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.
Yeah, you have me there, David 😀
ive never made a propaganda poster before but i feel like the attribution under the slogan is probably unnecessary and definitely jarring.
of course, with the mrm, you have to constantly promote your own contributions because its not about actually getting things done, its about drawing attention to the fact that youre taking a stand
Flies literally love shit. “Germs” was the best insult they could come up with?
That . . . it genuinely looks like it was made in MS Paint. Like he used the spray paint tool for the color behind the text.
That’s all I can think about.
I was going to be like “MRAs: They are to equality as MS Paint is to art programs,” but then I remembered that MS Paint can make some really awesome things at least sometimes if you know what you’re doing.
i really dont think theres an explanation for that blob other than mspaint spray tool
Hey, don’t be a misandrist! He can’t afford anything but MS Paint because his wife divorced him to go slutting and he has to pay alimony for four children and now he can’t even afford totally free software like GIMP!
Sheesh! You misandists. Give the guy a break.
I’m just waiting for the Demotivational poster: MRAs: They’re gonna fuck your shit up.
Ugh, this is what I hate about Fidelbogen. The CONSTANT stream of animal posts. What gives?
I don’t have a direct poster against MRAs. But I do have a cool one for all those people who complain of “progressive” ideas being a recent Marxist conspiracy phenomenon. 😛
the mrm spreads competence like an owl spreads chinese food
To the tune of “That’s Amore” ( http://youtu.be/zeWVzT4s2Kw )
In Napoli where love is king
When boy meets girl here’s what they say:
When your wife hits your eye and you can’t even cry
That’s misandry!
When that eye starts to shine and you say “oh, it’s fine”
That’s misandry!
Your cup will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling
And you’ll say “help a fella?”
Sluts will say “Give me all your pay! Give me all your pay!”
Like a cruel tax collector.
When long hair makes you drool, like a cuckolded fool
That’s misandry!
When you slump down the street with no shoes on your feet
You’re in love!
When you buy them a ring then they say “You are dreaming, signore!”
Scuzza me, but you see, back in old Napoli
That’s misandry!
Here’s a meme that will stick:
Jeff Goldblum was fantastic in the remake of THE FLY.
*dwells reminiscently on sexy noooooooooooooooooooooooood Jeff Goldblum*
And Jeff was also rily rilly sexy in EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY and JURASSIC PARK!
ROWR!
Damn, Sharculese, you ninja’d me on the theme song. But here’s another:
Sure to attract flies: http://radfemworldnews.wordpress.com/
…. get it out of here!
Folks, I have a confession to make. Fidelbogen has utterly, totally ruined my cover, and exposed my feminist plot in all its ignominious glory.
It’s true: I spread lies exactly the way a fly spreads germs. I first pick up the lies by walking on lie-infested things like roadkill and dog poo. Then, I fly around until I find a restaurant, picnic, or dude buying a hot dog at a local cart. I swoop in, land on the food, and walk allllll over it with my six lie-covered feet. Then I use my frontmost two feet to rub my head a few times, rub my front two feet together in glee over my plan, and fly off to seek the next sap who’s eating outdoors (or indoors in a place with crappy screens).
I really thought my plan was foolproof. But now that Fidelbogen has exposed my plot, I shall have to find another way to spread my feminist lies. Perhaps I’ll start laying batches of lie-eggs in undercooked beef. I hear it works for the tapeworms….
Wow, wow, wow…creative excellence!
The Bogen is the Saul Bass of our time.
@Julie
I agree. Genius is male.
that really is a sad sight to behold, especially as an artist.
and when we talk about buzzing, don’t we usually think of bees?
When I think buzz, I think Jesus.
It’s almost as if women want to be treated as humans, world-round.
I added several more excellent graphics to the post.