The narcissistic racist pickup artist guru who goes by the ridiculous nickname Heartiste is a bit of an excitable fellow.
What’s got his man-panties in a bunch at the moment is an article on Slate noting that a small number of family therapists have begun to suggest that an affair might not mean the end of a marriage — and that in some cases a mature discussion of the raw feelings exposed by the discovery of an affair might possibly lead instead to a — gasp! — stronger marriage.
This isn’t exactly a revolutionary insight, and the therapists aren’t exactly urging married couples to all sign up to attend the next Polyamory Meetup in their town. But Heartiste is outraged. Though the word “feminism” isn’t uttered a single time in the Slate article, he has decided that it is proof of “The Feminist Push To Sanction Female Infidelity.” As he explains, in his typically overheated prose:
What feminists are attempting to do here is nothing short of legitimize the biologically innate female imperative to fuck alpha males during ovulation and extract resources from beta males during infertile periods of the monthly cycle.
You might think this is just some weird misogynistic crap he’s cooked up, but he DID say “biologically innate female imperative,” so it must be SCIENCE.
CH predicted it: Feminists and various “health professionals” would agitate to normalize the “alpha fux, beta bux” female mating strategy. As society becomes ever more feminized and emasculated, expect to see more of these rancid ideas percolate in mainstream discussion, as the pro-female directive and anti-male directive reach their demonic apotheoses.
Yes, he did indeed just say “their demonic apotheoses.” Heartiste is a bit of a drama king.
You might say, “Well, this means men can be unfaithful without consequence, too!” Oh, ye of precious naivete. Men won’t be let off the hook. The divorce industrial and family court complexes are rigged against the interests of men, and getting more rigged by the day. An army of leftoids fed on the swill of legalese will barely break a sweat holding the contradictory beliefs that women cheat for good reasons and men cheat because they’re oppressive patriarchs.
Eventually, with the help of dazzling sophistry, the law will be twisted to such a warped geometry that the people will come to accept injustice as fairness and lies as truth.
I think what he just said is that women will be allowed to get away with cheating, but men won’t.
Heartiste then goes on to suggest, naturally, that while female infidelity is inherently EEEEEEVIIL , male infidelity is no big deal, because reasons.
And then he just completely buries his head up his reactionary ass:
Feminism is the sick, wheezing spawn of its parent ideology, equalism, the belief in a magical flying spaghetti monster that imbues all humans with equal ability and equal worth, interchangeable flesh cogs that can as easily master astrophysics as lawn care given the right dose of self-esteem boosting pablum.
Oh, he’s not done yet:
Whatever the self-professed noble intentions of their advocates, these ideologies are as wicked and destructive as any genocidal revolutions that have come before them.
Yep, a couple of therapists saying “hey, maybe couples can work through affairs and come out better for it” is the equivalant of Auschwitz.
This is why CH, a citadel firm, guarded by sentries of ancient woods, illuminating a path to enlightenment, will never cease in its mission to utterly crush evil, sick ideologies like feminism so totally that there is no space for even the ashes of its immolation to gather in a stiff wind.
I think he must be drunk. “Sentries of ancient woods?” Are elves guarding his condo?
He ends with this final fantasy:
Feminism’s proponents will suffer endless ridicule should they choose to fight, or they will retreat from the public square to lick their wounds in the comfort of their silent seething thoughts. And, if the spoils of victory are rich indeed, some will self-deliver to release the pain.
Why do so many right-wingers write like this? Do they actually think this pompous nonsense makes them sound smart? I guess they must.
Well, back to my silent seething thoughts. And perhaps a light snack.
Heartiste used to be roissy, who was doxed as James weidmann. He lost his job and closed down roissy, returning as heartiste a bit later. I think he’s still unemployed and lives off his blog. I wouldn’t be that surprised if he lives a very isolated existence irl.
Fwiw, the fact that the guy is pushing 50 and writing this stuff is beyond pathetic.
I don’t think it is humanly possible to be “…more angry than the guy himself”.
I have seen Fartiste’s picture, he is utterly unremarkable in every way.
Bina wins the thread, and one gold-plated sparkly internetz.
