So Reddit’s Men’s Rightsers are in a tizzy over a bullshitty piece in the Daily Telegraph warning of an evil worldwide plot to force men to pee sitting down.
The evidence for the existence of such a plot is a bit on the skimpy side — the Telegraph writer leads off with a reference to a 2012 proposal from a County Council member in Sormland, Sweden that doesn’t seem to have gone anywhere legislatively but that’s been a favorite evil-feminist story on conservative websites ever since.
The very notion that some evil feminist might force them to sit while they spray has Men’s Rights Redditors in an unusually combative mood. Heck, it’s got some of the regulars thinking that it might well be time to start doing some good-old fashioned murdering. No, really.
Yep. In case you’ve been wondering, suggesting “a campaign to assassinate feminist figures” because some local council member in Sweden had a dumb idea will in fact win you upvotes on the Men’s Rights subreddit.
Strikerfm1, by contrast, seems almost moderate with his “tie feminists down and urinate on them” proposal.
The World’s Greatest 21st Century Human Rights Movement, folks!
Thanks to the AgainstMensRights subreddit for pointing me to this horrible crap.
EDIT: The “let’s murder feminists” comment has been taken down by the subreddit mods, though the user hasn’t been banned for it; the “I want to tie a feminist down and pee on her” comment remains up, and still boasts upvotes.
The r/mr mods will speedily ban people just for putting forward a feminist viewpoint, and yet people who post violent comments are allowed to continue posting in r/mr without being banned.
It goes to show their priorities. Advocate feminism? BAN! Advocate violence? Sure, that’s fine. FREEZE PEACH!
And racism — don’t forget racism!
kevin 11 doesn’t realize that David Futrelle is Paul Elam.
Or is it the other way around?
Anyway, it’s a long con.
“titianblue,” if that is your real name
They’re both cats in a suit anyway.
““titianblue,” if that is your real name”
The point is that it’s obviously not. It’s a pseudonymous facade for that person to act all Internet Tough Guy behind. I have nothing but contempt for that sort of shit.
Just like you, “Viscaria”.
Yeah, no, “They’re going to make us pee sitting down! Kill all the feminists!” is not a joke. I don’t think kevin11 understands how humor works.
Here’s the articles flagged under “reddit”:
http://manboobz.com/tag/reddit/page/2/
Some highlights:
“Kill the b—-“:
http://manboobz.com/2013/10/12/mens-rights-jeopardy-ill-take-kill-the-btch-for-two-dozen-upvotes-alex/
Violent torture fantasies don’t get you banned:
http://manboobz.com/2013/11/17/how-not-to-get-banned-from-the-mens-rights-subreddit/
The irony here made me laugh out loud.
If only we were brave like Kevin here. Which one are you, again? My brother’s best friend in elementary school, or my cousin? Actually you can’t be my cousin since he’s a pretty cool guy but to be fair I haven’t seen the other dude in like 15 years…
His real name is Kevin 11. That’s why he has standing to criticize people using ‘nyms.
His big sister is named “Seven” of course.
I hope it’s not the Kevin I knew in high school. He got to stand next to Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore for 3 seconds. (Not that I’m a fan of AS, but it was cool to see someone I actually know in a movie.)
11, is of course, Kevin’s actual honest-to-god real life surname.
And saying that threats aren’t jokes is being an “Internet Tough Guy.”
The blockquote monster’s been in a very silly mood lately. 😛
None taken! 😀 Plus it would make typing here harder.
What’s with trolly’s obsession with putting nyms in quotes? Oh, he thinks he’s being clever.
I’m just glad “Kevin11” doesn’t call himself “Kevin07”. I’d hate to think he called himself after a former PM.
Kevin 11, this is really important: Carrousel is a lie. There is no rebirth. Run, Kevin, run!
Kevin is my real name; “Kevin 11” is a nickname. If someone was very determined they could likely find out my real name, and I’d be fine with that. Because I stand by my words, which makes me the opposite of an Internet Tough Guy skidmark.
Can you say the same, “Viscaria”?
Can you say the same, “kittehserf”?
Lol. No, I would not be fine with it of people linked my legal name to my pseudonym, because I have used my pseudonymity in order to talk about things like my bisexuality and mental health, both of which could have professional and personal consequences for me. Oh, and because I like to be an Internet Tough Guy and make fun of strange troll punctuation use.
By omitting a comma, Kevin unwittingly describes himself.
Maybe Kevin’s just sensitive cuz he can’t think of a cool nym. I had a D&D player like that once; named all his characters after himself.
@ “kevin 11”
Two things about the ‘Internet Tough Guy’ sneer.
1. Given that women receive death and rape threats for saying things as mild as ‘Guys, don’t do that’, pseudonyms are just as often used for safety reasons. Nor does this stance explain why so many MRAs use pseudonyms. Are you saying the MRAs on reddit are skidmarks too? It’s like you don’t even know how the Internet works.
2. The ‘Tough Guy’ sneer is absolutely full of toxic masculinity. It’s defining what ‘real’ men are – ‘strong’ vs ‘sly’, etc. It also genders the hell out of everyone (and so far, it spectacularly fails to gender them correctly).
I had a D&D player that refused to name any character he played. He also min-maxed poorly. I actively encourage min-maxing as a DM, but he didn’t really know what he was doing and he couldn’t crunch numbers to save his life.
I shouldn’t be surprised when I mentioned Japan only made marital rape illegal very recently and he went on a tirade about how marital rape wasn’t wrong, and if she agrees to marry you she isn’t allowed to refuse sex because “marriage is a contract for sex”.
I would have liked to say I knocked the crap out of him, but no one had said anything that stupid to my face (I’ve only seen that thought as words on a screen), and the idea that a functional adult with no anonymity shield could say something that messed up shocked me into silence. My flaw is I freeze in situations like that.
Even when marriage was more about being a legal contract than, you know, the joining together of people who love each other, it wasn’t about sex. It was about alliances and kids (which requires sex, but never required that anyone involved enjoy it, including the men). I think the ‘contract for sex’ came about because people were scraping the bottom of the barrel for reasons to get married (love apparently being too difficult or something).
I suspect Mr. 11 is focusing on the nym thing because he can’t actually defend the whole “calls for assassination is a funny, funny joke” thing.
Poor Kevin. Handed the chance to rename himself anything he desired, the only limit his imagination. So sad that his imagination is so limited. No wonder he’s so defensive about nyms.