I realize that most of you are probably feeling as Rooshed-out as I am, and would like to move on to posts with a very low percentage of Roosh content, if any at all.
But I feel I would be remiss not to bring to your attention a post by our old friend, the urban cowboy/white nationalist (on paper) Davis M.J. Aurini, published on Roosh’s Return of Kings site on Friday. Entitled “Why International Meetup Day Was Cancelled,” it is perhaps the dumbest thing anyone has yet or will ever write on the subject.
Mr. Aurini starts off by positing the existence of a vast, Australia-wide media conspiracy against his buddy Roosh, a conspiracy showing the “extreme cunning” of the enemies of all that is good and true:
During Gamgergate [sic] it was revealed that the gaming press were coordinating behind the scenes, deciding which topics would be discussed and promoted, and which ones would be censored and dropped into the memory hole. Given that on February 2nd six nearly identical articles were published throughout the Australian press within hours of one another, all describing Return of Kings as a “Rape Group,” it is a near certainty that the Australian press is similarly controlled by collusion between the reporters on secret message boards.
Emphasis mine.
His proof of this conspiracy is a blurry image showing that a number of Australian papers RAN ARTICLES ABOUT ROOSH WITH IDENTICAL TITLES on the same day.
Which might be evidence of a vast conspiracy amongst Australian journalists except for the fact that all of the newspapers in question are owned by the same media conglomerate and regularly run the exact same articles as one another, much in the way that newspapers across the US regularly run identical stories by the Associated Press.
Indeed, if you look carefully at the blurry proof Aurini offers as proof of conspiracy, you’ll see that some of the papers in question also ran identical articles on what Myers and David Jones — apparently big Australian department store chains? — are planning to do to usher in a new fashion season.
I’m pretty sure that even the most cunning SJWs could not dream up a conspiracy so deliciously eeeevil that it would require not only media manipulation of news about Roosh but also unanimity of coverage on Australian department store fashion as well.
Don’t anyone mention this to Aurini, but I have proof that NEARLY IDENTICAL “WIZARD OF ID” COMICS are running today in newspapers around the world! COLLUSION AT ITS MOST NEFARIOUS!!!
Aurini then offers this, well, unique explanation of the behavior of Roosh’s enemies, which for some reason involves flocks of lizard people.
The behaviour we’ve witnessed over the past week is perfectly explained by flocks of narcissists, organized online, exercising vicious cunning with a human’s capacity for abstract thought. They are the metaphorical lizard people, dressed in skin suits, unreasonable and unrepentant.
Lizard people, you say?
Their goal is pandemonium. So long as it is chaotic, degraded, cheap, infectious, and ugly, they will endorse it, and they will use any tactic to achieve it: violence, lies, false philosophies, and pretend victimhood. They will be crying and vulnerable one moment, and coldly murderous the next. They are vicious, they are legion, and they’re organized as only animals who have known sin could possibly be.
We see you.
So apparently Aurini has discovered peyote?
Aurini continues bumbling his way through more failed metaphors, at one point declaring that
Through introspection we will hear the voice of our conductor, and learn what song it is that we are meant to sing.
After saying a whole lot of nothing, he winds up the piece with a warning for all of us lizard people who’ve been so darn mean to poor old Roosh.
A final word for all of those who attacked us, slandered us, and threatened us; we, the men who would defend you against those who would enslave and exploit you; we who fight, not for ourselves, but for the future.
Alas, Aurini’s “final word” is actually several hundred.
We will remember who you are, and we are a larger chorus than you know.
That ex-boyfriend who stole your heart? One of us. That charming married man at your office, with the beautiful wife? One of us. That wise mentor who helped you more than you’ll than you’ll ever know? One of us.
Huh. I rather doubt that the lesbian cultural history professor I had as an advisor in grad school — if anyone was ever my mentor, it was probably her — reads Return of Kings.
The battle for civilization will be neither quick nor easy. We will win, but not without great struggle and many casualties amongst those who refused to pick a side. So remember something: when you or your womenfolk are being viciously assaulted and raped by third world savages whom you defended while decrying us—or by some gestapo thug, whom you empowered to oppress us, their breath rancid with garlic and rotting teeth—
That is the future you chose by standing against men of virtue.
