i’m so glad the ‘my black friend’ defense is migrating over to misogynists. here i was worrying they were gonna run out of lame excuses.
Lauralot
12 years ago
Let’s hope none of Ashley’s girlfriends say “Hand me a napkin” to Brandon tonight, or he’ll hate that one forever for being so entitled and bossy.
Guys, don’t do that.
CassandraSays
12 years ago
In all seriousness, how pathetic is that? Feminists have hurt his feelings in some way, so he spends all his free time attempting to troll them. It doesn’t really work, and they mostly roll their eyes at him, but hey, it makes him feel better.
Caraz
12 years ago
I’m guessing it’s because feminists here are mean to Brandon therefore he thinks feminists are hostile to men.
But if Brandon went to any group that specializes in civil rights and equality for any minority group, whether based around sexuality, race, gender ect. they’d all have very few nice things to say about him.
Lauralot
12 years ago
If Brandon went to any other civil rights/equality group, he’d instantly become hostile to them as soon as he learned that he couldn’t be in charge.
wait, now that i think about it that was a combination ‘my black friend’/’gone clubbing’ for double cop out bonus points
CassandraSays
12 years ago
He should have said “gone clubbing with my black friend who works for the NAACP, and she thinks I’m awesome, OK?”.
Lauralot
12 years ago
No, no, he’s “gone clubbing with his lesbian black friend who is Jewish and who works for the NAACP, and she thinks he’s awesome and that we’re all a bunch of man-haters.”
CassandraSays
12 years ago
Plus she asked him to spank her. Ashley doesn’t mind, she just giggled.
Men's Rights Activist Lieutenant
12 years ago
I do empathize with Brandon’s hostility to feminism, it evokes a (probably unjustified) knee-jerk negative reaction in me too. I’m really not sure why- actually, it’s weird. I don’t have the same response to any other civil rights movement. Maybe it’s because I see women every day and most of them have better lives than I do- or at least, that’s how I perceive it, or used to perceive it, or whatever. I’m trying to be more open-minded.
My weird sore spot has led me on a goose chase, trolling this guy Derek Warwick, then trolling Feministing, then trolling Hugo, then trolling Manboobz. I sincerely hope this is where it ends.
Lauralot
12 years ago
Also she’s in a wheelchair. And she’s an immigrant with English as her second language. Any other groups I’m forgetting?
Men's Rights Activist Lieutenant
12 years ago
This stretches back like 3 years, by the way.
Lauralot
12 years ago
@MRAL: Brandon wasn’t hostile to feminism until he was told he didn’t get to dictate what feminists should do. So his issue isn’t as much about the feminist movement in and of itself as it is “how dare these people not bow down to me.”
Catherine
12 years ago
Whales! Save the whales from exploitative fishing!
Lauralot
12 years ago
Oh, yes, of course, she’s a vegan. And also she has severe food allergies and probably some sort of rare disease. And she’s on welfare.
CassandraSays
12 years ago
The thing is, MRAL, that doesn’t make any sense. You come here nearly every day and talk to feminists, mostly in a fairly positive way recently. Where’s the disconnect between feminism the movement and feminists the people?
CassandraSays
12 years ago
“And she’s on welfare.”
Don’t you think that would be a bridge too far for Brandon?
Lauralot
12 years ago
She’s an unemployed single mother.
Lauralot
12 years ago
Don’t you think that would be a bridge too far for Brandon?
That depends on what the discussion that he’s trying to make himself look good in is about, I think.
But you’re right, that one is a huge leap.
Wetherby
12 years ago
Fuck me, is this entire thread now about that narcissistic waste of space?
Since he didn’t even make the troll shortlist, isn’t this blatantly off-topic, and therefore ripe for a stern reprimand if not an outright banning?
I really don’t see how this is any different from that troll who kept steering everything towards a discussion of Islam before zie was told in no uncertain terms to stop.
Catherine
12 years ago
That was directed at Lauralot’s plaintive cry for what other demographic minorities have we left out of the Oppression Olympics. 🙂
I’m surprised to see Arks as the mercurial underdog in this three-cornered contest, but he has found a purple patch of good form late in the year, eclipsing some other notable efforts from trolls who didn’t last the distance.
I think David F has chosen the main contenders well — narcissistic monomaniacal derailing of threads and insisting on always being in the right and having the last word do not a worthy troll make, O Poster Who Shall Not Be Named. Guys, don’t do that.
Men's Rights Activist Lieutenant
12 years ago
Well, I’m not sure this is really a feminist space, it’s more a mocking fucking idiots space. Plus the people who post here are, for the most part, pretty super moderate. The founder of a men’s issues blog. Etc.
And anyway I’m not saying feminism is actually bad, just that it has and still sort of does evoke a really, really negative reaction. I’m just speculating on reasons.
My favorite thing about Zarat was how low-grade his technocratic utopia was. Most of the other MRAs are shooting for fully functional and programmable sexbots; his big plan is to replace women with dating sim games. Which already exist.
