Over on the Men’s Rights subreddit, a bunch of the locals are doing a little brainstorming, hoping to come up with a pithy slogan or two for posters that will allow them to better sell their alleged movement to the misandrist masses.
The results so far are, well, intriguing. The front-runner, so far, is this highly upvoted one from deluks917, though as you can see it has received some criticism:
Chernab0g’s contribution is short and to the point:
This one from unexpecteditem is a bit perplexing:
And this one from The_Real_Johnny_Utah is, if anything, even more unexpected than the one from unexpecteditem:
SuicideBanana seems to have a little trouble with his pith. Also, “huh?” Cthulufunk tries his best to play the race card, but unfortunately does not seem to be playing with a full deck:
Neofool’s slogan seems a bit defensive:
Oddly, none of them mentioned the “wicked new slogan” that Counter-Feminist Philosopher King Fidelbogen unveiled earlier this year: “Feminism spreads lies like a fly spreads germs.”
It’s frankly quite bizarre that MRAs haven’t SWARMED (get it? get it?) around this slogan yet. Not only is it clearly the greatest slogan since “The Best Part of Waking Up is Folgers in Your Cup,” but it also comes with a little graphic (see here on the right) that someone made for Mr. Bogen.
And no, despite its endearing amateurness it wasn’t put together as a joke by anyone here.
As wonderful as all these slogans are I think we can do a better job than the Reddit MRAs; after all, most of us know a lot more about the MRA than do most MRAs themselves. So have at it!
Oh, and speaking of posters, these have been going up recently in Vancouver. The r/MRer’s aren’t happy about it.
Men’s Rights: Women need their self esteem taken down a notch so they will stop having standards and the ability to choose so they will stop chasing “alphas” and settle for a creepy loser like me who sucks in bed and makes them pay half on dates.
A brief message to MRAs:
Nobody cares about your penis.
Morchella – I don’t think that’s trolling. I think that’s someone being indignant about the straw-feminists in his head who go around assuming all men are rapists and being all misandrist and anti-sex. This person likely also thinks that calling someone “creep” is hate speech. I also think that’s someone completely oblivious to the way they come across, but hey, MRA, it comes with the territory.
Fembot – what’s so bad about paying half on dates? I always plan to pay for myself unless the other person insists otherwise. It seems to much easier and less fraught that way, and it just makes more sense to me.
@Karalora
I guess I’m thinking of the little wax rinds that Laughing Cow cheese comes in. Those get pretty squishy when I hold them for a long time. (There were no spoons, okay! I improvised.)
I’m not the only one who used to deliberately use my hands to melt the wax coating on mini Baybels and mush it up into a ball, right?
random dropping off of link to article about study that is proving yet again evo psych wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong
http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2012/research/gender-equality-lovers/
Karalora, I really, really hope that the penis candles are NOT scented.
I’m with burgundy. I’ve had enough guys (otherwise, totally lovely) saying “but surely you hate all men” when I complain about *bad* men. Straw feminists!
CassandraSays – no, you’re not alone. I used to make tiny dinosaurs.
@fembot,
*sniffle, sob* Oh, my aching butthurt!
Oh, wait. I forgot. I’m not an MRA.
I think that “agree to give us sex on demand or you can’t have any civil rights” is what passes for bargaining in MRA land.
I should hope not. I don’t want my house to smell like penis.
@Burgundy
Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with going dutch on dates, especially if you’re just meeting and still deciding if you want to date. What I don’t like is MRAs insisting that being expected to pay on a date is some horrible injustice. I think dating works best when you take turns paying. I have offered to split the check on many first dates and every man refused. But I always offer, because that’s just good manners. The best first dates I had was when the man paid for dinner, and I paid for drinks at the bar. Then we go back to my house to listen to music, drink some more, pass out, and when you wake up you’re a couple LOL. Sex would come a few weeks later. Anyway, that always worked well for me. In relationships I offer to pay a lot, sometimes I just take care of the check while my guy is in the bathroom or something, because our relationship is not about me getting free stuff from him without reciprocating. Men like to be treated too. But none of this would have been possible if the man had said something like “my wallet is like your vagina, and I’m not paying until you put out.” That’s a turn off. Nor do I want to be with a man who so obsessed with “equality” that he’s got a spreadsheet in his head. “I bought you coffee, so you need to pay for my cigarettes, etc.” That’s just petty.
LOL @ Katz
If you like the smell of penis you should try living in the barracks on an Army Post.
Well, saying “my wallet it like your vagina” is an efficient way to communicate what kind of person you are. For this reason I highly encourage all men who feel that way to be as open as possible about it. Please say this to your dates – just don’t be too surprised when many of them get up and leave.
Didn’t some guy have “my wallet is like your vagina” on his dating profile? What an ass.
The funniest thing I saw was a “Pussy” scented package of incense from Taiwan. It had a picture of a black cat on it.
My mind is so baffled all I come up with is New Order – True Faith. And then nothing. Time for bed.
Yeah. MRA posters should be more to the point.
“You should damn well care about my penis! Its important to ME!”
I’d just like to point out that if men are still waiting for their chance with super hot models…
I’ve bought every CD Josh Groban has put out, why hasn’t he at least called to thank me?
CassandraSays:
They’ve got a best foot?
So, this sexual equality for men, I’m assuming it’s the right of men, regardless of physical appearance or personality, to sleep with virgin supermodels? I mean, I’m willing to bet there’s a “no fat chicks” clause in there, because men deserve to be with super hot women, and women deserve to shut up.
@CassandraSays
I think the problem is that this is their best foot.
They keep telling us that there are reasonable, non-extreme MRAs. How about producing one who can talk about sex without advocating some form of legalized rape?
Also, from the reddit link:
Commenter: “No one’s saying that feminists hate men, this is a strawman they’re attacking”
Like a dozen commenters: “I’M saying that feminists hate men!”
lolol.
@embyrr They’re not saying they only want to sleep with supermodels, any female ranked 6.5 or above is all they’re asking for! ….puke.
Thanks for reminding me of that ridiculous fly slogan, MRAs project harder than a multiplex. They go around spreading false and misleading “facts,” poisoning countless online discussions with their persecution complexes, and then have the nerve to say that.
Nope. Did you also smear Elmer’s Glue on your palm and let it dry so you could peel it off, or am I the only weird kid?
I’m pretty sure “sexual equality” means “we’ll let you vote if you let us fuck you whenever we want.”