Yep, another far-right fantasy of a righteous apocalypse that will put all of us SJWs in their place. I’m just a little surprised to see Aurini — a white nationalist Holocaust denier who has more than a few kind things to say about Hitler — depicting the Gestapo as the bad guys.
Oh good, Davis Aurini is weighing in! What a relief, I really wanted Davis Aurini’s sound opinions on this issue. Why, only this morning I said to myself, “Self,” I said, “I really don’t know how I will form an opinion on this complex and nuanced discussion without Davis Aurini’s rational-minded guidance. His analyses are always intellectual and relevant, as is he himself, an intellectual and relevant public figure. Yes, I do hope he takes a break from skull massaging and excellent, award-winning documentary filmmaking to give us his take on this most pressing issue.”
And Davis Aurini did not disappoint, providing us with an article that is as reasonable as it is well-written. He cut through the panic and exaggeration to provide us with an angle that is cool, collected, and level-headed, as only the great Davis Aurini can provide. Yes, when I’m looking for a white guy to tell me what to think, I am always, always grateful that Davis Aurini is there with his comforting and trustworthy presence and his excellent taste in fashion, scotch, and skulls.
Perhaps Aurini will provide us with some more opinions in the near future? I do hope so. What clothes should I wear, Mr. Aurini? Which of my behaviours makes me a reprehensible slut, Mr. Aurini? Please, I know you have so much to bring to the world of documentary filmmaking, but I really need you opinions on things, so if you could take a break from all that painstaking editing and visionary directing, I would really love all of your opinions on all the things.
Thanks Davis, I’m your #1 fan.
@Hu’s On First
How do you know my cousin??
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Shit, Aurini has found us out. I must run and warn all the other Australians. We thought we’d gotten away with it. Dammit.
But first I must hide my lizard suit.
Thanks for the heads-up!
Mish
@Ktoryx:
Damn. That’s some fucking venomous sarcasm right there.
He’ s just jealous that Roosh lives in a luxurious suburban mom’s basement while he lives in the dumpster next to Oscar the Grouch’s.
Dude, I think Oscar’s even more uspet because there goes his neighborhood.
*singsongs* Can you tell me how to get rid of Davis Auriniiii?
Oh! I know! You tell Aurini that Roosh skinned his knee, then while he’s running to save Roosh you push his dumpter into a ravine!
“Which might be evidence of a vast conspiracy amongst Australian journalists except for the fact that all of the newspapers in question are owned by the same media conglomerate and regularly run the exact same articles as one another, much in the way that newspapers across the US regularly run identical stories by the Associated Press.”
Okay, so this isn’t the massive conspiracy that this MRA dingbat thinks it is, but the idea of the so-called ‘free press’ getting their orders from some massive corporation whose only concern is profit is a pretty worrying thought.
The way I see it, moments of brain-stabbing, inexplicable, ‘da-fuck-is-dis-shit’ weirdness like this are what make American right-wingers worthwhile these days. I don’t think I could stomach the anger, hatred, narcissism, bloodlust, racism and sexism that emanates from them these days unless I could occasionally chortle over them saying that the “transgender community” was going to suck God from people’s brains with magnets, or that Obama was going to commit white Genocide because the Mayans prophesized it, or that evolution can’t be true because otherwise we’d be able to talk to monkeys, or so on. (These are all things they’ve actually said, by the way. Look em’ up.)
I legitimately teared up IRL. I just get happy when people decide to explore their gender identity.
http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/ido.gif
I’m just so proud. I’m proud of you, Petal, I’m proud.
http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/crying-man.gif
So proud.
This is making me think of the Rachel Ingalls book, Mrs. Caliban. Though Larry is amphibious, not reptilian.
Either way, women and creatures with bad reputation oppressing men. Brings a tear to my eye it’s so beautiful.
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Aww Panda. Thank you for inspiring me and all. 🙂
Well, Elam was actually an ancient kingdom* in Middle East, and Daryush is apparently an ancient Persian royal name.
*Located, IIRC, near Akkad. King Sargon of Akkad – King Paul of Elam?
