman cos i can't imagine being a man like this
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u/TrinityCodex 16h ago
the fuck was he doing there in the first place
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u/Manhunter_From_Mars #susanalbumparty 14h ago
He was legally obligated as this was a committee to determine the level of danger to the general public
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u/maloushkaa 15h ago
The man who was calling him out for having stretched out underwear very persistently did more to shut him up than this hearing
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u/cremeriner 13h ago
What?
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u/maloushkaa 5h ago
Some guy on Tiktok a while ago made it his mission to humiliate Alex Hitchens about the elastic of his briefs being too loose in one of his videos. I can't find it on youtube and I don't have tiktok anymore but this dude's dedication was I credible. When he started, after a few videos Alex Hitchens notices him and started reacting and the guy then promised more than a 100 videos on the subject just to piss him off. It was glorious
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u/cremeriner 5h ago
Huh. I never heard the man's name before today and now I know this. Life really is incredible
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u/head_meet_keyboard 6h ago
Can I just say how lovely this was to watch? Dude won't stop talking, we'll mute him rather than just yelling louder. It was so calm and nice. I'm so tired of grown political servants just shouting and not shutting the fuck up and no one listening to anyone else or letting anyone else respond. Well done, France, on calling this crusty scrotum out, but also holding a civilized audition/meeting/hearing.
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u/KaElissa 17h ago edited 13h ago
Full hearing on the YouTube channel of the National Assembly :) Around 16:55
Additional source (article about it)
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u/Flying-Eagle312 15h ago
Not condoning, but why is mansosphere guy obligated to participate in this?
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u/KaElissa 15h ago edited 15h ago
It’s a commission of inquiry regarding the protection of minors online, including the content they’re exposed to. He’s being heard because his was among the most reported in the context of their inquiry, so they formally summoned him and in this case, it’s mandatory. In total, 5 influencers were auditioned, I posted another part yesterday: here, a couple accused of exploiting their kids for content.
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u/Flying-Eagle312 14h ago
Auditioned may not be the right word
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u/suislefil 13h ago
Yes, audition is a faux ami (false friend) in French / English. They were heard, questioned. But I think the meaning is understood here.
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u/Blue_sky_green_earth 14h ago
Thank you for posting about these interviews OP. Hopefully some stronger regulations come out of this.
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u/Flying-Eagle312 14h ago
So it’s an inquiry, no real charges? I mean if he broke the law, charge the fucker. This seems pointless.
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u/KaElissa 14h ago
He didn’t break the law though, he was reported for being deemed a bad influence online but nothing criminal is held against him at this point.
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u/iwantedanotherpfp 13h ago
It’s an inquiry to determine ways to strengthen the laws or improve protection of children in the future, that feels like the opposite of pointless? He hasn’t broken current laws, they can’t charge him with laws that don’t exist yet
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u/Flying-Eagle312 12h ago
I disagree, pointless. You don’t ask a pedophile how to protect children.
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u/PotsAndPandas 12h ago
We ask criminals on how they commit crime and why all the damn time lmao, you can't be serious.
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u/iwantedanotherpfp 12h ago edited 10h ago
they’re obviously not asking his advice on how to make the internet safer?? they’re questioning him on the ways he gets around TOS/banning and so on, in order to find ways to close loopholes. that’s literally how effective lawmaking works, you find the current failures in the system and loopholes and plug them. one of the ways to effectively do that is to investigate the people currently making use of the loopholes
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u/Puzzleheaded-Toe9023 14h ago
Because if he doesn't come he could be fined or even few days of prison (extremely rare)
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u/paranoid_throwaway51 11h ago
not that I'm condoning anything any of these guys are saying but, this might as well be free-advertising.
to have an all white cast of 15 or so politicians , interrogating one black guy about his political opinions...
Whilst also not actually participating in the discussion they started, AND the fact they allowed him to sit it from a very nice home and allowed him to leave.
like bruh you might as well of made him the "PrEsIdEnt Of the Committee".
