Well, my fellow feminists, we might as well pack it in. For the forces arrayed against us have a devastating, nay brutal, new slogan.
The Counter-Feminist Agent of Change (CFAC) who calls himself Fidelbogen explained in a recent post how this โwicked new sloganโ came to him. Also, what the slogan is:
This occurred to me in a flash of inspiration today. I grabbed the first scrap of paper I could find and jotted it down:
Feminism spreads lies like a fly spreads germs.
You like it? I thought you would.
So . . . spread it around, and make it part of the “buzz”!
Get it? Buzz. Like, โbuzzโ means โwhat people are excitedly talking about.โ But it is also the sound that a fly makes.
See, Fidelbogen is working with TWO DIFFERENT MEANINGS at once. Itโs like juggling two things at once, only with your brain. No wonder some MRAs regard his as the finest mind in the Menโs Rights movement today.
Several days after The Bogen (thatโs what I like to call him) came up with this masterful slogan, one artistically minded MRA took it to a whole nother level โ by using the slogan in the graphic above.
As The Bogen explained in his second post about his new slogan:
Memes can take many forms, and what you see here is among the most elemental and effective of those forms.
I am posting this graphic image for anybody on the planet who wants to fly away with it and spread it around.
First with the “buzz” thing, and now “fly away with it.” LIKE FLIES DO! The man is a genius.
Hell man, you could even print it on T-shirts and coffee mugs. Certainly you can post it on your website. Best of all, you can print it on little squares of paper and leave these in all manner of places where all manner of people will happen upon them.
Oh shit. T-shirts? Mugs? Motherfucking SQUARES OF PAPER?! He’s going CROSS-PLATFORM!
This is the sort of thing that will land in people’s brains, and buzz around there, and never leave!
I explained the buzz thing already, didnโt I?
It will find its way into the general buzz of conversation, too!
Just in case youโve forgotten. Buzz = what people are talking about. ALSO THE SOUND FLIES MAKE.
I still cannot get over how much of a genius move that whole “buzz” thing is. I don’t know how he does it.
I kindly thank St. Estephe, the blog keeper who created this. I am honored to see my words so skillfully combined with pictures, and made ten times more effective by that method.
Itโs true. It takes a tremendous amount of skill to find a picture of a fly, and then to put words next to it.
How can we possibly compete with this?
I tried to come up with some slogans of my own. But the best I could do was this:
I hope you guys have some better ideas.
Try QuickMeme if you want to make a little graphic. I’ll post any especially good ones here!
EDITED TO ADD: Some more graphics that are Fidelbogenesque in their brilliance. One from Scar, one from me.
Do you hate women, Nephy?
Do you hate men? Do you hate non-transgendered people? Do you hate me?
Laura: AWWWWWWW. The Joker looks so put out! ๐
No. No. Yes. That was easy!
Let me know if Nephrite comes out and says he hates women, or if he continues to toe the usual MRA line of โwomen are horrible monsters who destroy everything they touchโฆ but how dare you claim I hate them!โ
Not all women are feminists. Isn’t that what feminists always say?
No, I love everyone, even you, ya big lug ๐
So, do you hate women?
Also, protip: non-trans people are called “cis” people.
@Ozy: The Joker’s frowny face has become my avatar on like every single site. It’s so adorable.
@ozyman
And why do you hate me?
Also, protip: non-trans people are called โcisโ people.
That’s nice.
Joanna: That… that is awesome.
Speaking of avatars, what do I have to register on to be able to change the gravatar here?
You’re a pretty transparent dude, dude. When you have a good answer to a question, you give it. When you don’t, you ask questions.
So I’ll take that as a “Yes, I hate women, but I think that ‘woman-hater’ is a bad thing to be called, so instead of resolving my cognitive dissonance I’ll ask nonsensical pseudo-gotcha questions.”
Anyway, the answers to your questions are:
-No.
-No.
-I wouldn’t say hate. It’s more just annoyance.
Nephrite: Actually, I don’t hate you. I am quite glad of your existence. I tend to use yelling at trolls as a coping mechanism to deal with stress and social anxiety and loneliness, and NWO’s absence left me utterly bereft. ๐
Holly, shouldn’t you be in bed? ๐ Have fun at your lab!
Nephy, why are you frothing at a blog that exists to mock misogyny? Is it because your bullshit would be banned outright at a more serious site? If you were any good, you’d be somewhere else.
All thank to David for the never-ending supply of trolly chew toys.
Lauralot: http://en.gravatar.com/ I think.
BARGH!
I always miss the fun! >_< Nobody told me jerkface complainypants was back! XD
Though, I'm kinda in a depressed mood today ๐ But still!
And he's watching the Super Bowl! YAY! ๐ Nobody I know is watching it but me ๐ I'm always like the only sports fan…
But Nephrite, if you blame feminism for men being injured in wars… you do know that you're watching a bunch of men getting the crap kicked out of them, suffering concussions, and broken bones, and etc etc for your (and mine) entertainment right? And yet, there's no women. Must be male disposability right? Shouldn't you be enraged? Shouldn't you be protesting? THERE SHOULD BE AN EQUAL NUMBER OF WOMEN GETTING SMACKED IN THE HEAD IN THE NFL!!!!
Also… GO PATRIOTS!!!!
I’m watching it, Ami. GO… whoever. I have no dog in this fight.
I should be in bed, Ozy. We’re doing the bone lab tomorrow, where have to go through and identify every part of the skeleton. Should be fun.
the head-bone’s connected to the… fuck. um, ankle-bone? is there extra credit on this test?
Nephrite: Actually, I donโt hate you. I am quite glad of your existence. I tend to use yelling at trolls as a coping mechanism to deal with stress and social anxiety and loneliness, and NWOโs absence left me utterly bereft. ๐
Maybe not being a feminist would help all 3 of those better than whining a lot.
Also, Nephy, what would you do if you were raped?
*tags Ami into the ring*
go get ’em, Rodeo Tiger.
What does “not being a feminist” mean to you, Nephrite?
To me, the only way to not be a feminist at all would be to believe that I don’t deserve human rights. I think if you believe women deserve to own property, even, you’re a little bit of a feminist.
So I’m not really seeing the stress relief there.
@Amy Angelwing
Now a chick claims to like sports. Rich.
Youโre a pretty transparent dude, dude. When you have a good answer to a question, you give it. When you donโt, you ask questions.
Or maybe you just hate having your beliefs questioned.