Inkswitch:
But it’s not a new thought, is it? To read Aurini, you’d think that he’d just uncovered this problem, but in fact people have been concerned about this since the 19th century, and possibly before. I’m thinking of William Randolph Hearst in particular.
On this subject, Aurini ought to watch Citizen Kane. As a fellow film-maker, he could learn a lot from the master. Orson Welles knew all the keyboard shortcuts.
@Ktoryx:
That is some magnificent sarcasm right there. I hope I never piss you off.
Ha, ha, Aurini!
When has a member of the manosphere ever, ever helped anyone without expecting something in return? When has a manospherian ever been wise? Or helped someone anonymously? Don’t make me laugh.
Also, this wise, anonymous helper? He’s now threatening the person he once helped, not to mention anyone else who holds that person’s views.
Yeah, he’s truly wise and modest and wants only the best for others–so we’d better not make him mad, or unspecified awful things will happen. You’ve been reading the Bible, haven’t you? And you’re pretty sure that the manosphere is God.
You’d better cut back on the iced tea.
OK, I’m done laughing at the first batch of excerpts and am going back for more.
Did he miss a sentence there? Or is he acknowledging that his masculine ideals, especially the “bracing cold wind”, are nothing but hot air?
He’s not very good at metaphors, is he? A net isn’t very effective at protecting you from a cold wind, on account of being full of holes. This is kind of inherent in its nettitude.
So much Dunning-Kruger in this rant, I don’t know where to begin. You’d think Aurini would have heard of media conglomerates before, surely. Then again, if he believes in Lizard People (actual/metaphorical), I guess he is likely to perceive an invisible hand behind everything.
You’ve gotta laugh at the right’s obsession with a non-existent “clash of civilizations.” I’ve managed to enrage more than a few right-wingers by pointing out that their politics aren’t that far removed from the (currently) ISIS thugs that they claim to despise. Point out that it’s – at most – a clash of conservatisms (probably not a word, but whatever) and they lose their shit. It’s amazing how many white, western conservatives actually think that extremist groups like ISIS are left wing. Nuance, eh?
Davis Aurini makes the rest of us folks with fake skulls on our bookshelves look bad. Also, every other group he’s a part of.
I work at a media conglomerate. The process is this:
1. At one location, the news team meets and decides what stories they need to fill up the space in their paper. Generally this is whatever will be most interesting to the readers, though importance and urgency also play a role. Some regard is also given to video and online stories.
2. They make a list.
3. The list is combined and sent to all the sister papers.
4. The sister papers decide what stories they need to fill up the *rest* of the space in their paper. Some regard is also given to video and online stories.
5. Everybody prints and puts their website up.
That’s it. Apart from the list the properties don’t usually even talk to each other, because each property knows its own audience best. It’s not a conspiracy, it’s a blank page that needs stuff on it.
I don’t get the garlic breath line. Can someone explain it to me?
@ jarnsaxa
I used to do the legal stuff for a particular newsgroup. It was fascinating to see how a paper is put together. (The most interesting thing I found, was how they had a guy who literally *drew* a mock up of the entire paper complete with photos).
But your comments about how editorial decisions are made really resonates. As a sub editor once explained to me “lucky that there’s always exactly 88 pages worth of news every day”
(I loved the little bits you’d get in the unfinished paper saying things like “put some stuff about Beyonce here”)
@Inkswitch The Fairfax imprint is actually pretty limited. Of those five mastheads Aurini screencapped, only two (Melbourne’s The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald) are actual newspapers. The others are web-only as Perth, Adelaide and Canberra are considered too small to support more than one exisiting daily newspaper. Their news sites are almost identical in content (state-based news aside) and stories generally trend evenly between each city, unless a state politician does something particularly foolish on a given day. This story even gained major traction in the right-wing Murdoch papers in Australia, which is pretty remarkable given their track record. Fairfax is comparatively progressive (though they’ve given plenty of column inches to woman hating relationship columnist Bettina Ardnt in the past) but I think this story spread because it really hit a nerve, not because of corporate agendas.
I think it’s a mixture of European stereotypes (Gestapo – German, garlic – French, rotting teeth – British). Because “European” is one of the many groups of people that scare Aurini.