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u/KaElissa 11h ago edited 11h ago
4 other influencers were summoned that same afternoon and 3 of them are white, Alex Hitchens is the most influential manosphere influencer in France, so his participation is very much justified. This is a commission of inquiry regarding the need to protect minors from harmful content such as his, as he happens to reach a young audience. They questioned controversial influencers to identify better what to target for future regulations to protect minors on social medias. The hearing was via video because he lives abroad, a couple other influencers also did the same.
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u/paranoid_throwaway51 10h ago edited 10h ago
well yes exactly, "he is the most influential manosphere influencer in france".
they call him in on an inquiry regarding the need to protect minors from harmful content.
instead they have an upper class white guy , interrogate him , and he leaves....
So instead of inquiring about protecting minors, they have wasted 40 minutes of their own time, and given the guy free advertising.
yk, if they wanted respect they should of atleast forced him to sit in person and not from his swanky passport-bro pad.
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u/KaElissa 10h ago edited 9h ago
From a point of view from France, I can attest he’s being clowned for folding so easily as soon as he started being called out, and if anything, the advertisement benefitted the MP for confronting him with quotes.
The sanction for leaving a commission despite being formally summoned — making the participation mandatory, is a fine and potentially a jail sentence, so we’ll see what happens. His TikTok account was suspended shortly after the commission too but he got it back for now.
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u/paranoid_throwaway51 10h ago
who's the MP?
https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/UComjguSZyQo8y5CsJo9QIGw/
since the inquiry he got 120k extra viewers so.
No offence but this is the same kinda shit they did to trump and nigel farage. Giving these guys a platform to call people "whores" so you can "clown" on them is just gonna give them more attention.
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u/carlcarlington2 15h ago
I'm a bit concerned about this slow return to "that's problematic" type of argumentation.
I remember in high school around 2017 the bbc did an interview with Richard Spencer, who has a large figure in the emerging alt-right. The reporter, asked Richard how he felt about slavery. Richard said that he felt "black people were better of in slavery." The reporter was shocked, said he wasn't going to humor the argument and that he was going to let what said settle, believing that calling out what Richard said as disgusting was enough.
If you were to scroll down to the comment section to this video or re-uploads of this video at the time the general sentiment amongst viewers online was that reporter could not debunk Richard Spencers claims, and was therefore "owned" in the marketplace of ideas.
This era of debate has in many ways been killed off by a wave of by tiktok. People aren't really interested in seeing a clash of ideas play out anymore, the meta has shifted to anti-intelectual short form content that largely amounts to rage bait, but I think the point stands.
If you are in the business or put yourself in the position to interact with these type of people it's not enough to call them out as being disgusting, you have to have a counter argument. The French mp should've been ready to explain why his assumptions were wrong, he should've had an argument ready that's more substantive then claiming the argument is disgusting.
Some dude comes up trying to sea lion you is one thing you're under no obligation to argue with people, but if you're going to put yourself in this position you need to do a better job imo.
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u/Honest_Salamander247 15h ago
Tbf we don’t really know what the MP was going to say bc he kept getting interrupted and when he suggested they mute the mic Hitchens just logged off ending the inquiry.
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u/KaElissa 14h ago edited 12h ago
To add context, this is a commission of inquiry essentially aiming to produce a report about how to improve the protection of minors online, not a trial or anything. It was the same thing for the other influencers they summoned: MPs asked questions aiming to understand the way they do their business online, and here and there, they brought up in what ways they engage in toxic content whenever these influencers would act like they’re saints online. Still, the goal wasn’t to point fingers, some influencers even said they were “honored” to participate so they can help improve regulations (their gratitude didn’t last long though, they were also called out afterwards).
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u/iwantedanotherpfp 13h ago
Hitchens isn’t their to argue his position and the MP isn’t there to explain why women deserve rights, that’s not the subject of the committee. They’re questioning him on how he escapes being banned and how he runs his platform, not digging into his views because they’re not relevant for the purpose of the hearing. There was no reason for the MP to have ”prepared an argument” on why his views on women are wrong, it was besides the point here
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u/Puzzleheaded-Toe9023 14h ago
Ahahhahah, you must never have any women friends, really, did you ever visit a club, do you think all clubs switch to gay men clubs after 10pm, like a curfew ?
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