Paul Elam has so far refrained from responding to the halfway-on-the-mark, halfway-completely-ridiculous criticism of the Men’s Rights movement leveled by rapey PUA douchenozzle Roosh that we discussed yesterday. Not even that bit comparing the very serious dudes reading A Voice for Men to silly ladies reading Cosmo was enough to provoke the oh-so-easily provoked Elam. Either he’s gotten very Zen about criticism from PUAs, or he’s spent the last several days punching pillows and muttering under his breath about evil “pussy beggars.”
But some of Elam’s acolytes took it upon themselves to respond for him. My favorite comment is this bait-and-switcher from MrStodern, which starts off with a vaguely reasonable observation before descending into misogynist nonsense.
Apparently feminists love pickup artists, and the only legitimate reason for dudes to have sex with women is to teach them a lesson. Who knew?
Prove it. Prove it with credible sources. And then show that it isn’t an isolated case. And then prove that it is an example of misogyny. And then prove it is worthy of mocking. Because until you do that, you look like a fucking idiot asking David to write about it on this blog.
Did they fold?
Frequently, it was part of the problem.
Ok, I confess. I’m not really a journalist. I’m actually a podiatrist. My whole life is a lie.
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Cloudiah, I linked to a report that included statements from the Maine Bar and statements from their Supreme Court.
All you need to do is google her name.
You know how to google, don’t you Cloudiah? Just put your fingers together, and type.
http://fenceviewer.com/site/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=76613:hancock-county-prosecutors-misconduct-hearing-delayed&Itemid=938
http://rt.com/usa/news/kellett-rape-filler-ellsworth/
“My whole life is a lie.”
I don’t know about your life, and I am sorry if you feel that way, but this blog certainly is a lie and pulls from every bad practice unethical journalists use.
I’m a professional dog-sitter. I have a degree from sitting school.
Oh no! You’ll have to be fired from the Professional Real-Life Totally A Newspaper that is Man Boobz! Only those with journalist degrees need apply here!
My guess is that you know it too.
Add “sarcasm” to the list of things bored guy just doesn’t understand.
The blog is a lie? Then what am I posting on?
This seems like an exceptionally difficult way to type.
Some guy: There were a whole lotta other parts to my comment. Please try to follow along!
David: I may have bunions. This is the perfect blog for me.
[quote]I don’t know about your life, and I am sorry if you feel that way, but this blog certainly is a lie and pulls from every bad practice unethical journalists use.[/quote]
That’s technically true, given that the ethics of journalism have been twisted into such a thing that you can no longer say that someone is factually inaccurate, and that we as a society have twisted journalism into representing both sides of anything as equally valid.
I mean, it’s not really a problem, but it is kind of true based on that. 😀
I’m pretty sure that “not dropping everything to write about whatever Some Guy on the internet wants me to write about on my blog which is not actually about that topic” is not a breach of the Ethical Journalist Hippocratic Oath. Nor is “accurately quoting misogynistic doofuses and making sometimes funny comments about them.”
Seriously, Some Guy Obsessed With Your Schtick, just fuck off. Nobody buys this obvious lie you keep trying to sell.
This isn’t a professional journalist blog, its a casual personal blog dude.
True, I mean now actual paid journalists are outsourcing fact-checking to “fact-checkers” when (silly me) I thought that was what journalists did. (Not including David in that, BTW.)
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Cloudiah, dip your feet in honey and let a bear chew off your bunions.
I should note I was expelled from the Official League of Podiatrists and given a very stern talking to for my innovative yet feared and misunderstood theories of Bear-assisted podiatry.
You’re pulling from every bad practice unethical podiatrists use!
Step 1: Find a bear.
Step 2: Soak feet in honey.
Step 3: Offer feet to bear.
Given that Glen Bearian has now been caught and exiled, I may have a hard time with Step 1.
you didn’t exactly call roosh a rapist, but you did describe him with the weaselly adjective “rapey”. are you accusing roosh of rape? if so, that is an extremely serious charge that should not be made without evidence. sexual behavior that you consider morally objectionable is not the same as rape.
if not, why are you insinuating that he is a rapist by calling him “rapey”?
Lured in by a trap of bacon and honey? I wonder how many people they had to pull out before the bear came along.