Some epic we-hunted-the-mammoth ranting from the Men’s Rights subreddit.
I should note — before some angry MRA does — that the thread I found this in is devoted to an outrageously hateful and over-the-top “kill all men” rant someone posted as a comment on Pharyngula. Naturally, no one there agrees with “Etienne,” nor do I. Indeed, I don’t allow those kinds of comments here, but the plain fact is that I never, as in literally not once that I can remember, get comments like that from feminists. I do get plenty of violent comments from MRAs, though; in the past week alone I’ve censored comments from people who gave themselves the usernames rapeabitch, RapeMan, and Woman Beater.
RE: Kittehs
I’m shamed that I forgot Rosa Parks.
Miriam Makeba!
@Historophilia: Yikes. Also, ugh. And many hugs and other comforts.
Random fact about Surya Bonaly: because she landed her backflips on one foot, they were technically legal jumps and had to be scored accordingly. The ISU telegraphed its disapproval of this workaround by making them entirely illegal in competition, so now the back flip is the only jump that has no base score.
/ skating geekery
Historiphilia — echoing the chorus of people sorry that happened to you, but he should try that to a cactus, he’d get his just desserts that way!
@LBT
thanks for the link 😀 I’ve bookmarked it to check out in future reference.
RE: Marie
Sure; Xenothon’s open all week until the month closes out!
RE: Historiphilia
Ugh, that does suck. I’m really sorry it happened to you. I HATE it when people come up behind me and touch me, and getting groped would be horrible!
People didn’t want to count her backflips as legal? Why?
/skating ignorant. XD
I just want to know where these guys find time to post these long screeds.
Clifford — “I agree with Buttman, that Etienne post can’t be taken as representing feminists. Even MRAs can admit that’s out of the mainstream.”
Lol, no need to agree with Das Butt to say that that rant was so far over the line it isn’t remotely funny (guys, David’s summary doesn’t do that piece of hatred justice, go skim it)
Seriously, that shit does not represent any feminists I know! As for Das Butt, I guess even a stopped clock on a Wall of Boredom is right twice a day…more lik a month with him though…
Is it just me or is that Etienne rant familiar to anyone else? I swear I read it a couple of years ago somewhere.
Yeah, and if they had to do the sort of work health care assistants and carers for the elderly have to do they’d be running screaming for the hills.
YES. I’ve been doing things like wipe poop off of elderly balls for the last 6 months (part time only, thank the FSM.) And it was mostly balls. But the fact that the residents in the very nice home were 80% male and the workers were 100% female was probably somehow MISANDRY.
RE: Bagelsan
*shudder* I could never do that kind of healthcare work. I mean, it’s not even being shat on that bothers me (cows cured that), but I don’t like touching people or being touched by them. Having to do that kind of work would give me the screaming meemies. Like, sure I can push past it for handshakes and the occasional surprise!hug (please don’t do that), but having to do it all the time for work…
*shudder* You have my admiration.
I’m appalled at the number of you who would contaminate cookies with raisins, I really am.
@Historophilia – I’m so sorry that happened to you. Sadly you’re not alone.
@LBT – woot!
On the OP I’d like to see an explanation about how men, especially MRAs, are the glue that holds things together when many of them can’t be arsed to do things like laundry or cooking. Not to mention the dull, bureaucratic tasks that make up daily life in the industrialized world, you know, the kind of work frequently done by women. Society is not held together by grand gestures, but by constant small efforts.
*sigh* That was supposed to say:
@Historophilia – I’m so sorry that happened to you. Sadly you’re not alone. I hope you never have to deal with something like that again. Nobody should.
@dsrt
bu…bu…raisin cookies? *initiate puppy dog eyes* What about cranberries? I’ve had cranberry cookies and they are sooo good.
I thought I recognized Etienne Dufour’s comment on Pharyngula. It’s actually copy-pasted from a 2010 post on the radical feminist blog Eve Bit First.
A sample:
Of course no one agrees with that on Pharyngula or Man Boobz, which are spaces extremely hostile to biological determinism.
@LBT: I’m starting a Master’s in Nursing this summer partly because I really don’t like wiping butts all day. At least with a health degree it’ll be optional. ^^;
@Marie: Have you had craisin/white chocolate chip cookies? They are weirdly delicious.
@bagelsan
No, I haven’t! What is craisin?
RE: Marie
Think raisins, only with cranberries instead of grapes. Pretty good, actually.
A craisin is just a dried cranberry, like a play on “raisin.” But if you stick some into an oatmeal cookie with white chocolate chips it’s really good. ^^
Is scrapemind saying we disagree that all men should die because we disagree with biological determinism? I mean, we do disagree with both, but wah?
(Is he like that kid that’ll go away if ignored? Should I just ignore him?)
Oh, that makes sense XD I actually do think I’ve had some, in that case, because I have had cookies with cranberries and white chocolate in them. They were so yummy. I should find a recipe.
Wants attention, best to ignore.
Kk, shall engage ignore mode, not like we haven’t got a more interesting piñata!
“I just want to know where these guys find time to post these long screeds.”
I know. Aren’t these guys supposed to be keeping civilization together, which I would assume would take up most of their time? Or is this how they keep civilization going? If so, then fuck civilization-I don’t want it, thanks.