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.
@Crumbelievable, It’s at the end of the Spearhead link you posted above: http://www.the-spearhead.com/2011/09/29/police-put-pressure-josh-powell-by-removing-his-children/
Oh ok, gotcha.
It’s ridiculous that Price is accusing feminists of seeing this as a triumph, when Price himself seems to view it as a triumph in the sense that it’s a validation of his cause.
Typical for an MRA to excuse any level of violence committed by men, which is why I pre-emptively called him another “hero” in their eyes. I read a couple of articles discussing the level of control Powell exercised over his wife while they were still together. This was not the act of a hounded man. This was the act of a narcissist who would rather see his entire family dead than lose an ounce of control over them. His children were finally getting old enough to start talking about what they remembered about the night their mother went missing. That is absolutely another reason why he did this. He was finally going to get the justice he deserved for killing her.
Yeah, if someone accused of murdering his wife goes and murders his children, I’m not so inclined to think that the original accusations were unmerited.
I’ve been watching reruns of Mr Headroom on MTV instead of trying out a new look
Max
Not guise
I am no longer a machinist, and I’ve taken up spinning.
Flax
Not Dies.
Oh goodness, that Spearhead link. The comments are delightful. According to Alcuin,
Naturally.
Oh, now come on. Not all of the men on the Titanic would be shot. If they didn’t have enough lifeboats, they sure as hell wouldn’t have enough bullets. So some men would be bludgeoned to death.
Facts.
Not lies.
Right… women are too stupid to just have them corralled at gunpoint and let them drown (with the added bonus of the men having all that time to know they were going to die).
They’d waste the time to shoot them instead.
I think I understand. Nephrite believes that women are weak, stupid, bad drivers, and c*ntbuckets (whatever that means). However, he is not a misogynist. After all, he is willing to be friends with women as long as they are misogynists, too. He is a gaslighter, he jumps around all over the place with unproven assertions, and he refuses to respond to logical counterarguments.
If he makes some more outrageous statements, I might consider nominating him for next year’s troll of the year rather than AntZ.
These guys are really obsessed with the Titanic, aren’t they? Don’t get me wrong, the Titanic is a very important part of history. The lessons that come out of the disaster are numerous. Still, it doesn’t make sense to use such a thing as an example if that example no longer applies in a specific context.
Also, why doesn’t anyone ever go on and on about the Lusitania, or the Empress of Ireland, or the Edmond Fitzgerald?
Jennn93: The Edmund Fitzgerald was RAMPANT MISANDRY. How many women died? Zero! It was only men.
Kendra: He’s not a misogynist. All the things he said were true. It’s sad that they are, but to face the truth, and speak it aloud isn’t misandry. To face the truth, and speak it to women, esp. feminist women and the mangina’s who chase after them; in a pathetic attempt to get some tail (real men wouldn’t mess around, they’d apply some game and the women would just lie back and spread their legs, in eager anticipation of some MANLY shagging), isn’t misandry, it’s, SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER! and an act of selfless bravery.
So brave that few are willing to do it, because of the overwhelming power the Feminist Cabal has gained in the 40 years of uncontrolled power they have exercised.
The Kidney Stone should therefore be recognised as one of the Bravest of the Brave, like Daniel he entered the lions den and emerged triumphant.
Contrary to popular belief, the Lusitania was sunk after it was emptied of women by the all-female crew of the U-20 in order that the women on board would have enough lifeboats to themselves when the U-20 sunk it.
Bismarcks.
Not Reichs.
May I just have a quick but derailing rant here?
Holy crap! So angry! The MP for kitchener has decided that parliament needs to debate when a human life begins? But no, he’s not looking to reopen the abortion debate here. Oh nonono….
Can you say fishing expedition for support?
Pillows Ire Meter just exceeded the level needed for spontaneous bra combustion…
Oh gods, are they going to reopen the abortion debate in Ontario? And how easy would it be with Harper in government…oh, I’m sorry, I meant with Harper AS government. Sigh.
Um I think the MP is looking to take the debate up to the federal level… However, Harper has said that hes not looking to reopen the abortion debate. My concern is that the conservatives are looking for supporters and/or an end run around the abortion debate. Similar to the crap that’s being tried in the US. If pro lifers can reframe the debate, than they may create a point of view that will edge womens agency right out of the picture.
So, how am I going to post about this?
Um I think the MP is looking to take the debate up to the federal level… However, Harper has said that heks not looking to reopen the abortion debate. My concern is that the conservatives are looking for supporters and/or an end run around the abortion debate. Similar to the crap that’s being tried in the US. If pro lifers can reframe the debate, than they may create a point of view that will edge womens agency right out of the picture.
So, how am I going to post about this?
pillowinhell: You’re in Kitchener?
Pecunium. Yes I’m in kitchener. And you better believe our MP will be getting a letter from me!
Along with the other party representatives in town, who might be rallied to put an end to this quickly.
Re: Abortion, I had someone on Huff Post explain to me earnestly that since we can “save human beings early in the pregnancy” abortion should be outlawed and we should not consider women outranking fetuses.
*rolls eyes*
PIH:
are you fucking kidding me? do these people really have nothing better to do than telling women what to do with their fucking bodies?
equality has been met huh? no more need for feminism huh? the battle never ends.
“However, Harper has said that hes not looking to reopen the abortion debate.’
Feel free to call me cynical, but politicians say lots of things. I really hope for everyone’s sake that this dies off rather quickly.
Conservatives are evil. Why are they always trying to force people back into the past? why can’t they accept that most women don’t want to return to a time of being barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen? shouldn’t they be focusing on improving the economy? creating jobs? things that would help people’s lives rather than ruin them?
Because 1. that stuff is hard to do. 2. They know very well their policies stink and will do nothing to help anyone and 3. If they do the proper policies that we know do work, it means electoral defeat for pretty much all time.