I’ve seen some strange and paranoid comments on Men’s Rights hate site A Voice for Men, but this recent comment may be the strangest and paranoidest I’ve ever seen. In the comments to a post outing one of the protesters at the Warren Farrell talk at the University of Toronto, a commenter called Redfield is worried that Canada has now become some sort of death trap for men. Because of all the feminism.
That’s right: Because a couple of feminist college students in Toronto made jokey remarks on Twitter about killing all men, this man is afraid that his 18-year-old son will be in actual physical danger from evil feminists if he sets foot in Canada.
In a later comment, he reports that he and his sons will be going to Canada after all:
But he wonders if there are any “travel advisories” that can, I guess, warn him where feminists tend to congregate:
In the comments here at Man Boobz, Cloudiah imagines how his conversation with the consulate staffer might have gone:
Mid-day at the Consulate General of Canada in Sydney.
Pierre: Hello, you’ve reached the Consulate General of Canada. My name is Pierre. How may I help you?
MRA: I am planning a trip to Canada with my sons next year, and I wanted to know what the feminist threat level will be?
Pierre: Excuse me?
MRA: Yellow? Orange? RED???
Pierre: I’m sorry, I don’t understand.
MRA: I need to know what steps I need to take to protect myself and my boys from being killed by feminists. Do we need to get any shots?
Pierre: Did you say ‘feminists?’
MRA: How many men would you estimate are killed by feminists in Canada in January? February? Or do feminists only thaw out in the Spring?
Pierre: You think we freeze feminists?
MRA: I need to make travel plans!
Pierre: Sir, I think you might have been misinformed.
MRA: I assure you that my information is accurate. It cannot be denied that feminists have been engaged in a campaign to kill all men in Canada.
Pierre: Sir, I believe I would have heard about that.
MRA: I SAW A VIDEO! A pack of rabid feminists tore Warren Farrell apart, limb from limb, and feasted on his spleen!
Pierre: Warren who?
MRA: Then an angry mob of feminist zombies attacked John the Otter with flamethrowers. Or maybe one of them had a cigarette lighter, but it was definitely menacing.
Pierre: John the what?
MRA: They might have accidentally singed his sleeve! Or murdered him with fire!
Pierre: Sir, I’m not sure how to say this but… It might be best if you stayed home.
MRA: It’s because they’re SPERMJACKING us now, right? You’re saying that for my own protection. I get you.
Pierre: Um, sure. Right. Please do not come to Canada. Ever.
MRA: THEY’RE POINTING A GUN AT YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW, AREN’T THEY?
Pierre: [Holds phone in front of his face for a moment. Slowly places it back in the cradle.]
MRA: [Hears dial tone.] Oh my god, they’ve killed him. I must alert A Voice for Men!
I think this is literally how these guys see the world.
This may be why Men’s Rights movement is so much less popular these days (as a search term at least) than one up-and-coming rival for the world’s attention: Smelly discharge. Google Trends doesn’t lie!
Thanks to Cloudiah for coming up with this as well. She is winning so many internets she may need to move into a bigger place.
To see more things the Men’s Rights movement is less popular than, click here.
NOTE: I am aware that “paranoidest” is not a real word. The correct term is “paranoidallyest.”
“Oh and BoringMark, in this post you can see AVFM regulars make rape threats against the women Elam was attempting to doxx. For example, “someone needs to rape that bitch at the end”.”
Those are youtube comments. There’s zero evidence that they were made by AVFM members.
“Tell you what mate, find me one example of a commenter saying shit like that on this site without being shunned/banned and I’ll set up your WordPress site for you.”
Tell you what, find an example of someone saying shit like that on AVFM first. I haven’t seen it.
“How do you know what AVFM intended?
Because, Mark, it’s what they always do.”
That’s a circular argument, totally void of logic.
“While you’re learning the ins and outs of WP, perhaps you could learn to quote? Our trolls are always so deficient in that area.”
It’s not necessary to italicise quotes.
Mark, this conversation has moved on. We are now talking about what MRAs look like.
MRArk, you fucking lazy arsehole, there’s an entire tag devoted to the shit those guys say.
So tell me again how mocking misogynists makes us irrational but your “I KNOW YOU ARE BUT WHAT AM I?” arguments are the fountain of all that is logical.
As I said before, evidence or GTFO. Or at least have some kind of funny meltdown.
These new trolls are so fucking boring.
