It’s labor day here in the US of A, a day for picnics, parades honoring our nation’s workers, and going through Fidelbogen’s timeline on Twitter looking for especially obtuse tweets from the always obtuse Men’s Renaissance Agitator and would-be philosopher-king of the Men’s Rights movement.
Yes, I know we just did Fidelbogen the other day, but we’re doing him again.
Because it’s my blog, that’s why!
And it’s worth it. Because Fidelbogen, who apparently fancies himself some sort of evil rhetorical genius taking down feminism with he power of his mighty words, has a knack for saying out loud what a lot of Men’s Rightsers think. As I pointed out the other day, he’s admitted straight up that he’s far more interested in attacking feminists than in actually helping men. Which is clearly the case with most MRAs, as evidenced by their complete and utter lack of accomplishment in the whole “actually helping men” arena.
In his tweets, he often goes further, exposing the dishonest nature of these attacks on feminism. Indeed, a good portion of his tweets are basically him twirling his moustache as he explains the devious trickery he’ll be using to take the evil feminists down.
Here he is in full supervillain mode:
We needn't treat feminists fairly or ethically.Underhanded tricks r the order of the day, BUT. . nothing violent or illegal! #antifeminism
— Fidelbogen – gab.ai/Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) August 15, 2013
One of Fidey’s favorite themes is that he and his MRA buddies can define feminism, so suck on that, femmies!
#Feminism is what WE say it is. And if this doesn't match you, then you are NOT A FEMINIST. Best not call yourself one. #FeministArmy #fem2
— Fidelbogen – gab.ai/Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) August 6, 2013
Indeed, he won’t shut up about it:
Always remember that when we talk about "feminism", we mean #Feminism as WE define that term. #FeministArmy #Fem2 #rapeculture #mensrights
— Fidelbogen – gab.ai/Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) July 28, 2013
Yeah, dude. Trust us — we know.
And here he suggests he’s far more interested in pulling women down than in raising men up:
Whatever lousy treatment is dished out to men, may fairly be dished out to #women as well. Equality of misery, all the way. #Feminism
— Fidelbogen – gab.ai/Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) August 1, 2013
What’s this? Straight up misogyny?
There are some who would say that #feminism is simply politicized or weaponized female nature. #misogyny #FeministArmy #mensrights #fem2013
— Fidelbogen – gab.ai/Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) August 11, 2013
Oh, sorry, misogyny doesn’t exist.
"Misogyny" is a nonsense word that feminists use when men won't take any crap from them. Misogyny doesn't really exist. @AmandaMarcotte
— Fidelbogen – gab.ai/Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) August 6, 2013
Or … does it?
#Feminism creates more genuine misogyny than any other force on earth. #FeministArmy #misogyny #sexism #women #antifeminism #mensrights
— Fidelbogen – gab.ai/Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) August 8, 2013
Do try to keep your story straight, dude!
Fidey is the master of baffling metaphor:
#Feminism drove women 50 miles out into the country and left them there. That's what you get for taking rides from strangers. #FeministArmy
— Fidelbogen – gab.ai/Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) July 30, 2013
Ok, that didn’t make sense. Let’s try this one:
Whatever is "good" about #Feminism, is like a flower painted on a piss-pot. #FeministArmy #sexism #misandry #antifeminism #mensrights
— Fidelbogen – gab.ai/Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) July 29, 2013
Huh. Pisspots, however unsavory, do at least serve a useful function. Is Men’s Rights Activism thus the equivalant of peeing on the floor?
Too complicated. Fidey tries a simpler metaphor:
#Feminism is a bloated, bloodsucking tick that must be prised from the social body with a choice set of pliers. #FeministArmy #mensrights
— Fidelbogen – gab.ai/Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) July 27, 2013
And then marches off into the land of incoherence once again.
Dew from the mill, is milldew. Really. It is. #masculinism #Feminism
— Fidelbogen – gab.ai/Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) July 27, 2013
And then accidentally stumbles upon a truth:
The power of the human brain to block what it doesn't want to know, is hard to exaggerate. #subjectivism #Feminism #collectivism #mensrights
— Fidelbogen – gab.ai/Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) July 29, 2013
Read that one over again, Fidey, and take a good hard look at yourself.
His hashtags used to be more entertaining.
MRA Protip: If you find yourself monologuing like a supervillain, stop.
@Hyena Girl: A supervillain would be handier with his metaphors.
@ Andrew: I didn’t say that Fidelbogen was a particularly effective supervillain, more Calender Man than the Joker.
Mill dew?
What?
Does that mean we get to define MRA? Yay! I’m tempted to go full Godwin here. Or I can define it Fidey-twitter-style:
“The MRM is like a lump of pus that no longer attracts the cockroaches of wrath, but instead slowly dries into its own demise into the abyss of superficiality, longing for revenge against its own illusions of grandeur.”
Or in Fiddle Bogan’s case, mildew.
I wonder if he tries talking like a cartoon villain, too?
Yeah, my brain is stuck on the mildew thing.
Fiddles must lead a very weird existence.
Grist for the mill, is gristmill. #makingmoresensethanfido
‘Cause nothing violent or illegal is “underhanded”!
…Right…?
As vaguely and inaccurately as possible? Convenient!
“Misandry” is a nonsense word petulant man-children use when women won’t take being treated like shit by them…
Good thing you work as a walking, talking example of such!
Fidobogen’s brain is so well shielded it could probably block a small nuclear strike.
@kitteh
I bet he owns a bunker too (in case feminist Soviets attack). Double protection!
Fidelbogen’s apartment is a wretched hive of scum and villainy, full of the dew from the mill. #seriouslydudetrycleaning #repurposingStarWarsquotes
Fidelbogen doesn’t like feminism either. Feminists just watch yourselves. We’re wanted men. (Not by women.) Fidelbogen has the death sentence on twelve systems. #MosIsleyArmy
The ability to destroy a feminist is insignificant next to the imagined power of Fidelbogen’s mangry tweets. #DeathStarMisandry
Fidelbogen’s tweets are as clumsy or random as a blaster; obtuse weapons for a more bitter age. #FidelbogenVSObiWan
Maude – LOL!
… hey, when did you change your avatar?
cloudiah – “mangry” LOL. Puts me as much in mind of mangy as of man/angry. Apt!
That’s no moon. It’s feminism. #ObiWanWasAFeminist #FeminismWillDestroyYourPlanetFromSpace
We’re doomed. #C-3POSpeaksTheFateOfMisogynists
fem2? Am I the only one wondering what the hell fem2 is?
I’d say shorthand for second-wave feminism, but this is Fiddle, so nope, no idea.
Didn’t we find out that Fidelbogen means “Faithful Booger?” (I’m just making that up but it made me laugh. I am 3.)
@kitteh
Yeah, I alternate between representations of my cat (as the hivemind ordered).
Hey also, did you hear about the two kittens that shut down part of the NYC subway system for hours? Here they are:
Poor babies! Were they wild kittens or lost?
They were wild. NYC not only shut down the subway for 2 hours, they cut off electricity so the kitties wouldn’t be electrocuted on the “3rd rail.” They were eventually caught and taken to a shelter.
I assume fem2 is where AVFM sends a robot back in time to kill Betty Friedan’s mother.
Yay! I hope they get good forever homes.
Cassandra – that’d be the bot in the picture Dave put up on the LousyCanuck thread, yes? 😀