A Voice for Men’s so-called “Honey Badgers” — its little super-team of female MRAs, led by blabby Canadian videoblogger Karen “GirlWritesWhat” Straughan — have a new theory about Anita Sarkeesian. And it’s a doozy.
Sarkeesian, you may recall, is a feminist cultural critic who’s faced pretty much nonstop harassment from misogynistic internet assholes since she launched a project to dissect sexist tropes in video games. AVFM has contributed, in its own special way, to this wave of harassment, with articles describing Sarkeesian as, among other things, a “moneygrubbing liar” and a “queen bee … girl interloper” in the world of video games; AVFM’s Dean Esmay also held her partially responsible, along with an assortment of other internet feminists, for the suicide of one Canadian Men’s Rights Activist.
The principals at AVFM have blamed her for — either inadvertently or deliberately — bringing this harassment on herself by going to 4chan and posting about her project. (As I noted in a previous post, there’s no actual evidence she ever did this.)
The Honey Badgers, for their part, are certain that getting harassed by 4chaners was part of her devious plan all along.
In a teaser for their internet “radio” show tonight, the “Honey Badger” known as TyphonBlue writes:
Like all professional damsels in distress, Anita Sarkeesian had to choose a good dragon. Just the right looming shadow to fall over her delicate and fragile sensibilities; just the right cackling stage-villain to inspire her cries of helpless horror.
She chose 4-chan. An internet forum known for it’s underbelly of foul-tempered and hair-triggered trolls.
Then, after accusing Sarkeesian of inviting countless rape and death threats upon herself (and only a portion of it from 4channers, I should add), the Badgers take their weird conspiracy theory one step further:
But we at Honey Badger Radio have noticed something… odd. The wave of so-called hate that Anita received from her carefully chosen dragon, wasn’t really all that bad.
Yeah. A year and a half (so far) of pretty much unending harassment and baseless criticism, complete with violent threats directed not only at her but at other women who have defended her — that’s nothing.
Compared to 4-chan’s usual scorched earth strategy–raizing [sic] everything to the ground and pissing on the ashes, Anita got a little singed, like she sat too close to a campfire.
So we have to ask… Did 4-chan white knight Anita? I mean, come on. Was that the best 4 chan could do?
Yes, that’s right. The Honey Badgers are accusing those who sent rape and death threats to Anita Sarkeesian … of “white knighting” her.
I can’t even.
I have kittens. I have kittens sitting on my chest and giving me kisses.
Well, kitten. Big kitten is on the floor in my bedroom grooming herself.
Scooby Don’t is a liar.
no. it was somebody here who said women are more likely to attempt suicide. i just dont think that is true if men are 80 percent of actual suicides
Who lied. Why is he such a liar? He should stop lying!
CassandraSays – Noo, don’t subject the poor kitties to trolls!
wordsp1nner – Me either. I know it was approved to be used externally, but we have better antiseptics now that do a better job. And of course, external =! internal.
why should we listen to you when you lie and that’s bad
It’s stuff like this that makes me glad that MRA types don’t actually try to do anything off the internet…
“Hello, suicide hotline? I’m thinking I might kill myself, I need help.”
“PFFFT. Why are you calling here then? Attention whore!”
Ugh.
Liar, liar pants on fire! Scooby Don’t is lying about having compassion.
Dipshit cares about no one.
Not even the men who try suicide, they are just a bludgeon for him.
Remember when they made a live-action Scooby movie and it was crap? Still better than
lies she lies. i have compassion, but women lie. attention is my doggy biscuit and i will gorge myself until i puke unless the kitten banhammer descends.
wrongasshit – Do you want a source?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_differences_in_suicide#Differing_methods_by_gender
I think people should know that Scooby Don’t is a liar, because lying is really bad.
Cuz suicides are completely uncomplicated, right? Like, the team that makes the most attempts on goal is obviously going to win the game. It’s just statistics. So, obviously, more attempts means more success. There are no complicating factors whatsoever.
Yes, the best antibacterials have a really high difference in toxicity between bacteria and eukaryotic cells, and I don’t think silver does (maybe some difference, but not that much.)
They still use silver compounds for burn treatment as an anti-bacterial, but it seems to slow healing. I think the current consensus is that a slow healing is better than an infection.
what did i lie about ? i do have compassion for women and girls. just dont like the way they are treated better than men and boys. like that whole kaitlyn hunt thing.if she was a boy you wouldnt have heard of him cos boys are arrested for the same crime all the time
bailey – Obviously me calling a suicide hotline was because I wanted attention. Never mind the fact that I was seriously considering jumping off a cliff. I just wanted attention!
But…but…Wikipedia is infested with feminists! The CDC is infested with feminists. The APA (American Psychological Association) is infested with feminists. You can’t trust them as sources.
Yeah, I’ve seen MRAs say all of that.
Thanks cloudiah. *reciprocates*
I’ve just felt very lonely and dysphoric today. I can’t stop thinking about the things that make me sad and stressed out, and at some point it gets so overwhelming that I start to feel suicidal. I think I’ve calmed down a bit over the past few hours, though, and I’m emailing this organization for some help.
I’m sorry for blurting out the stuff about suicide. It just bothered me that’s all.
wrongasshit – No. No, you don’t. We can quote you you know.
wordsp1nner – *nod* Infection just makes things more complicated. Any reason why we don’t use better antiseptics for burns though?
kaitlyn did i mention kaitlyn? it’s very important that i mention kaitlyn because talking about anita wasn’t getting me enough attention biscuits.
oh shit now i cant do contractions either! someone send rescue kittens!
theladyzombie – I’ve seen that too, unfortunately.
alice that sarcasm is a lie. you are a liar 🙁
(Seriously though hugs and kisses for you <3!)
And here are more kittens. Teeny weeny whiny ones!
LOL it was theladyzombie who started talking about kaitlyn hunt first. and she was repeating the lies that her family told on that bastard petition.
Ally, glad you’re contacting someone! MOAR HUGS.
(Did anyone email our dark lord in a suit filled with ferrets and kittens?)
Blurt away, Ally. A great many of us here support you. Not the trolls, obviously. But the smart, compassionate, and cool people. And geeks and nerds. And socially awkward, but sincere. In short, the ManBoobzers support you. If you need some virtual shoulders to lean on, we’ve got them for you.
Scooby Don’t is still lying! He needs to stop lying because lying about things is wrong.
He needs to stop with the lying.