QFT, right on, can I get an AMEN?
hellkell – How about a RAmen? 😉
Alice: RAmen is OK too!
Ooooooooo! Gold plated sparkliez! Teh Preshus! I wantz it!!!
Ahem. Sorry. Yeah, I’ve seen Wiedmann’s pic too. If he’s a super seducer, then I’m the Queen of Spain. Boring, boring, BORING, boring, boring.
hellkell – Honestly though. The Affordable Care Act isn’t communist. Or socialist, really. All it really does is force you to buy health insurance and requires health insurance policies to provide for those with preexisting conditions and coverage for contraception.
Also: it was the Republican’s idea in the first place.
I wish it WAS socialist healthcare.
Oh no, I have unleashed Bina’s Inner Gollum!
Yeah, I’ve seen Mr Super Seducer’s pic too, I think … it’s hard to recall his face, it was so wouldn’t-look-twice. Not even the “he’s a nice looking guy/he’s got nice hair ::returns to knitting::” that’s my level of enthusiasm for Blokes Who Aren’t Sir.
kittehs – Have you seen his SMV quiz for girls on his website? *shudder*
Alice: I wish it was single payer too. My problem with ACA is that it doesn’t go far enough. I would happily pay more in taxes for everyone to have health care.
Alice – no, I never go to PUA or MRA sites. Apart from the human viruses running ’em, I don’t trust them not to have malware or other infections.
Should I even ask what SMV stands for?
hellkell – Me too. Single payer would be IMHO better, and I heard it’s cheaper too.
kittehs – SMV = sexual market value.
It’s basically a quiz for women to take to see if people like him would fuck you.
Death andDestruction said:
“I think he’s more or less right, Slate privileges the desires of women too much. Alpha fux/beta bux is a pretty common phenomenon, why can’t women just admit it?”
We don’t “admit” it because it’s not true. The Slate article does not support those ideas in any way. Their point was simply that some marriages survive one partner being unfaithful and some even develop in positive ways because of it. That is true if both parties are prepared to do the work necessary to start communicating and being honest with one another. It has nothing whatever to do with the MRAs daft “hypergamy” idea.
“And as for hate, that’s not really important especially since it seems like the reaction to Heartiste is more angry than the guy himself.”
No, not hate. Why bother with hate when there is so much stupid to laugh at? We do, however, get annoyed when MRAs decide to tell us what we think and feel. Especially when they draw conclusions based on them and try and impose them on us.
Medicare. For everyone!
Alice: Yeah, it probably would be.
Even with its flaws, after our benefits at work got shittier and more expensive, I may look at ACA next year. Our work health plan took a big slide into complete bullshit this year.
Alice – oh that.
Funny how he wants people to do a quiz about something that doesn’t exist, to find out if they’re attractive to someone they wouldn’t want to have sex with in a million years.
If the SMV existed, Fartiste’s would be somewhere down in the negatives. Repellent personality, forgettable, bland face and not even the cash that supposedly attracts us hypergamous feeeeemales … what is he, a delta? A gamma? Something way down the alphabet in that idiotic “system”, anyway.
The whole notion of employers dictating people’s insurance, or insurance having anything to do with the workplace, is the most mind-boggling thing about the US system for me. Our Medicare is far from perfect but it exists, it comes out of our taxes, it covers lots of things and it’s for everyone (unless you’re unlucky enough to be a refugee). Yes, we’re strongly encouraged to have private cover as well, but it’s still entirely our own choice who we go with and what’s covered, and has nothing to do with our workplaces.
hellkell – I’m kind of scared to find my own insurance when I graduate, TBH. I hope that whoever hires me gives good health insurance (and covers things like contraception! Equality for all!).
kittehs – He’d be an omega. *nod*
(That is the lowest of the low, right?)
kittehs – EXACTLY. What’s even worse is that there’s people trying to use religion to deny women reproductive control.
I wish they’d cover abortions and contraception, because reproductive health care is health care.
Kittehs: yeah, our current system blows goats. Insurance shouldn’t be tied to employment at all, IMO.
Alice: you might be afraid now, but once you see the crap employers try to pass off as a benefit, you might change your mind.
Alice — PP has a sliding scale payment options should you ever need it.