So some MRAs are rallying around Herman Cain – not in spite of the sexual harassment allegations against him, but because of them.
On The Spearhead, W. R. Price notes that Cain has gotten a flood of new donations since the scandal broke. His conclusion:
The support for the conservative candidate suggests that the decades-old trend of male helplessness in the face of female accusations may be coming to an end.
Other Spearheaders are a bit more blunt:
It is refreshing to see a man (politician or otherwise) in the spotlight stand up and defend himself against a P.C. hatchet-job such as “sexual harrassment” when so many before him did the whiney-baby kiss-up “I was wrong” pandering while bowing before the golden hoochie.
Meanwhile, white and nerdy on Omega Virgin Revolt (yes, that’s a real blog) has actually put his money where his mouth is, sending along a donation to Cain.
I usually don’t bother with voting. Everyone running for most offices is either a liberal feminist or a conservative feminist. To me that is no difference. However, if Herman Cain is still in the running by the time my state’s primary happens (and if he is the Republican nominee) I will vote for him.
Herman Cain is now dealing with at least three women who are claiming that he sexually harassed them. Public figures who were accused of sexual harassment in the past didn’t take on their accusers directly, but Herman Cain did. He pointed out how what is happening to him is a false accusation. As a result of this Cain has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations in the last few days. One of those donations was my donation.
This may not seem like much, but this small act as made Cain more anti-feminist than all of the other candidates for president.
Notice that in white and nerdy’s version of the controversy, Cain has “pointed out” that he’s being falsely accused. Actually, what Cain has done is to deny that he harassed anyone. At this point, we don’t actually know enough to judge definitively whether the allegations are true — though the fact that the National Restaurant Association paid out tens of thousands of dollars to settle the cases makes me a bit skeptical of Cain’s denials. But apparently, in W&N’s brain, there’s not even a chance he’s guilty of anything other than standing up to the dirty feminazis.
One of the commenters on Omega Virgin Revolt is even more enthusiastic about Cain than the blogger himself. Jack writes:
If Cain becomes president, we might actually see an end to the incessant pandering to women by the mindless political class. It’s about time that a politician stood up and declared that women have responsibilities in life and are not entitled to a free ride. Cain might actually do that.
Over on Reddit, meanwhile, OffensiveBrute doesn’t defend Cain so much as he defends not giving a shit about sexual harassment:
I say even if Cain is guilty, who the hell cares? Sexual harassment is illegal, but not immoral. well not the kind that Cain is accused of anyway.
Skooma714 offers a similar take:
He didn’t even touch them. They probably hear shit like that on the DC Metro everyday.
They probably are over it. They want to get some paper and attention.
And, yes, both of these comments garnered some upvotes.
Of course, not every MRA out there is rallying around Cain. On Reddit, there are plenty of MRAs who are suspending judgment on the allegations, or who dislike Cain because he’s, you know, a right wing asshole. Over on The Spearhead, the only ones who seem to have an issue with Cain are those who, well, let’s just say that they probably also think burning crosses make great lawn decorations:
Black men are notorious for their sexual escapades, their testosterone being greater than that of White Men – as is their level of rape accusation. He may be innocent but he may just as well be guilty of a real indescretion.
I am happy to report that this comment got a lot of downvotes there; not every Spearheader is a raving Stormfronter. Of course, it says something about the general political and social backwardness of the site that those Spearheaders who are defending Cain from the crudest Klan-tastic racist attacks are doing so basically because they think he’s a credit to his race:
If the Blacks in America were like Herman Cain, this country would be measurably better for it and most of us would be hating on someone else.
But don’t worry: On The Spearhead they can still all agree on one central point – that women are evil, lying whores. As Keyster put it, in one of the most-highly upvoted comments in the thread:
What this indicates is that people are fed up with political correctness and the feminist/sexual grievance industry. …
In the new Femocracy you can’t date them, you can’t marry them and you can’t even work among them, without risking untold trouble for life. Is it any wonder men are distancing themselves from women, if not abandoning them altogether? How’s a man to know whether she has a “false accusation bomb” strapped to her waist or not? If you’re a man among women stay alert, you’re outside the Green Zone.
Will MRAs end up rallying around Cain in the way they rallied around Julian Assange and Dominique Strauss-Kahn? Or will something – his political views, his race? – prevent them from jumping on the Cain train? I guess we’ll just have to see.
