The Men’s Rights Movement now has a theme song! A couple of talented young men calling themselves Jade Michael and the FTSU Singers Crew have put together a catchy little grunge rock number they call Go My Own Way, which will now serve as the opening music for the A Voice for Men internet radio show.
As AVfM head cheese Paul Elam puts it, straining his prose-generating abilities to the breaking point as he attempts to find words eloquent enough to describe this new musical masterpiece:
Jade Michael, artist, professional musician and MRA, founder of Artistry Against Misandry, has taken his talent hammer and given it a mighty swing to our benefit. He has forged, in the fires of his own passion, the new theme song for AVfM Radio, titled Go My Own Way. It is not to be confused with the similarly titled offering from Fleetwood Mac, Go Your Own Way. No, not in the least. Jade, with his band, Jade Michael and the FTSU Crew, have produced a veritable anthem for the red pill crowd. It is replete with a great, purist rock sound, a touch of humor, attitude, and a ton of gut level, red pill honesty. Pay close attention to the end for the invocation of Thomas James Ball.
Without further ado, here’s the song:
You can find the full lyrics on YouTube and on AVfM. But I thought I’d share a few of my favorite bits.
The song starts off by addressing one of the most savage injustices faced by men today: evil ladies who expect men to hold doors open for them.
And we’re through with holding doors
Entitlements abound
You say that we still hold you down
And you cop that attitude
No remorse or gratitude
Seriously, ladies, would it hurt you to say “thank you” once in a while, to the men who literally enable you to walk through walls, by holding open the doors you would otherwise be unable to open? To paraphrase Barbie: Doors are hard!
Then there’s this bit:
You’re obsessed with my ability
I won’t be your utility
I’ll never carry you
And I sure won’t marry you
Women around the world, consider what you’re losing here: no longer can you expect to marry guys who hate you so much they made a song about how they won’t hold doors open for you!
And let’s not forget:
Cos’ the time has come to fuck your shit up
The time has come to fuck your shit up
The time has come to fuck your shit up
Perhaps I’m missing some of the subtleties here, but this sort of suggests to me that Jade and the Gang are not so much Men Going Their Own Way as they are Men Still Hanging Around Acting Like Assholes — not MGTOW but MSHAALA.
I appreciate the efforts of Jade Michael and the MSHAALA, but I can’t really help but think of this little song-and-dance number, from the excellent Belgian horror film Calviare (The Ordeal), as the Men’s Rights movement’s unofficial anthem.
In case you’re wondering, this scene makes a little bit more sense in the context of the movie itself. A little bit. It’s actually quite a brilliant little film with some interesting gender stuff going on in it, if you can deal with fairly violent horror films. But, oh my lord, TRIGGER WARNINGS for pretty much every trigger there is.
NOTE: In case you’re wondering about the song’s reference to Thomas Ball: Ball burned himself to death outside a courthouse in Keane, New Hampshire last year in a protest against what he saw as unfair treatment in family court. He hoped that his suicide would inspire other men to start firebombing courthouses and police stations. (This wasn’t mere rhetoric; in the lengthy manifesto he left behind he provided tips on how to make effective Molotov cocktails.) Naturally, many in the MRM have hailed him as a martyr for Men’s Rights.
@ Hellkell
Did you read the message that I responded to?! Practically accusing me of being a patriarchal troll?
I’m most certainly not “full of it”, unless “it” is dedication to combating the MRM.
I guess the people here can go pat themselves on the back for being mean to a male and bucking SOCIETY’S PROGRAMMING, amirite?
I’ve not engaged in one tenth of the ad hominem shit that others have in this thread, but I guess that’s okay, because women can just be mean, or something?
That’s right, dear MRAL.
I have a feeling that he’s going to go commenting man.
I hope he’s put on moderation.
*commenting mad, not man
Women can be mean. And so can Justin Timberlake, if he wants to be.
Cry me a river, sweetie pie.
I actually have a relati e who is flirting with the MRM, a cousin. It’s very frustrating because I love him and he loves me (and all of our other cousins) and yet he’ll occasionally say something really wrong and misogynistic. It hurts more, coming from a source I care about and have known my whole life. I can’t laugh it off like I do here. And he’ll engage in a lot of exceptionalism, explaining that it’s “not you, Viscaria, but those other women,” and I don’t want to give him a pass for it because it’s unacceptable but it’s also easier to just go with it, and… ugh. It’s pretty difficult to navigate sometimes, but I’m willing to deal with it because he’s my cousin and I love him. MRAL is just some jerk on the internet.
Oh, boo-hoo to both HAM and MRAL.
Ad Hominem implies I am trying to put down an argument you are making by referring to some negative quality of you. Attacking you, not the argument. But I’m not attacking any of your arguments. I don’t care. You’re an asshole, and that’s what I’m saying. It’s not ad hominem, because we’re not debating. I think you’re an asshole. I don’t know where trolls get this hilarious notion that everything is somehow A DEBATE that has to be moderated.
There is nothing wrong with me telling you I think you’re a fucking shitstain. It’s not “a failure to engage with your points” or any of that shit. We aren’t debating.
You just suck.
@ hellkell
What exactly is your problem with me?
All right, well I don’t really know how to respond, then. You’ve all pretty much made it clear you hate me. That’s fine. I guess there’s nothing more to say. I think that my feelings are as important as women’s. But that’s just me. So, I’m done.
And another tear-jerking grande finale from MRAL
That’s lovely, dear.