What do people think regular AVfM commenter Chris Key (MRO) looks like? Here he is on his other forum, advocating for kicking feminists in the cunts and calling guys he disagrees with “faggy.”
I think he is probably white, with brown hair and brown eyes. Probably totally average looking. I very much doubt he has horns, or any other obvious way to identify him as a violent, hateful asshat. What a great movement you’ve got there, Mark.
Why do trolls always come in here, make a ridiculous claim, and then say that WE have to do the legwork to disprove them?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Fuck you. Our house.
Tell you what, find an example of someone saying shit like that on AVFM first. I haven’t seen it.
AVFM commenters have made NUMEROUS rape threats and disgustingly misogynistic comments that have been quoted on this blog. Hell, the site itself has promoted violence, and Dave has pointed it out. It’s literally in some of our post titles. We can go dig ’em up, but guess what — you came here and shat on the carpet, so you get to back your claims up first.
We’re not gonna repeat ourselves just because you’re lazy.
Oh wait, I criticised a man. Did I do a misandry? Quick, put me on RegisterHer.
I wonder what redditor EvilPundit looks like? Here he is rationalizing away the murder of Kasandra Perkins as the “lesser evil.” Or just below him, redditor wrez, who thinks an unfaithful woman “drives” a man to kill her?
Based on a NY Post story no less. How do you think we could recognize someone so awful on the street?
I see Mark’s another MRA jackass who wants everyone else to do the heavy lifting for him. Mark, you lot are so big on personal responsibility, why don’t you exercise some for yourself and find the info? You may learn something.
nat you did all the misandries.
*proud face*
*registers u*
So I’m thinking of having a page on my blog where we can “register” examples of the really bad writers of the MRM. Guys like the “ballerina is a stamen of privilege” dude. Good idea? Bad? I’m not trying to identify them; it’s just that that shit is funny.
Anyway, what a terrible morning, eh? Anyone need some medication?
Said by someone who is praising AVFM. Does this count as an example of hypocrisy?
At any rate Mark, I’m thrilled that you’ve discovered A Voice For Men. I’m certain that it will provide you with hours of internet pleasure. Best of all, it means that you won’t have to keep coming here and bugging us about how illogical we are, and how David just wants attention, and how you don’t even like the articles. And stuff.
Happy Holidays!
cloudiah, I think that if you identify them by username only, it’s not really problematic.
@cloudia, I actually listed to the Elam vid all the way through. Now I feel like someone’s shat in my brain.
8+ minutes and he didn’t say a thing. Not one damn thing, except that men are put upon by the ebul feminazi society and soon the streets will run with blood.
Kinda like skinheads and the Turner Diaries. “On the Day of the Rope, all you race traitors will be sorry then!” And if all you ebul feminazis don’t come around, then MEN will rise and take back what is theirs.
Meandering arglebargle all the way through, with a thinly disguised longing for the War in the Streets that will soon come. (And the MRM is the bomb squad that is society’s only hope to prevent said War in the Streets.) Yeah, he said that.
markjones the point is that when people are making rape threats it’s dangerous to release their information in places where these people are probably going to go, being concerned with anti-feminism if not MRA itself.
Um, what?
I wanna play with the new troll!
Quick, new troll, says something logical. Play with me.
Updated info on the Conn. shooting.
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/12/newtown-connecticut-school-shooting/59999/
18 children dead, 6 adults.
This shit makes me hurt inside. There is not enough brain bleach in the world right now.
@CassandraSays: You missed this comment? I’m surprised.
For those who don’t feel like clicking a link.
I’m sadly staying away from the school shooting right now. I don’t have any answers except one half the country doesn’t want to hear (fewer guns) and it’s just too horrible to contemplate.
I’ll come back to it later, when it’s less fresh.
But hugs all round, especially for Freitag, for anyone who wants ’em.
We need a thread for the shooting. I want to hide from it, but I want to express how awful it is.
See, this is why I keep thinking that MRAs are Poe’s – I just can’t wrap my head around the idea that anyone would write like that if they weren’t try to be funny.
Today is the last day of final exams. Tomorrow all of my students (those who haven’t yet left) will pack up and go home for the holidays. Some I’ll see in the spring, others I won’t. They’re going home to family and friends to celebrate whatever they choose, mostly having a break, I’d guess. You get fond of them over a semester.
I hope all of them make it home safely and have a wonderful time. I’m sick with grief for the families in Conn. whose lives have been destroyed and for whom this holiday will be a horror.