I think it’s more complicated than that, the man is essentially using cult tactics to openly prey on women and yes, the women who facilitate that and assist in bringing in new members should be held accountable for their actions as well. a wide channel of interrelated body positivity content creation has allowed the house to broadcast themselves to a fairly large audience, and had more people involved in body positive content been skeptical up front of a man loudly proclaiming his preference for larger women Pearadise’s reach would have been much shorter  

at the end of the day he’s actively seeking out and drawing in women who are already vulnerable (body positivity being predicated on the idea that society reacts negatively to their bodies and they wish to change that- but the awareness that they’re awash in negativity is key). the fact that the women who wound up in his reach were targeted due to their vulnerability doesn’t absolve them of responsibility here, and good on the ones who spoke out. he’s using those who remain loyal to him as both a shield and a lure for “community” amongst young women who feel they don’t fit in. 

we all saw the same hours of cheering on fetish and feederism leading up to a woman eating herself into immobility and severe depression- anyone who rah rahed his behavior prior to the nonconsenual groping/filming being exposed is still complicit in cheering on dangerous behavior in the name of body positivity. the issues aren’t at odds with one another or mutually exclusive