Why is it that ithiliana always gets targeted with the “no YOU’RE a troll!” stuff?
And if a woman is being a total fucking trolly shit, and we hurt her feelings telling her, and she calls us all mean, her feelings ARE just as important as yours.
Equality of not-worth-a-flying-fuck, you have achieved this parity, indeed.
Aren’t you pwecious.
Huh. I see MRAL’s gone back to MRALing, that’s disappointing. OTOH, that video of Thom Yorke is awesome Sorka! And to continue the nicer derail, I present my favorite viral white boy
@Viscaria
what’s your cousin’s reason for flirting with the MRM? is he actually facing any discrimination by the law or in the work force? or is he just pissed off that sexy women wont go out with him?
Her withering internet gaze of awesomeness leaves them unable to do anything else?
Because she’s scary smart and takes no shit.
My problem with you HAM, is your initial “be nice to the poor dear” suggestion for dealing with MRAL, as if we’ve NEVER heard THAT helpful hint 8 million fucking times in our lives when dealing with men. Then when Ithiliana makes some great points, you call her a troll, just because you don’t like what she’s saying.
You may consider yourself an ally, but you sure don’t sound like one to me. Others’ mileage may vary.
HAM, you’re being very condescending, even if ithiliana had been over the line with you, and I don’t think she was. But that aside, your tone on how we need to understand the true nature of the threat to combat correctly, and how not to take things so seriously, seems like a lecture to a bunch of people who already have a sense of humor about this stuff, it being a misogyny mocking site.
I think this whole site does an amazing job with the idea the MRM has any sort of legitimacy, fine as it is, btw.
@Quackers, I don’t know, really. There’s a lot of sexism in my family — actually, part of why I have trouble calling my cousin on his shit is that I’m a woman, and I’m the youngest member of a family that is pretty hierarchical across gender and age lines. Maybe he’s just never questioned any of it?
He’s had a fair bit of success as far as relationships, but nothing long-term, which isn’t too shocking for someone 25 years old who was very occupied with school. He’s expressed frustration with women he’s met on the internet who are cautious on first dates, since he feels like they’re acting like he’s a rapist. I think maybe the source of the trouble there is a) how common the rape of women is and b) the perception that it’s a woman’s job to protect against it, not that the women he’s meeting online are just super mean and should consider his little feewings :-/.
Mostly I just think he’s threatened by the possibility of losing privilege, which I think applies to a lot of MRAs.
HAM “Did you read the message that I responded to?! Practically accusing me of being a patriarchal troll?”
…
She said you were coming close. And with your condescending tone and defensiveness, you actually are coming close. The whole point is that these are societal patterns and conserved behaviors that we can ALL slip into. An ally listens, and no, that’s not the same as just rolling over and admitting you’re wrong or they’ll think you’re evil just cause you dared to question and disagree and try to discuss thinnnnnngs!
If you’re so averse to the idea that you! YOU OF ALL PEOPLE! FULL OF ANTI-MRA SENTIMENT AND PASSION! Is immune to doing anything patriarchal and trolly, you and your hubris are doing it very, very wrong.
Whatever the reason, it’s frustrating, since I value the relationship so much. But I have nothing to value with MRAL. I don’t remember him dancing with tiny me on Christmas Eve. I have no reason to keep trying to forgive him.
course of your career here… no contest. I seem to recall you trying to tell people (myself included) they should keep their opinions to themselves because, unlike you, we didn’t know real hardship, so we didn’t know shit.
That’s a category of ad hominem.
Is what you are being dished up unpleasant? Yes, I suspect it is. If you intend to keep participating, you are going to get more of it. There is a large amount of crow you are going to have to eat; so long as you keep going on in the way you have been.
Saying, “I didn’t mean to hurt anyone’s feelings” is 1: not an apology, and 2: not very believable. You’ve said, time and again, that you are angry and women, and would like to put them in their, “place”. Until (and unless) you 1: repudiate it, and 2: seem to be changing your mind, you are going to get very little slack.
By way of example, look at Meller. It’s not so much that he said, once, that he wants to see women eliminated if they won’t become slaves to men like him, but that he keeps saying it. His apologies/explanations aren’t sincere.
It may be you sincerely believe you’ve changed, but the overt evidence is lacking. And it’s actions, not desires, on which we are judged.
I don’t hate you, but some time ago I decided there wasn’t much more I could say to you. By and large, you don’t really seem to care what people are saying. I don’t know what you are looking for, but what I have to offer isn’t it.
What I really want to know, MRAL, is now that you’ve revealed yourself, does that mean all the stuff you wrote about GRRM isn’t your actual opinion?
For instance, do you still think Game of Thrones is historical?
@ zhinxy
Practically/coming close; what’s the difference?
And my defensiveness and condescending tone came after the accusation, didn’t they?
@ hellkell
If you’d read what I had written, you would notice that I “took it back” and then backed up other people’s suggestions that we ignore him.
MRAL, I don’t want you to leave thinking “they were mean to me for no reason.” We were mean to you for the extremely specific reason that you said horrible things to people, said horrible things to rape survivors for fuck’s sake, gave one extremely defensive apology, and then expected us to treat you like it had never happened.
I’m not telling you this so that you can get back in good here. You can’t. You blew your shot at reforming yourself and you continue to blow it by playing the “you’re not treating me like your best friend even though I technically sort of apologized” game. But I’m telling it so you don’t make the same mistake wherever you go next.