It’s amazing just how quickly a visit to 4chan’s /pol/ board can strip you of any lingering faith in humanity.
Consider the following 4chan “infographic” posted recently on Twitter:
A quick Google search of the language in this graphic led me to an archived 4chan thread, where this particular “argument,” and the graphic itself, seem to have originated, making it exceedingly unlikely that (as per the small print on the graphic) “Prof. Owl” is actually a “married father of four daughters and three sons” and exceedingly likely that he is instead an overgrown adolescent nursing a giant grudge against women.
The good news is that not everyone in /pol/ agreed with Prof. Owl’s reprehensible views; the not-so-good news is that their views on rape were often just as reprehensible.
So let’s take a look at some of the, er, highlights of /pol/’s debate on the proposition that rape is “nowhere near as bad as people make it out to be.”
1) Prof. Owl’s contribution
2) “The true male equivalent of rape is not rape, but rather paternity fraud.”
3) “We live in a cunt overglorification culture thus it’s blown completely out of proportion.”
In case you’re wondering, here’s what this fella’s graphic says:
4) “It is actually more traumatic for men … Getting forced to accept a dick in the anus shows that that man is not able to protect anything. Which makes him unqualified for mating.”
5) “Rape is significantly less traumatic than being jumped by a gang of nigs.”
6) “The violence should be punished of course. But the heterosexual rape itself only minimally.”
7) “If people just stopped their victim privilege and lend a help to someone who is raping them and just went with the flow. There wouldn’t be any rape incidents.”
(I’m really hoping that this guy is being sarcastic, but sadly I think he probably isn’t.)
8) “My female friend told me it was a complete turn off for her if someone asked her directly if she wanted to have sex, which … feminazis completely ignore.”
9) “Maybe I’m just an old fashioned guy with a sense of historical perspective. Rape may not be so bad.”
10) “I was raped once, and it was really unpleasant when it started. But then after I let myself go and loosened up it actually felt quite good.”
11) “There is no such thing as rape. … There is only the fair and equal redistribution of pussy.”
12) “I’d be mad if I were raped, but as long as I wasn’t injured or infected I’d get over it pretty quick”
13) “When a woman is raped her entire identity (her vagina) is being stolen for free, when usually you’d have to buy her shit, date her, marry her or whatever.”
14) “It undercuts their princess status.”
15) “Who /rapist/ here? I’ve raped 7 girls”
Please, please, please let this asshole be trolling.
H/T — r/againstmensrights
I think the comment about women owning 100% of the vaginas, therefore pussy needs to be redistributed is a joke.
Unfortunately, I don’t think the joke is at the expense of the rapists/rape apologists. I think it’s a joke at the expense of progressives who are concerned about income inequality.
WWTH – Yeah, felt joke-y to me too, but still wrong. Your analysis is probably correct.
I do love his list of “harms” for men being falsely accused, filled with rather innocuous or exaggerated “problem”, and yet the same kind of list (even pitiful lists, vs. real actual harm to rape victims) isn’t listed or considered “valid”.
I actually don’t think rape laws do any good for society, but only cause they end up punishing the victim (male or female or ‘different gendered’) more than the perp. But that’s a system thing, not a “rape laws are bad” thing.
Not only should 4chan be nuked from orbit, we should salt the Earth afterwards.
WWTH: So close to self awareness!
So close!
These people are dangerous. The police should certainly get involved.
The redistribution thing might have been a joke, it’s honestly difficult to tell – but we know there are people who genuinely think of this! Talking about sex like it’s some sort of commodity on the market and the price of “pussy” raising or lowering according to its value…
I know, #notallmen and everything, but… is it comforting at all to say that genuinely, not all men think like this? This is really horrifying even by 4chan’s legendarily abysmal standards. By being male and not subscribing to these views (and by beating them down whenever they come up) I want to think I’m doing at least something…
Tanya, yes, I meant to articulate that as well – “pff, yes, women are raped and everything, but let’s talk about the real problems for MEN”. Jesus christ.
Hope this works as brain bleech
http://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/21/83/83021/1436329375-0.jpg
“I know, #notallmen and everything, but… is it comforting at all to say that genuinely, not all men think like this? This is really horrifying even by 4chan’s legendarily abysmal standards. By being male and not subscribing to these views (and by beating them down whenever they come up) I want to think I’m doing at least something…”
QFT. I feel the same way.
Interesting (and by interesting I mean repulsive and depressing) that those who deny rape is a thing always find kinship with people who brag about being rapists, judging by that last comment.
And apparently while women lie about being raped, all the men getting raped in prison are telling the truth? Prof Owl also overlooks the fact that women also get anally and orally raped.
And I spotted the ‘feminists are terrified of sex-bots’ trope squeezed in there. No, I feel concerned for the sex-bots of the future, even automatons should be protected from these assholes.
I don’t really know what to say. Except that I hope none of those people ever get to have sexual interaction with another human being. Ever.
WHY DID I DECIDE TO START REGULARLY BROWSING THIS AGAIN AT 9 IN THE MORNING????
autosoma, thanks for the brain bleach. PANDA!
Eww. Hitting too close to home re: a personal reason for why I’ve been MIA for almost half a year from this blog now…
Fuck 4channers, forever.
All brain bleach, especially of baby pandas on playgrounds, are much appreciated.
I can think of things to say but they’d almost certainly get me modspanked.
Here, have a couple of baby platypuses. (They’re called puggles, apparently.)
http://www.factzoo.com/sites/all/img/mammals/baby-platypus.jpg
I ran out of both evens and can’ts… BRAIN BLEACH!
http://24.media.tumblr.com/f5015e7f3f82316d8b7c89a0ffd65658/tumblr_mpsbt23eO01s65dm8o2_400.gif
http://media.giphy.com/media/5nLtgLoclaPxS/giphy.gif
http://media.giphy.com/media/3o85xkg7kYG51h1u5G/giphy.gif
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/O4pvFkRr8pI/maxresdefault.jpg
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y9myn7snqHs/maxresdefault.jpg
I’m hoping that the last one is an undercover cop or something along those lines.
http://media.emirates247.com/images/2012/07/tiger4.jpg
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7jYPfOL6AuI/maxresdefault.jpg
http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/128/590x/secondary/112334.jpg
And more brain bleech in the form of
Pookies
What happened to the bundt cake? It’s the only way to get through this bizzarro “reasoning”
autosoma: Pookies have those gigantic red eyes. It’s … like a cross between cute and creepy.
I’ve been trying to stay away from Wehuntedthemammoth lately. Because every time I read this shit, I can’t help thinking that maybe eugenics is what society needs. And then I hate myself for thinking that.
Gross.
Alice
I was thinking more hazel/auburn than red pookie is the Zimbabwe/South African name for bushbabies, also we use it as a nickname for our sprogs