Recently Kloo2yoo, the founder and longtime moderator of Reddit’s Men’s Rights subreddit, stepped down. The remaining moderator, IgnatiusLoyola, has just announced his successor, a long-time commenter in the subreddit who calls himself AnnArchist. (Despite the female-sounding name, he’s a guy.)
This is an, er, interesting choice, as AnnArchist is a misogynist asshole who thinks that violence against women is hilarious. Indeed, he’s posted in the BeatingWomen subreddit, a thoroughly vile little forum devoted to posting pictures and videos of women being violently assaulted. He says he enjoys this particular subreddit because “I have a sense of humor so I can laugh at it.” Here’s one recent post of his, and another. I don’t know exactly what was in either video, since they’ve both been removed my YouTube, the first for violating the site’s rules against hate speech, the second for its “shocking and disgusting content.” If you look through the comments on these submissions, you may also note that the r/beatingwomen regulars, in addition to being misogynist assholes, are also racist as fuck.
“Welcome AnnArchist,” the_real_misogynist wrote in response to one of these postings, “with posts like that you’ll fit right in here.”
Needless to say, AnnArchist doesn’t find violence by women against men quite so risible.
AnnArchist has also advocated murder (many, many, many times), endorsed vigilantism against a specific young woman, and suggested that false rape accusers should be stoned and/or jailed with the word “liar” tattooed on their faces.
He refers to women as “whores” and “cum dumpsters.” He’s boasted about “persuading” girls to have sex with him after they’ve said “no.” (Meanwhile, he’s said that if he woke up next to a trans woman after being drunkenly “tricked” into sex he would violently assault her.)
Oh, and there’s this bit of wisdom:
If you hyphenate your child’s last name, well its just pathetic. It means the mother was an uncompromising shrew.
I’m sure there are many other vile comments in AnnArchist’s past; these are simply the ones I uncovered with a couple of Reddit searches and by going through his most controversial comments. Indeed, as he himself acknowledges, “there is no limit to the amount of screwed up shit that I’ve posted.”
So why exactly was he picked as a moderator? Is he truly the best that r/mensrights can offer?
Apparently a lot of the r/mensrights regulars think so; most of those who’ve commented so far have praised IgnatiusLoyola’s choice, and have dismissed the critics as “trolls.” (EDITED TO ADD: The tide seems to have turned; there are now more comments up critical of AnnArchist’s promotion to mod, and posts defending Iggy’s decision aee getting some downvotes.)
EDITED TO ADD: Just wanted to highlight one of his comments on the false accuser he was targeting:
I hope she was harassed. Fuck I hope her house was firebombed. Lets be clear, I really will applaud anyone who does anything to her, be it slash her tires or slash her throat.
Here’s the full quote in context. (EDIT: AnnArchist has edited this comment to remove the violent bits. Luckily, someone got a screenshot.)
And here is a comment of his on a specific female judge:
I hope someone kills her.
You really are the lowest trolls of the online debate.
Everything that’s said here is based on slander, misandrist tropes, false allegations, outright lies and demonstrable hypocrisy. .
Hengist: Class act, you are. You’re really not good at this, are you?
That wasn’t actually addressed to me, was it? It was more like a call for your buddies to pile on and agree “no, he really isn’t!” etc. For an oppressed class, you’re pretty good at playing the bully.
Nice, now anyone (e.g. me) who wants to address your arguments can be classed as a “bully, piling on”. For a big strong man you’re really good at playing the victim.
If you were abusive enough for long enough, yes, you might influence somebody’s feelings for women in general. Feminists are always making apologies for the more misandric amongst their number, saying it’s probably because they were abused, they have reason to hate men because they were hurt, etc etc. Why wouldn’t it work in reverse?
The question is… why should you be complaining about it one direction, and excusing it in the other?
The follow on is that you need to show that the person whom you are addressing (e.g. me, Rutee, etc.) is doing that. Tarring us with the brush of someone else’s actions is just as wrong as someone tarring you with other people’s actions.
That’s one of the places the MRA screws itself; it refuses to see women as individuals, while saying men are nothing but individuals.
You excuse an AnnArchist, make back-handed condemnations of non-specific people and then justify everyone else.
We are holding you, and Catalogue, and NWO, and Brandon to your actual words and positions.
p.s…. Ooh… the dreaded, “faux intellectual posturing charge. Not only am I an overeducated elitist, but I’m faking it. I am peireced to the very quick. I tremble, I die. My arguments are destroyed, because Hengist disapproves of my style.
Catalogue: Show me a feminist source that is not actively protecting abusers, linked to a site that is not actively protecting abusers or one feminist abuse info. outlet that is not pushing misinformation that protects abusers.. [the MRM double-stop/truncated ellipses, in the wild]
Define your terms. I recall this from the last go-around. You played seven-steps of Kevin Bacon and lied about the links on Ami’s blog.
But, I’ll give you the benefit of some doubt (i.e. that this time might be different).
Define “actively protecting”.
Define “abuse”
Define, “publishing misinformation”
Define, “linked to a site.”
I’ll wager that it’s a fool’s errand, because your definitions will equal anything which disagrees with the MRM party line.
No link from the “reasonable” one?
Everything on your own site is “is based on slander, misandrist tropes, false allegations, outright lies and demonstrable hypocrisy.”
You are a mendacious liar, as most MRAs are.
Just to be clear though, I have not seen the nonviolent, reasonable link that catalog insists he can provide.
