So while poking about the manosphere today I followed a link from an obscure Men’s Rights blog over to Alex Jones’ Infowars site — specifically to the comments on a news article about a study that claims internet porn is destroying marriage.
Jones, as you may know, is essentially the king of the world’s conspiracy theorists, so naturally I expected his commenters to be pretty unhinged. What I didn’t realize is that they would also all be Men’s Rights Activists.
Well, maybe they don’t all call themselves that, but they certainly think like MRAs; several even linked to a site for Men Going Their Own Way.
Most commenters agreed that porn was a better deal than a wife; after all, as numerous wits declared, porn won’t steal half your money in a divorce.
But alongside such familiar, indeed cliché, sentiments there were also some pretty inspired mini-rants. Here’s my favorite, which received several dozen upvotes from the regulars, making it one of the most popular comments in the 373-comment thread.
But there were other comments that were nearly as, er, inspired as this one. Take this righteous comment from one of Mr. EinNietzscheStein’s biggest fans:
And who could forget this fellow’s intriguing theories about female sexuality?
“Hanoi Jane.” Hadn’t heard that in a long time. Really brings you back, doesn’t it?
If they want to “regain respect”, a good first step would be to instead of starting a anti-feminist rebel force just stop talking about masturbating in the bath tub with detailed descriptions of where the sperm goes. Seriously, just ew
Uh, dude number One, you do realize that if it goes down the throat of some ‘duplicitous broad’, you’re not going to conceive a child that way… right? I know misogynists tend to be astoundingly ignorant of female biology but this is basic stuff here.
Granted the REST of the world is better off with that stuff in the sewer system where it belongs.
I always saw my eggs and I as having more of a mutual antipathy, actually. They long to connect, I long for them not to and take steps to make sure that continues to be the case.
I can honestly say I’ve never considered what happens to my, um, sexual fluids after I’m done with them. Apparently the Precious Bodily Fluids gene lives on the y chromosome.
That right there is dude #2 aspiring to be the next Paul Elam.
“My seed has too much dignity” Now imagining his sperm all sitting in a stuffy club wearing little tuxedos.
why do these guys think that feminists (or anybody else) cares what they do?
I will admit that I hope the term “maninism” catches on, I like it better than MRA.
I’m going to go and vigorously shake my head until the mental pictures of the last few minutes disappear forever. I may also lose the ability to type, so I will miss you all.
This guy gets a lot of that “wimminz can’t fire me cuz I quit” rhetoric in response to his white male supremacist rants. He is quite the unsavory character.
I want to be offended by this, but I’m still rejoicing over their decision to stop pursuing sex with women in their astoundingly rapey way. I hope that they can convince the incels over at sluthate.com to join their cause.
But I do have some questions. Do men not have smartphones in their land? Do men not also use the “smart” functions on the smartphone frequently? And aren’t they wasting the money that they spent on the smartphone if they only use it for calling and texting? I mean, dudes, if that’s all that you want from a phone, get a cheaper phone.
Also, when did these guys stop being obsessed with the fertility of their future wives? I thought that they thought that eggs wore out around age 30…or 26…or 20…or whatever age they’ve decided is too old for their, er, “ephebophillic” tastes.
And doesn’t porn cost money too?
And why do rants against women always randomly turn to homophobia? Further proof that “A Voice For Men” is really “A Voice for White, Straight, Cis Men.”
Is it bad that I still don’t believe their claims that they’ve been with women?
Nonsense, Nathan! Her name was Alberta, and she lived in Vancouver.
Um, so if these dudes hate women so much, then I’m assuming that their porn doesn’t involve human females. Which raises the question of…
I completely lost it at “burdensome eggs” and pictured women all walking around carrying giant Easter eggs. Broads and their eggs, man. So burdensome. I’m crying and the cats are all scared.
But yeah, eggs are so burdensome. They’re only half of the building blocks of new human life. Like, why do we even have them? /s
Wait, dude only ever masturbates in the bathtub?
“Dignity” – apparently means dominating women and keeping them out of the workforce and under men’s control. Who knew?
This is why i strongly support gun rights. Hell. We should put together a feminist militia in case these nutcases try coming for our rights.
@Lady Mondegreen,
Well, yeah. How else is he supposed to keep spermjackers from stealing his sperm/combat the estrogen being pumped into the sewage?
@ Vanir
No, we should not. Did you get lost on your way to Stormfront?
Stormfront?
if someone SAY they want to hurt you, take your rights, subjugate you – BELIEVE THEM!
and prepare accordingly.
history has taught me that much…
::gasp::
::wheeze::
Because being washed down the bath hole is SO dignified.
“Maninism movement”? Is it just me or does this sound like something for mannikins?
Vanir, could you not bring the American gun-nut attitudes to this, please? More guns in society just means more murders, and it’s a giant stinking pile of bullshit that having a gun means you’re better protected against attack.
if you disagree, fair enough. i realize many here oppose gun rights. i do think that is a dangerous mistake, but i will not press the issue, here.
“Yes, old boy, swimming through bodily fluids is just so… cliche. I can scarce countenance the thought, my dear fellow!”
“Yes, fertilization is only something for more… plebeian gametes, of course.”
“Right-o! Jolly good, sir!”
I sincerely hope you don’t lose the ability to type, but I do so understand the need for a good noggin shake just now.
When are these @sshats set to go their own way, again? Because I keep seeing them. Seriously, d00ds, we can’t miss you if you don’t leave.
Many of us live in countries where “right of people to be safe” trumps “right of some people to be gun fondlers”. Which fucking suits me better than living in the US with its unbelievable gun-murder rates.