According to Daily Express - US News, Duke Gomez described being branded one of the biggest bullies on the internet, acknowledging that he can see how people perceive him based on his online persona. He sells clothing with offensive slogans, including 'bring back reasonable bullying', and believes bullying 'builds character' in victims, stating that if bullying were still common, society would return to normal. However, he clarified that he does not want to bully someone with special needs or someone who cannot fix what they cannot fix.
Gomez criticized the Louis Theroux documentary 'Inside the Manosphere', released as a Netflix feature in March, saying it thrust 'extreme' characters into the spotlight, which was 'unfair'. According to Daily Express - US News, Gomez described not having watched the full documentary but having seen enough clips to understand its angle. He believes the documentary leaned heavily into extreme personalities and was not a completely fair representation of everyone in that space. He noted that while some people in the manosphere say wild things for clicks, others discuss discipline, self-improvement, fitness, and making money, but that side does not get highlighted because it is less controversial.
I've been branded one of the biggest bullies on the internet. I can see how people see me in their eyes because of how I portray myself on the internet.
Gomez, who is from Florida and was teased at school, says he has been cancelled multiple times and receives 'novels' from people expressing hatred. He frequently uses the phrase 'make men men again' and believes society is too woke now.
Do I think I'm the most perfect person? Absolutely not. There are some times when I cross a bit of a boundary but I get the point across. It's amazing how much people spend so much of their day and time writing novels to me about how much they don't like me when they could spend that time in a job.
I have a phrase that I always say, which is 'make men men again'. I just think there's not really any masculine men left nowadays.
Society is too woke now. From my experiences of being bullied, I think it builds character and it creates tough skin. I think if bullying was back then society would be back to normal.
I put 'reasonable' because you don't want to bully someone with special needs. You don't want to bully someone that can't fix what they can't fix.
I haven't watched the full manosphere documentary start to finish, but I've seen enough clips and breakdowns to understand the angle it took.
From what I can tell, it leaned pretty heavily into the more extreme personalities, but the problem with that is it can make the whole space look one-dimensional when it's not. I don't think it was a completely fair representation of everyone in that space.
There's definitely people in the manosphere who say wild stuff for clicks, but there's also guys just talking about discipline, self improvement, fitness, making money, and not being soft. That side doesn't get highlighted as much because it's not as controversial.