The twitter hashtag wars continue! Apparently still pissed off that feminists pooped on their #INeedMasculismBecause tag the other day, the dudes of the manosphere launched a little counterattack aimed at #TellAFeministThankYou, a hashtag originally started by Melissa McEwan of Shakesville to give an opportunity to feminists to thank other feminists for, you know, being awesome and stuff.
On Chateau Heartiste, the Heartiste formerly known as Roissy charged up the troops for the campaign.
[T]he #TellAFeministThankYou Twitter feed has morphed into a shooting gallery for the entertainment of trolls and assorted sadists, providing a laugh a second. Feminists on that feed have been reduced to impotently bleating “wait for them to get it out of their systems.”
Go for the fun, stay for the cruelty. And keep an eye out for malevolent forces committing drive-bys of spectacular carnage. The kind of carnage that can leave a feminist with barely enough strength to mewl for the sympathies and circle-wagoning of fellow travelers.
There was just one problem: The PUAs and MRAs and other assorted Red Pill tweeters forgot to have a sense of humor.
Heartiste tried his best to generate some hilarity with a few tweets of his own.
Such magnificent wit!
Evidently feeling he needed to kick it up a notch, he decided to add some sprinkles of racism:
See, cuz only guys with names like “Juan” and “Anfernee” (hint, hint, hint) harass women on the street!
Here are some contributions from some other Red Pill wits, which evidently were highly amusing to the dudes in the RedPill Subreddit:
And a couple of others I found on my own:
There were even a few directed at little old me, like this one from our friend Chuck at Gucci Little Piggy:
You’re welcome!
Flawless victory, guys!
Oh, and here are some more kitties, since they seem to annoy manosphere dudes so much.
That “innocent unborn” bullshit pisses me off because according to Christianity you’re a sinner until you’ve been baptized.
Joanna: Let’s amend that to “according to some branches of Christianity,” OK?
Ah. Well it’s definitely Catholicism anyway.
I’m sorry, I don’t follow you. Some Christians accept the doctrine of Original Sin. You seem to think that’s bad (for the record, I agree). This does not seem consistent with thinking that “innocent unborn” is “bullshit.” Do you think that Adam Baldwin is one of those Christians who accept the doctrine of Original Sin?
Oh, and don’t get me started about how the Catholic church didn’t even consider abortion murder until the 19th century anyway! Before then, the consensus was that the fetus didn’t even have a soul until the mother could feel it move inside her (known as “the quickening.”) Laws against abortion in the United States started in the 1840’s and it wasn’t until a few decades later that every state had banned it, which means that it was illegal for just a mere century before it was legalized again. Prior to that it was the domain of midwives. Granted, back then the methods used were not for the faint of heart (some home guides advised women to “receive blows to the belly” or “fall down stairs,” and there were all kinds of toxic concoctions to drink), but they did exist.
Catholicism, for sure. But they also came up with the concept of the Holy Innocents just to get around that problem.
(Still not over Adam Baldwin. Jayne is my favorite character!)
Not Captain Tightpants?!
@blitzgal
See, I liked Jayne as a character. He was a collosal jerk, not too bright but handy with weapons, and rather enjoyable to watch. And he had his moments of ‘sort of a decent person under all the jerk’. (End of Ariel, his relationship with his mother, for example)
The main part of my enjoyment came from the fact that the rest of Serenity’s crew were willing to bring him back into line and that Jayne was frequently the butt of jokes (often as a result of his attitude).
I wouldn’t like Jayne as a person. Although Jayne seems to be fairing slightly better than his actor in this; even if it was because it wasn’t relevant to the plot, Jayne never said that the point of long-term committed romantic/sexual relationships was to breed, and had more respect for the bodily autonomy of others (it’s been a while since I’ve watched Firefly, but I think the worst he did was attempt to flash his genitals at River…)
@Falconer: I wasn’t specifically referring to Baldwin but to one of the general pro-life arguments. Coming from a Catholic country, it rubs me the wrong way.
IIRC, that wasn’t even because abortion was bad but because the methods used were really, really dangerous.
Back when I used to do desktops, I made a Jayne wallpaper. Oh, remember the days of 1024×768???
http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesunimages/1C66D790521B77D29205F50D74D582B9.jpg
I would believe it. It was also a contentious time between physicians and midwives, feeling out what domain belonged to who, etc.
CWS: Yeah, that’s how I feel about Jayne too.
He wasn’t really serious about that. She’d pointed out that Jayne was a girl’s name, and it was apparently a sore spot, because he threatened to prove that he had boy parts.
Yeah, I was over Adam Baldwin when he went on Big Hollywood to scream about how Sesame Street was evil for being all multicultural and socialist and shit.
Didn’t realize he was related to the other Baldwins, especially considering Alec “MRA” Baldwin, and Stephen “Born Again” Baldwin.
Jayne was my favorite too. Bad boys who fight terribly hard against redemption… there’s something that tantalizes me.
Needless to say I wrote an epic Angel/Firefly crossover featuring Spike and Jayne. It just seemed like it needed doing.
Speaking of River, was she going to be developed into a more powerful character over time if the series had continued? I was underwhelmed by her characterisation in the series as it stands, and the movie, in particular because she is in marked contrast to a character like Buffy who was complete butt-kicking.
And, did anyone get into the Dollhouse? I tried to watch the first episode, but it left me confused about the point of the show. I would not have guessed that Dollhouse was from Whedon.
As a rule, I’m better at handling bigoted/asshat ‘heroic’ characters if one of the other heroic characters tells them to shut up when they go too far, and if the asshat faces consequences for their behavior. If the other characters just go along with it then I start worring about the views of the people creating the story.
@Kiwi: I imagined River would have been amazing if Firefly continued. She was supposed to be this uber brain and we didn’t really get to see that until near the end of the series.
Dollhouse is actually pretty good, but as with most Whedon series takes a little while to take off. A lot of the first few episodes are very slow and introductory.
I liked that Jayne never got a big moment of revelation where he became a better person. That would be the temptation, but his characterization makes far more sense this way (ie, after Jaynestown, he learns absolutely nothing).
@leftwingfox: Adam Baldwin ISN’T related to Alec et al.
@CWS: It’s my recollection of Firefly that Jayne often was called out on his bullshit. I seem to recall for one that Zoe thought the ship could have done without him. And Consequences Were Going to Be Suffered at the end of that one episode if Jayne hadn’t seemingly thought about others (while still kind of thinking about himself).
Y’know, it’s streaming on Netflix. Maybe I better go refresh my memory.
@leftwingfox yeah, the Sesame Street thing is my main association with him. So bizarre.
Re: abortion views in the US: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2012/02/18/the-biblical-view-thats-younger-than-the-happy-meal/
I liked all of the characters on the show in their own way. I have a special fondness for Kaylee, though.
Dollhouse is problematic. (there’s that word! Dang!)
Which is to say it deconstructs some tropes by presenting them pretty straight. So along the way you see a lot of women get beaten up by misogynists, and a lot of sexual assault. A LOT.
But there’s Alan Tudyk.
Heh.
I was certainly expecting River to turn into something awesome, but then Fox gave the show the axe and Whedon finished up the two biggest threads in the movie, which didn’t leave much time IMO to differentiate River from Buffy in terms of Waif Fu.
Also she was supposed to be psychic, where did she pick up her kung fu?