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.
Hmm, I think Fidelbogen is actually a character brought to life from an absurd dark comedy. He certainly speaks as one would.
Now Fidelbogen is getting lazy. His tweets used to be a lot more entertaining. Now they look like he just used some random misogynistic tweet generator.
I dunno, the random #women in the middle of the lousy treatment tweet cracked me up
“I assume fem2 is where AVFM sends a robot back in time to kill Betty Friedan’s mother.”
Ha! Good one.
He talks non-stop about feminism, but I have a strong feeling he doesn’t go out much. Or um, reads books.
He posted — “The power of the human brain to block what it doesn’t want to know, is hard to exaggerate.”
Yes. Yes indeed, little one.
This guy thinks more about feminism than most feminists.
I’m starting to think there’s some sort of MRA keyword bingo generator… the F-bot 2000 or some such.
Didn’t we do MRA Bingo cards a while back?
He wrote — “…(feminism) drove women 50 miles out into the country and left them there. That’s what you get for taking rides from strangers.”
I mean, seriously, what in the fuck?
OT, but what do you think about this response to Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines?
you folks*
Don’t know, because the only thing I know about Robin Thicke is what I read two minutes ago on The Vagenda – and I was too pissed off with their fuckwitted “if you haven’t been living under a rock [add various musical-taste jokes] you’ll know all about this by now” article to bother with it.
I take it he’s another misogynist piece of shit.
Ally, I feel a little like they were trying to be as terrible as (or worse than, castration mentions) Thicke, and that isn’t a good road to travel down.
@cloudiah
I think they mentioned “castration” as a way to mock ridiculous attitudes towards feminism (you know that stereotype about feminists being man-hating castrating lesbians), but I thought it was tasteless and unnecessary.
Oh, this is better:
Ally, I agree with you.
Gotta say, “they were rescuing kittens in the subway” is one of the better reasons to be late for work in New York.
I have no doubt MRAs are more interested in opposing feminism than helping men. Actually, the two endeavors are arguably antithetical.
I once had access to the complete archive of a native anti-feminist blog which had been shut down due to problems with the legal authorities. Going through its posts, besides the obvious sexism and racism (dude was quite a fascist himself), it was astonishing to see how much time he dedicated to lambast any male who failed to live up to his very narrow definition of masculinity. That blogger was doing more harm to men than any of his imaginary strawfeminist conspiracies could ever do.
(sorry for the interruption, now do go on)
Hi, L’Âne d’Eau! Are you newly delurked, or a regular under a new name? 🙂
Hi, kitteh. I lurked here for a while around a year ago and then when into ostracism. Now I came back to check how things were, and decided to interact a little.
I don’t think I posted anything in that past period. If I did, I assure it was totally unremarkable.
@L’Âne d’Eau, You are very welcome. Interact more, if you feel like it! 🙂
What does your name mean? My French is abysmal.
cloudiah: I don’t speak French, though I like to pretend I do. 😛 The story behind the name is a little bit complicated, but I’ll try to remember it correctly…
Once upon a time there was a Russian physicist called Lev Landau. He was called by his friends simply “Dau,” and he liked to joke that his family name was actually French: “L’Ane Dau,” meaning the donkey Dau. I remembered this anecdote while I was trying to come up with a username for WordPress, but unfortunately “lanedau” was already taken. So, I added an e to it and got “L’Ane d’Eau” which apparently means water donkey. Which is very silly, not that I come to think of it…
(btw, you can call me however you want, I don’t really mind)
Water donkey was the translation I got out of it, which seemed odd. But now that I know you are aware of the sillness, it isn’t so bad! 😀 Welcome!
KITTENS!!!
*cough* sorry, please continue as you were
I thought it meant water donkey too, and was trying to remember an old folk tale, but that’s whatever-the-French-is for donkey skin – the heroine had a cloak made of a donkey’s hide, I think.
Anyways, welcome! 🙂
@Ally S: fairly good parody. I’ve only ever heard parodies of that song. A song with the title “Blurred Lines” strikes me as far too rapey.
And of course, MRA’s have invaded the comment’s section of the video complaining about their use of the term “man’s world” and how this video is as sexist as the original.
Translation: “Stop oppressing us with your songs about being oppressed! “