So Anita Sarkeesian, who apparently didn’t run off with all her Kickstarter money to found a Misandist Gynarchy in the wilds of Canada, has released the first video in her Tropes vs Women in Video Games project. (I’ve embedded it below.)
Naturally, this is causing great consternation in certain corners of the Internet (*cough* Reddit *cough cough* everywhere else that misogynistic nerds congregate *cough*). In the Man Boobz forum, Katz has started a contest to see who can find “the whiniest, brattiest, most entitled response” to Sarkeesian’s video on the Internet. So far Katz and Myoo have found a couple classic comments from irate Sarkeeianaphobes:
[H]ow does one go about stating that genders and gender roles are social constructs? I mean is evolution nothing to her? Does the patriarchy make male peacocks dress provocatively?
Yes. Yes it does.
And:
I’m gradually losing respect for the opposite sex. I’ve unfollowed people on tumblr who talk about how great she is, because it actually causes bile to rise in to my throat.
Yeah, that’s a totally reasonable response to a woman making a video about video games.
So anyway, I’m thinking we should bring the contest over here.
See what you can find! Consider it a sort of scavenger hunt.
Here’s my contribution, from the Men’s Rights subreddit, complaining that Damsels in Distress are the truly privileged ones:
Amazingly, this acutally got called out on r/mr as being pretty damn stupid.
Also, I have another question, to add to the stack of other questions I’ve been asking lately: Just why do you think so many guys get so angry when girls and women invade what they consider a male sphere, like gaming? (Also, why do they consider gaming to belong to boys and men?)
Oh, and here’s the video that’s causing all this hubbub:
Try to look at it from a logical perspective. You’ll see it’s the same situation, on a different scale.
I meant, 90% of the ideas of physicists.
Oh, blow me, Clifford. There are not two sides to this. You have no logic, piss off.
90 % of geography is terrible. Rivers, why do people even study those? Human geography is the only good geography.
90% of all colors are terrible. Mustard? Why is that even a thing? Only red, green, and black are worth acknowledging as colors.
I disagree. I think the only colors worth acknowledging are purple, pink, blue and black. There are two sides to every argument.
@LBT
That happened to my dad on his site too, the majority of comments were spam so he just turned them off.
shorter clifford: QUICK, LET ME BACKTRACK!
3 sides you say? Try this.
I would like this logial perspective explained so my delicate lady brain can follow it, please.
Blockquote fail….
oh well.
….90% of blockquotes are terrible….
90% of food is terrible. Indian food? What the fuck is that shit? Steak, potatoes and blowjobs are the only dinner a man needs.
So, is Clodford Mr Al or Pell? I was thinkng Pell but these comments are more Mr Alish. Just shades and shades of stupidity.
shorter clifford: QUICK, LET ME BACKTRACK!
It’s not my fault, if you can’t look at things logically, and make the reasonable interpretation.
Fuck, let’s pretend that 90% of all ideas by all scientists are wrong, though it’d have to be threatening to be comparable, but hey, this is neverland! Guess what percent see the light of day? The other 10%!
I was going to watch a movie and then go to bed, but this is much more entertaining.
:has popcorn. Actually snikidys, but w/e:
If only we could be logical like Clifford! One of his many good qualities.
Translation:
I want to be able to heap abuse on her and she is being soooooooooooooo unfair in not letting me!
The change to the style to incorporate one of a certain someone’s tells in an attempt to sustain the current trolling effort points to one Very Special Troll.
RE: Clifford
Try to look at it from a logical perspective. You’ll see it’s the same situation, on a different scale.
I hate to break this to ya, guy, but I think YOU are one of the 90%. And I don’t mean Occupy.
Use your words clifford, like grownups do 😛 then you won’t always have to go back and ‘clarify’ what you meant.
…:( Also, lol @blowjobs. I should have known that’s why mra’s want them! They live on the power of blowjobs!
Translated Clodford: It’s not my fault, if I talk out of my arse, and people laugh at me for it.
Clifford: 50 Shades of Stupid.
Not Pell, no claim of advanced knowledge of anything. I’m thinking drunk Mr. Al, time to meltdown is too fast for most of our trolls while sober. (NWO excluded, but it isn’t him)
90% of theories proposed by physicists boil down to “someone should kill that mouthy cunt”. Truefax.
Cassandra – lazy eye and spit, you reckon?
90% of clifford’s comments are boring and useless, but 10% are memorable.
/idk if I’m even making sense anymore
LBT — that’s ok, Occupy isn’t 90% but 99%
Explain that Clifford!