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?
Minor edit to my last comment:
*slut shaming, not body-shaming. I need sleep now I think 🙁
@ brooked – because he’s stooooopid.
cassandra: Maybe he’d have a more fulfilling life as a Skoptsy?
Tell me if I’m right about the podcast, ManWank. They talk about how male sexuality is derided by feminists to be brutish and rapey and evil (it isn’t) and how in reality men can be all kind and gentle too (not just men)?
In other words, they mistake criticism of the sexuality of certain men with a criticism of male sexuality, then equate normal healthy human sexuality with something intrinsically male?
Yeah… not much of a revelation there.
Re billions of male assets, he means sperm banks, right? There must be billions of the little swimmers in those things, and it was feminists who cruelly stole them and locked them up in the sperm vaults. What this world needs is an MRA Indiana Jones to brave the Misandry Medusa and the LadyTaur in order to break into the vaults and steal back the sperm kept within.
(I assume he’s going to take a really big sack, so maybe some sort of hovercraft to put it on as he’s coming out of the vault might be handy.)
Did a troll get in the house again? Where did I put the pink glitter spray?
Did ManWank already pull the sad little screencap threat the other day? Or was that the other troll Tion who turned out to be a sock for a previously banned troll.
Blech, okay ignore my edit, I misread my own comment and got confuzzled. Mods, I am sorry for spamming and I will see myself out 🙁
Ooooh, screencaps, how terrifying.
Screencap this: you’re a pretentious jackass, troll. That’s got nothing to do with you being male and everything to do with you being a misogynist, and, possibly a sock.
Poor Mezza! Get some sleep and have sweet, sweet, dreams full of misandry, hypergamy, male tears, and whatever other BS the manosphere accuses feminists of! 🙂
Is he trying to say drool or gruel? I only ask cause I don’t have any gruel, and don’t know how one would in theory make any either.
isn’t gruel just rancid, runny porridge?
@cassandrakitty:
No, I think he literally just means dollars. Because obviously men are the only ones with jobs that make money to support the lowly females. And somehow feminism, despite being about equality and jobs for women, somehow still needs a man backing it.
kirbywarp – I wouldn’t even call that male sexuality, just male socialisation of the most toxic variety, and the persistent glorification and sexualisation of male violence. It sure as hell isn’t innate, and tossers who insist it is are the misandrists.
I looked grool up. It’s a term for the wetness the vaginas produce whilst aroused. So he’s just being really super creepy.
That’ll teach me to blockquote. My last comment is a comment on this:
cassandra – I think he’s using slang for women’s lubrication. He seems to think it’s some sort of gotcha in response to us using dreadful dreadful words like wanker and rageboner.
Reblogged this on iheariseeilearn.
Hey, since I’m a Genuine Scot ™ can I be the Scrooge McDuck of this scenario?
@weirwoodtreehugger:
Walp. At least now I know I was correct in thinking ManWank was living up to our nickname for him here.
Ninjaed by WWTH!
So, by saying we rage grooled on him, he’s accusing us of having a lady rageboner? Even though not all of us are women? Much confused am I.
Lawl. ManWalk thinks that we’re going to delete her comments. Lawl, I say, lawl.
*our, not her
@WWTH
Yup, Man Walk terrorized us with the threat of taking screen caps before and I think some other troll did as well around the same time. Maybe he’ll use it in one of his sassy memes, that would be exciting. Not as exciting as being featured in one of John Galt kinkfests obviously, but sometimes you have to settle for second tier.