Oh neither have I, and I doubt he can provide it. It was just that the discourse dropped in register noticeably.
Especially since I can think of a number of feminist sites that would never think of posting anything like that Jezebel article– Shakesville, to name one that isn’t on the sideroll. Sociological Images and Pam’s House Blend to name two that ARE.
That Stalin fellow was a horrid person, but he had some interesting ideas…
“You really are the lowest trolls of the online debate.
Everything that’s said here is based on slander, misandrist tropes, false allegations, outright lies and demonstrable hypocrisy.”
Good god man! Then demonstrate these things! Show how! What do you think I have been asking you to do since the beginning of your ignorant screed here? I’ve been asking you to back up your assertions, not make claims and refuse to justify them. PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS!
http://manboobz.com/2011/09/16/why-the-mens-rights-movement-needs-to-stop-making-excuses-for-violence/comment-page-2/#comment-60980
I’m sure you’ll claim this isn’t offering apologia because you’re saying someone ELSE said it. I’d buy that, in a vacuum, but then, for instance….
http://manboobz.com/2011/09/16/why-the-mens-rights-movement-needs-to-stop-making-excuses-for-violence/comment-page-3/#comment-61111
So no, Catalogue, you are full of shit. We can tell.
Of course, you also include misoygyny on your site, as well as misandry. I do not think all men are abusers, nor do I think abusers of any gender need protecting.
Peciul
No I am holding the users of this site to their positions.
Your position is wide spread misandry anfd abuse denial in feminism is ok and a statically irrelevant minority of quotes from the mens movement that validate your misandrist tropes are indicitive of the whole movement…
While ignoring the fact that feminism openly operates as an abusers lobby.
Your directly quoted position is in support of abusers. You include support of abusers in action items.
You have not shown feminist sites that support abusers.
You cannot link to a nonviolent MRA site.
Your pants remain on fire.
“Your position is wide spread misandry anfd abuse denial in feminism is ok and a statically irrelevant minority of quotes from the mens movement that validate your misandrist tropes are indicitive of the whole movement…”
Then show us the majority of quotes. VALIDATE!! Do I seriously need to keep repeating this to you? Are you that thick skulled?
Its easy to come here and destroy arguments, that’s why false allegations and lies are the first port of call for all the regulars..,, because you dont have supportable arguments and most of you are too arrogant to see it.
You act like you are some sort of elite position in the debate, when really you are among the worst of the contributors.
That Stalin fellow was a horrid person, but he had some interesting ideas…
Hey, when you’re fighting against counter-revolutionaries, sometimes a couple million Ukrainian peasants get killed! Their refusal to collectivize drove him to it!
Does he just have delusions of grandeur, or does he know he’s actually completely incorrect?
Robot, Clone, or Long Lost Twin: Taking all bets!
It is easy to dismiss catalog, all he does is assert that everyone else is lying, and then refuse to substantiate any of his assertions.
His pants are burnt beyond recognition at this point.
Reutee
That comment was not in relation to Palmer, you are taking me out of context. I specifically said Palmer was wrong.
My position is that injustice, discrimination and false allegations in the court system are going to lead to violence.
I agree with AVFM in the calls to not react violently.
Every argument here is based on telling lies about people.
Catalogue: I presume this is addressed to me Peciul
No I am holding the users of this site to their positions.
So, you can’t even be arsed to make it possible to answer your “challenge”.
Got it. You aren’t actually here for the debate, are you?
Every last argument here depends on attaching misandrist tropes and stereotypes while ignoring the fact that whatever charges are being made against the mens movement actually describe feminism better …. but thats ok because its different when women do it!
Ok, so where are these MRM calling for equal rights?
So demonstrate. So us where feminists say “No means yes, yes means anal.” Show us where feminists say that men who are raped were asking for it because they teased or dressed “slutty.” Show, don’t tell.
Oh for the love of little fluffy bunnies.
Forget feminism for a moment, Catalogue. Here’s the facts:
1. AnnArchist is frequently, enthusiastically, unabashedly a cheerleader for violence.
2. Violence is bad.
3. Naming AnnArchist a moderator is a vote of confidence from the MRA community.
4. The MRA community has put a vote of confidence in a person who endorses and laughs at violence.
5. This was a bad thing for the MRA community to do.
Do you have a particular one of THOSE points that you disagree with?
I have to say, that of the Piñatas we get, Catalogue didn’t have much candy. He’s a one-note symphony…”feminists lie, MRMs tell the truth… why do you insist on lying about that.”
NWO is more amusing.
Yeah, those comments were about Palmer. When we told you to actually read the OP you *then* went on to say “Oh, Palmer actually is bad, I didn’t bother reading it, I just assumed-” and then expected us to continue to take you seriously.
So yeah, you were protecting an abuser. Shit, son, your words are there; you were *CLEARLY* talking about the court shooting in that second quote. You said there would be more if we opposed reform, which justifies the shooter.
Issued out of one side of their mouth, while the other, well…
You know this is the internet, and we can read your words clearly, right?
“So, you can’t even be arsed to make it possible to answer your “challenge”
What challenge, prove the mens movement doesn’t conform to what the clowns here say it is?
No I wont be responding to that! Its an absurdity.
Here is a better challenge, formulate an honest argument against mens rights! Don tell lies and dont accuse the mens movement of being something that can easily be said about feminism.
The only one projecting here is you catalog.