Still, when push came to shove, I had to vote for Meller. Much as I enjoy NWO and am honored to maintain his book, Meller really went for broke in the last couple of months with:
a) believing in auras
b) blaming female scientists for men’s failure to invent ESP and mind-melding with animals
c) everything, absolutely everything, about the doll collection.
(Sings)
Feelings, nothing more than feelings…
i’m so glad the ‘my black friend’ defense is migrating over to misogynists. here i was worrying they were gonna run out of lame excuses.
Let’s hope none of Ashley’s girlfriends say “Hand me a napkin” to Brandon tonight, or he’ll hate that one forever for being so entitled and bossy.
Guys, don’t do that.
In all seriousness, how pathetic is that? Feminists have hurt his feelings in some way, so he spends all his free time attempting to troll them. It doesn’t really work, and they mostly roll their eyes at him, but hey, it makes him feel better.
I’m guessing it’s because feminists here are mean to Brandon therefore he thinks feminists are hostile to men.
But if Brandon went to any group that specializes in civil rights and equality for any minority group, whether based around sexuality, race, gender ect. they’d all have very few nice things to say about him.
If Brandon went to any other civil rights/equality group, he’d instantly become hostile to them as soon as he learned that he couldn’t be in charge.
wait, now that i think about it that was a combination ‘my black friend’/’gone clubbing’ for double cop out bonus points
He should have said “gone clubbing with my black friend who works for the NAACP, and she thinks I’m awesome, OK?”.
No, no, he’s “gone clubbing with his lesbian black friend who is Jewish and who works for the NAACP, and she thinks he’s awesome and that we’re all a bunch of man-haters.”
Plus she asked him to spank her. Ashley doesn’t mind, she just giggled.
I do empathize with Brandon’s hostility to feminism, it evokes a (probably unjustified) knee-jerk negative reaction in me too. I’m really not sure why- actually, it’s weird. I don’t have the same response to any other civil rights movement. Maybe it’s because I see women every day and most of them have better lives than I do- or at least, that’s how I perceive it, or used to perceive it, or whatever. I’m trying to be more open-minded.
My weird sore spot has led me on a goose chase, trolling this guy Derek Warwick, then trolling Feministing, then trolling Hugo, then trolling Manboobz. I sincerely hope this is where it ends.
Also she’s in a wheelchair. And she’s an immigrant with English as her second language. Any other groups I’m forgetting?
This stretches back like 3 years, by the way.
@MRAL: Brandon wasn’t hostile to feminism until he was told he didn’t get to dictate what feminists should do. So his issue isn’t as much about the feminist movement in and of itself as it is “how dare these people not bow down to me.”
Whales! Save the whales from exploitative fishing!
Oh, yes, of course, she’s a vegan. And also she has severe food allergies and probably some sort of rare disease. And she’s on welfare.
The thing is, MRAL, that doesn’t make any sense. You come here nearly every day and talk to feminists, mostly in a fairly positive way recently. Where’s the disconnect between feminism the movement and feminists the people?
“And she’s on welfare.”
Don’t you think that would be a bridge too far for Brandon?
She’s an unemployed single mother.
That depends on what the discussion that he’s trying to make himself look good in is about, I think.
But you’re right, that one is a huge leap.
Fuck me, is this entire thread now about that narcissistic waste of space?
Since he didn’t even make the troll shortlist, isn’t this blatantly off-topic, and therefore ripe for a stern reprimand if not an outright banning?
I really don’t see how this is any different from that troll who kept steering everything towards a discussion of Islam before zie was told in no uncertain terms to stop.
That was directed at Lauralot’s plaintive cry for what other demographic minorities have we left out of the Oppression Olympics. 🙂
I’m surprised to see Arks as the mercurial underdog in this three-cornered contest, but he has found a purple patch of good form late in the year, eclipsing some other notable efforts from trolls who didn’t last the distance.
I think David F has chosen the main contenders well — narcissistic monomaniacal derailing of threads and insisting on always being in the right and having the last word do not a worthy troll make, O Poster Who Shall Not Be Named. Guys, don’t do that.
Well, I’m not sure this is really a feminist space, it’s more a mocking fucking idiots space. Plus the people who post here are, for the most part, pretty super moderate. The founder of a men’s issues blog. Etc.
And anyway I’m not saying feminism is actually bad, just that it has and still sort of does evoke a really, really negative reaction. I’m just speculating on reasons.
This thread is now about baking!
Seriously, guys, don’t ever ever do that.
My favorite thing about Zarat was how low-grade his technocratic utopia was. Most of the other MRAs are shooting for fully functional and programmable sexbots; his big plan is to replace women with dating sim games. Which already exist.
Still, when push came to shove, I had to vote for Meller. Much as I enjoy NWO and am honored to maintain his book, Meller really went for broke in the last couple of months with:
a) believing in auras
b) blaming female scientists for men’s failure to invent ESP and mind-melding with animals
c) everything, absolutely everything, about the doll collection.
I’ve got a little tear in my eye now.