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 “wicked new slogan” 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, “buzz” means “what people are excitedly talking about.” But it is also the sound that a fly makes.
See, Fidelbogen is working with TWO DIFFERENT MEANINGS at once. It’s like juggling two things at once, only with your brain. No wonder some MRAs regard his as the finest mind in the Men’s Rights movement today.
Several days after The Bogen (that’s what I like to call him) came up with this masterful slogan, one artistically minded MRA took it to a whole nother level – 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, didn’t I?
It will find its way into the general buzz of conversation, too!
Just in case you’ve 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.
It’s 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.
You know, if I actually went to a Neo-Nazi site and found that like half the self-proclaimed Neo-Nazis were Jews, and the site was also run by a Jew, and a whole bunch of the non-Jews were dating/married to Jews … then yes, I actually would re-evaluate what I’ve been hearing about Neo-Nazis hating Jews.
Paul Elam is married. Anthony Zarat is married. GirlWritesWhat is a woman. TyphonBlue is a woman. Izzey is a woman.
Asshat: As long as the requirements (and the rules) were the same, I would love to see mixed-gender teams playing all sports. There are plenty of women out there who can compete on the same level as men – and vice-versa. Women have been fighting in the SCA for over twenty years, and have done well for themselves. There are physical differences to take into account in training – women’s knees are put together differently due to the wider pelvis, and that changes how some things, like jump shots, should be taught, and women’s center of gravity tends to be different than men’s.
Okay, so you don’t hate women. That’s GREAT! 🙂
Why was that so hard to say and why did you have to be asked half a dozen times before you answered?
Uh, in general, hate groups don’t say they’re hate groups? You can generally tell which groups are hate groups based on which ones seem to be full of people who hate other people who are different than them.
Why was that so hard to say and why did you have to be asked half a dozen times before you answered?
Superbowl.
I haven’t had the time to read every message here.
WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE.
Facts.
Not lies.
No, you were so distracted by the Superbowl that you only had time to make dozens of posts.
Lies.
Not facts.
I AM IRON MAN!!!
Facts.
Not lies.
That’s an outright lie, Nephy, because you responded to me with equivocation and evasion when I asked that question earlier.
Fact.
No lies.
@Jumbo exactly. Our good buddy, Clarence, left a similar comment on my blog a month or so ago, where I was writing that nobody has the right to judge a person for not reporting or to blame future actions of the rapist on that person. He said that people who don’t report are spitting on a society that bends over backwards to help them, and etc etc…
I know she didn’t say “spitting” but I hate the “when they don’t do anything to help themselves” crap >_<
When I spin around, I become Wonder Woman.
Facts.
Not lies.
“Paul Elam is married. Anthony Zarat is married. GirlWritesWhat is a woman. TyphonBlue is a woman. Izzey is a woman.”
I actually don’t know who those last three are. But hot damn do I feel sorry for those first two women.
Fact. Not lie.
I am everyone on the internet, except you.
Fact.
No lies.
Yeah. Recovery is what survivors do to help themselves. Anything else is extra.
Rodents of Unusually Striking Size.
Dead Like Me is going to be watched by me with high velocity.
Wubsy Bunny is not a misogynist.
Facts.
Not flies.
I have no butt. In fact, I have no lower body of any kind. Some may call me a mermaid.
Facts.
Not lies.
Uh, in general, hate groups don’t say they’re hate groups? You can generally tell which groups are hate groups based on which ones seem to be full of people who hate other people who are different than them.
Exactly why I linked to AVfM to define feminism. Feminism doesn’t say it’s a hate group either. That’s my POINT. God, this is like talking to children! You rejected AVfM because you said that it should be feminism that defines feminism, I gave you hate group examples, and now you act like you’re the one who came to the conclusion that hate groups don’t define themselves as hate groups.
Logic.
Not Feminism.
I have sipped blood from a hollowed out skull in the glorious name of SATAN.
Facts.
Not lies.
I actually don’t know who those last three are. But hot damn do I feel sorry for those first two women.
Why? Are you assuming improprieties on the part of Anthony and Paul? Do you have any evidence?
I lost my kidney at Candy Mountain.
Facts.
Not lies.
“You didnt just say that there should be more awareness, you said it was the male rape victims fault that no one takes them seriously just because they were afraid to report it.”
Hmm… sorry that’s not what I meant. I was really referring to the MRAs here that rub this subject in our faces whenever rape is brought up. You know how MRAs say their about men’s rights when the most they do is complain on the internet? Yeah. I just phrased it really badly initially >.<
What is puppets marbles, hanging above the ceiling in my room?
Facts.
Not Lies.
Hey Nephrite; throughout human history, which gender has been, overall, the most oppressed?
@Kathy
You wouldn’t fit in the suit on your best day.
They can’t read my poker face.
Facts.
Not lies.