The unquestioned king of A Voice for Men’s crew of meme-makers is the mysterious fellow known only as John Galt. Galt, whose contributions are often chosen as AVFM’s “meme of the week” and posted to AVFM’s Facebook page, is truly the meme-maker AVFM deserves — a graphic designer whose graphically challenged photoshopped masterpieces are as baffling as they are offensive.
I highlighted several of his, er, designs in my recent post on Inexplicable AVFM Memes. Today, I’d like to delve further into the photoshop disasters that fill his own Facebook page, some of them official AVFM memes and others posted under his own fake name.
But first, a little introduction to Mr. Galt, as found on his blog.
I live and work in the UK, am a physically fit man in his mid thirties currently studying Computer Science and Mathematics. … I, like most men I know have dated on and off for the past 20 years or so and from my experiences I have come to realize as, no doubt many of you have that there is a deep sickness in our society in regards to how men are treated. …
With a 50 billion dollar divorce industry, sex sold as some sort of priceless resource and victim hood sold to a nanny state as the only valid form of currency it is evident that Men must protect their independence and freedom more vigilantly than ever.
The price, for failing to see what is essentially a fairy tale lie is higher than it has ever been. That price is paid to governments and businesses who profit from the misery of destroyed families, men and women with tax rates and laws that only ever increase. It is paid to greedy women and feminists who demand one sided equality while forcing men to shoulder responsibilities with none of the inherent rights associated with
Sorry, I nodded off for a second.
These fascist lies permeate everywhere from the destruction of Masculine Roles to the ignorance of sex differences in medic
Oh fucking hell he goes on like this for several hundred more words. You can go read it if you like.
Anyway, he ends with a question:
What are you going to do about it?.
Longtime readers of this blog will no doubt notice that Mr. Galt ends his sentence with a new variation on the famous MRA two-dot ellipsis, which I think we can call the Galtian MRA Question Period.
Galt has answered his own Question Period with an ever-growing collection of terrible, terrible memes. So let’s take a look!
There’s this inexplicable homage to a 24-year-old song by MC Hammer.
And this conspiratorial take on “the pill.”
Apparently feminism was writing nursery rhymes in the early 19th century:
Hey ladies! Get on the feminist gravy train!
Apparently feminists want everyone to live in tents, which supposedly look like … vaginas?
Apparently the true cause of erectile dysfunction is … nagging?
I’m not sure what’s the most offensive thing about this one — the comparision of feminism to a nuclear weapon or Mr. Galt’s egregious typo.
![There are only [] words in this poster. And one of them is misspelled.](https://i0.wp.com/www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1512277_283830341778156_2363545253799813839_n.jpg?resize=541%2C720&ssl=1)
Honestly, I don’t think Mr. Galt needs a Men’s Rights movement to solve his problems. I think he might just need to hire a dominatrix. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
I’ve just scratched the surface of Mr. Galt’s graphic work. I may have to return to him in a future post.
I guess they operate on very, very simple patterns.
One of them seems to be: “people will think anything a woman does is good and anything a man does is bad because misandry”.
Also known as: “reverse genders for instant CHECKMATE”
And then, hordes of them will show up right here to demand we confess our evilness since our misandrist boozapalooza has been uncovered.
He could get a fair bit of mileage out of that logo alone. I will refrain from making a bunch of “compensating for something” jokes– I’ll leave that to the rest of you.
“Prove that feminists don’t advocate drinking during pregnancy!”
Just wait, it will happen.
Going Gaylt? Though I think they’d be kicked of the floats quicksmart.
If you look closely, it’s not a real million dollar bill; it’s the front of a religious tract that you’re supposed to leave in restaurants in lieu of a tip. Grant is showing his disapproval of you, the server, because you were working at a restaurant at brunchtime on Sunday, which means you’re a Sabbath-breaker.
Anyway, that explains why feminist organizations have been getting these at the rate of 4/year. Given the current makeup of Congress that’s about all they can expect.
(The original tract is here).
A Voice for Pie?
OKAY SCALZI COME OUT WE KNOW IT’S YOU IN THERE
“Holy shit, I knew feminists were the embodiment of evil, but I never knew they were this bad! This just proves I was right all along!”
“What, feminists don’t encourage expectant mothers to drink booze? Well, the fact that it was so believable just proves how evil feminism is! This just proves I was right all along!”
Owww. Ouch. The stupid, it hurts.
Okay, maybe the pattern is: “anything in a stock photo is true”
Chaos-Engineer
You really really don’t have to look closely to know it’s not a real million dollar bill.
I seriously think that Galt just browses through stock photos of attractive women, then occasionally finds one that inspires some MRA screed and slaps some text onto it. There is no way these things have any planning or thought put into them.
There is only one true response to this meme. It is another meme:
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(And a much more succinct and to-the-point one, too.)
Welcome to the Hotel California…
I dunno, “…the pill was invented to make you (women) employable…” is really hurting my head. It says so much about certain types of conservatives and MRAs. I mean, that was intended for women to read, and cause a type of mindfuck, right? I always knew they were paranoid about women surpassing them in the workplace, but they made it so obviously clear. The idea that there are men out there in meatspace who would rather keep all women pregnant all the time rather then compete with them as equals is horrifying — and so typical at the same time. They’re confirming all of our accusations on purpose, using their own free will.
@ kirbywarp
So what you’re saying is that attractive women enrage him. Yep, that sounds about right.
Oh, but of COURSE the Pill was invented to make us more employable. Because nobody hired women (let alone for cheap-cheap-cheap) before it. Or fired us for getting married and/or preggers, thus keeping those female wage-earners in “their” place (read: CHEAP).
HIStory…what is that, again?
US History started in 1950.
In short, do they realize their crap is on the internet and can be read by all?
Some of that spelling might be because he is British.
They do notice, from time to time, how widely divergent the world in their heads is from the world around them, don’t they? It would explain how cranky and peevish they are. “Stupid consensus reality,” they grumble, “always letting me down.”
And no, it’s no secret they depise indifference from attractive women — and that’s why women need to be punished! Ergo, catcalling and harassment is as essential to them as food, air and water.
I’m British, and I’m laughing just as hard as everyone else at what he’s doing to the poor, much-abused English language.
Yes, Robert, it also explains why they think peer reviewed studies are for wussies.
Who knew the Pill had been around so long?
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(I have no idea what this one’s about, other than satirising hunting, but it’s too good to ignore.)
http://karenmargolis.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/easter-hare-catching-people-medieval.jpg?w=614
“Glamour shot lady on the scooter is either a pensioner or dead by now, but I bet she wouldn’t have touched my penis either if I’d been alive when that photo was taken! Because of feminism, not because I’m a tedious, rage-prone shitweasel”.
That’s it, isn’t it…he hates sexy women because they aren’t sexing HIM. Even though he is “physically fit”, he still repulses all his dates with the endless stream of incomprehensible drivel that comes drooling out his lips. And so he takes it out on them the only way he knows how: with more incomprehensible drivel, this time in graphic form. And in which sexy ladies and the Pill (which has enabled them to get sexy with everyone but him) figure prominently and always in a punitive, ridiculous and demonstrably false context.