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.
The production of human resources became a major issue in Europe after the plague dramatically reduced the population. A witch hunt ensued that lasted for over a hundred years.
Dude, she just said she didn’t remember.
Having not seen Buffy, Angel, OR Dollhouse, I feel sorta useless in this conversation. *goes to hang out with Kittehs, who seems similarly culturally deprived* Kittens? Kittens!
@Kiwi girl
That gif set is incredible! Thanks! 🙂
@The Kittehs’
I can’t tell if you are making a joke, but this made me giggle. So, well done if it was on purpose. (And it’s Joss if it wasn’t. 🙂 )
@BigMomma: Sorry, it was just the general criticism that most people had which is why I interpreted yours that way.
@drst: Lol Wut? I was sort of hinting at people to refresh my memory but the examples provided aren’t helping. I guess I need to brush up on my Whedon-verse…which I’m perfectly ok with ^_^
No worries, Joanna, it’s all cool.
I generally like Whedon, but he does definitely play the feminism-is-hot-girls-fighting! thing waaay too frequently. I’d like some more nuance, thanks.
RE: Some Gal
I don’t think Kittehs is joking; she’s mentioned before not coming from geek circles.
Some Gal – LOL it wasn’t a joke, I don’t know the guy’s name that well after all!
Us French queens tend not to be geeks. 😀
Do any of the non-Whedon have a favorite series, film, book, or auteur they’d like to discuss and/or recommend?
@The Kittehs’
It is a mistake a lot of people make (even people who have seen all his shows). Sorry if I laughed at your expense. (But I still say you made an awesome joke even if it was an accident.)
Plenty of series I like, but not really to the point of serious fandom. Possibly top of the list would be Oliver’s Travels, Sleepers and In the Red, which only went about four-five episodes each. I liked Hamish MacBeth a lot.
Some Gal – no worries! I’m not even sure how it was a joke, is there someone called Josh Whedon as well? I think I just wrote Josh ‘cos it’s more common than Joss.
SHERLOCK. SO MUCH BROMANCE.
I initially took it as like saying “I’ve learned about American politics from you guys. I recognize names like Bob Obama now.” (Like you are consciously saying that you are still unfamiliar, if that makes sense.)
It seemed like a joke I would make and have nobody get. I might just have a really odd sense of humor though.
I liked Hamish MacBeth a lot too. The next thing I saw Robert Carlyle in was a skin-head in Cracker, then Trainspotting, then Ravenous. And his character was so nice in Hamish MacBeth!
I just watched The Graduate on Netflix and dammit, this site is making me realize just how many false rape accusations there are in movies.
I thought his first name was Josh too! [blushes] And I’ve now got Firefly in my Hulu queue.
Non-Whedon stuff: I read a lot of mysteries, but don’t know that anyone here is into those.
But do carry on with the Whedon-related discussions — I wasn’t being sarcastic when I said I enjoy watching you all geek out about things even when I don’t have any experience with them!
@katz
Did you like The Graduate? I really dislike how two-dimensional the heroine is and how little her agency seems to matter, but I can’t help rooting for the hero anyway.
Not only are there a lot of false rape accusations, unless the movie is specifically about how hard rape cases are, the person making the accusation is pretty much always believed. There are never people whispering to each other about how the accuser led on the accused, etc. I can understand where the MRA gets the idea that it is common, but I don’t get holding on to that idea in the face of actual statistics. Given the choice between movies and real world data, it is easily the latter.
@Some Gal – but isn’t Bob Obama Barry’s cousin? 😛
One thing I wasn’t claiming was familiarity with him or his work, lol. I know the name (kinda) but I doubt I’d make any associations if I saw it outside this site.
@Kiwi gal – did you see The Full Monty? Mum and I just watched it again the other night. Brings out my inner air guitarist (when I’m not laughing/cringing at the stuff those guys say – talk about being stuck in a really toxic mindset). Mr K and I did a sort of karaoke version of Make Me Smile at his place that night. Sounds good on lute. 🙂
I thought The Graduate was very good until the get-me-to-the-church-on-time rom-com ending. Ben spent the whole movie ruining his own life and the ending ought to show actual consequences. Elaine was very two-dimensional and there’s an uncomfortable madonna/whore dichotomy between her and Mrs. Robinson. (And why on earth does she like Ben at all when he’s a dick to her practically all the time?)
That said, great acting, fantastic cinematography, and of course an excellent soundtrack.
cloudiah – what mysteries do you like? I’m very fond of Dorothy Sayers’s Lord Peter Wimsey series and Kerry Greenwood’s two (Phryne Fisher and Corinna Chapman) but that’s about the extent of my reading in the genre. Well, and Holmes, of course. 😉