Hear that, everybody? Brandon takes issue with how we represent ourselves! Better change the entire movement just to make him happy.
Oh I misread the 74 million US was globally.
Anyone else feel like jumping into a pool while shouting “I am the Golden Hoochie!” á la Almost Famous? Although perhaps not from the same height…
I’m glad Movember came up. Hey, I’m donating to a men’s charity* and I have a current income of zero! But I suppose my measly 10 or 20 bucks will be outstripped my some man’s $20 billion dollar contribution to the International Whiny Entitled Bitches fund, or something.
*Not that everyone with testicles is a man, but I doubt NWO would agree.
Oh my lord, Maggie was right about something.
@Laura: I don’t care how you represent yourselves. In the end, I am not going to suffer from feminism’s bad image.
How nice for you, Brandon. Everyone is very impressed and envious, I’m sure.
Brandon, what if male feminists were to tell you that they don’t hate men, would you believe them?
(I know MRAs sometimes tell they don’t hate women either, but if they proceed by speaking about sluts, sex/kitchen-slaves or enforcing gender roles, they’re probably lying)
Brandon, prove to me you don’t hate men.
And don’t just say “I don’t hate men,” because I know what a liar you are. You’re a man-hating liar.
…See how this shit is impossible?
“How nice for you, Brandon. Everyone is very impressed and envious, I’m sure.”
Are we now responding to Maggie and Brandon in the exact same way? “That’s nice, dear…” 😛
I love the idea that any feminists are “suffering” from feminism’s “bad image.” In fact, being a feminist is a benefit especially because Brandon will screen you for feminism and then won’t date you or be your friend.
Somehow, that just seems like a win-win.
Odd Mags, I make over $100K and *I* do not feel poor. I feel blessed actually that I can help those who make less then I do.
Male feminists are basically “Nice Guys”. They pretty much put women on a pedestal and support and advocate for policies that are anti-male. They view women as more important than men and sometimes even more important then themselves.
@Nobinayamu: I never said I wouldn’t fuck feminists. I just don’t date them.
And here I thought “Nice Guys” meant MRAs trying to cover up their vile views toward women when they whine about how they can’t get dates.
The person who wants to videotape sex acts without the consent of his partners… doesn’t want to suffer as a result of our horrid image. Oookay, pal, well I’m sure your potential contributions will be sorely missed.
Funny how Nobinayamu didn’t mention fucking in his post.
I can’t imagine any feminist wanting to fuck Brandon. Of course, I’m sure he’s about to come and tell us about his very many conquests of these man-haters.
No, “nice guys” are dudes who think that not actively being assholes should guarantee them pussy. Some male feminists are nice and some aren’t but none of the ones I’ve known were “nice guys”.
Brandon,
OK. What anti-male policies do I advocate for? Name three and be specific, please.
What I wrote:
God, you’re dumb. And by “you’re” I’m referring to you, specifically, Brandon. Not men in general. Lots of men, many men, a great many men, are smart.
@Nobinayamu: And you don’t see the connection between a bunch of male feminists kissing other feminists asses as them “trying to be nice to you while trying to get into your pants”
Fine…you don’t like “Nice Guys”…then how about “flunky”
I’m so glad Brandon is here to tell us about our man-hating image problems.
Brandon, go ahead–find where we’ve said we hate men. Keep in mind it’s just you and the ones who wants slaves we have no use for.
“And you don’t see the connection between a bunch of male feminists kissing other feminists asses as them ‘trying to be nice to you while trying to get into your pants’.”
Brandon, like many posters here, thinks we all have feminist orgies behind his back. He just wants in on the fun!
BTW, Brandon, it’s not ass-kissing to think that the other half of the population is human.
I know, this isn’t all about you, so you have no idea how to act.
Ray, don’t hold your breath. Brandon’s never been able to name specifically anti-male policies that feminists advocate for, regardless of gender. It’s just a belief he has; pulled directly from his ass. Feminism is fine when it encourages women to work for a living and use horomonal birth control because those things benefit Brandon directly.
Brandon isn’t really sure about what else feminism does but he’s fairly certain that it doesn’t benefit him and therefore must be about man-hating.
It starts to make sense if you remember that Brandon is the most important person in the world.
Brandon’s not invited to the orgy. We don’t want the whole thing on tape.