Meet Eric Kareem Coleman, a 43-year-old self-proclaimed "Revolutionary GOATist" from Philadelphia who has spent the past four years embedding himself in leftist spaces online, particularly those advocating for black, brown, and LGBTQ+ liberation. While this is supposedly his legal name, Lenins & Things will be referring to him as Eric Karen Coleman throughout the site. Under the guise of activism, Eric has spread anti-Semitic rhetoric, fostered infighting, and manipulated his followers, including young women, femmes, and even minors. While his group originated in 2021 as "BlackBlocPolitics" and is still often referred to as such, his 2024 rebranding as the “Cult of GOAT” highlights a disturbing self-awareness of his exploitative behavior.
Eric's personal life reflects the same power imbalances he exploits online. Living with a partner named Moon (10 years his junior), he also has a local partner, Felicia, who is 15 years younger. While he claims to be polyamorous, he frequently cheats on both of his partners and began his relationship with Felicia in this manner. Eric doesn't seem to practice polyamorous living as much as he exploits it. Over the past four years, he has had romantic encounters with individuals as young as 17, all of whom he targets and grooms online through social media or online games. Most of these relationships were not made public, and often were not done with the consent of either of his other partners. These relationships, combined with his predatory online behavior, demonstrate a pattern of targeting younger and more vulnerable people.
On social media, Eric insists he does not lead or control people, though demands unwavering loyalty from his followers. He expects followers to like, repost, and comment on all his videos, publicly shaming those who don't when it's either convenient for him to do so or when it's brought to his attention that a follower has not been giving him the attention he demands. If he has seen that someone viewed a video of his without interacting, he will make a video publicly calling out the person's "suspicious" engagement. When criticized, Eric claims to be the victim of widespread trolling, though countless evidence suggests he fabricates these scenarios. Conveniently, his so-called trolls often target others who question him, giving Eric an opening to insert himself as a victim while justifying dropping private information about his critics on the behavior of these unrelated trolls. When he's targeting someone to court or sway their opinion of him, these troll accounts will target these individuals in a way that lets Eric save the day with sympathy and advice in an attempt to paint himself as a hero or safe person.
Eric's manipulation tactics include love-bombing, gaslighting, triangulation, and isolation, creating an environment of dependency and control. He instills fear and paranoia privately with his followers in order to psychologically break them down, making them more vulnerable to his manipulation and easier to create artificial bonds with. This affords him the ability to use content or ideas created by other people that he is able to pass off as his own, as the people are often either unaware he's stealing their content or see it as a sign of respect that of all the content he could be using, he's using theirs. His actions not only harm individuals in his cult but harm others outside the group -- both directly and through splash damage. One of the most common tactics he's deployed is creating an endless victim cycle, where he is consistently under attack by some person or group of people and expects his followers to defend him publicly and relentlessly against these attacks. This has led to targeted campaigns he orchestrates that have weakened leftist communities online by sowing division and mistrust. Communities must remain vigilant and call out his toxic behavior to protect those at risk.
This site will help surface information that Eric has tried desperately to bury over the years, including personal testimonials, videos, screenshots, and audio recordings. Eric has spent years censoring accusations of abuse by mass reporting, deleting videos or accounts, or relying on the non-linear way TikTok data is represented to paint narratives. That ends when old evidence is shown in full context. If you visit this site and choose to engage with this individual, please do so at your own risk.
This site is a work in progress -- please check back soon for more detailed information and examples of Eric's behavior.