So our dear old friend Matt Forney, the neo-Naziesque internet doofus, has found himself suspended from Twitter (again), shortly after posting an assortment of tweets so wildly homophobic they even managed to offend the lovely Milo Yiannopoulos and his internet horde.
According to noted free speech expert Matt Forney, Matt Forney was suspended “because I was guilty of Being Conservative on Twitter.”
Evidently the powers that be decided at their latest meeting that Forney constitutes A SOMEWHAT SMALLISH THREAT TO THE NARRATIVE, and thus must be silenced, sort of, by not being allowed to use one of the many social media platforms available to him.
Twitter may be picking on me because I’m popular enough to be a threat to the leftist narrative yet small enough that they can silence me without causing much of an uproar.
Naturally, the rule-abiding Forney, who insists he “wasn’t doing anything that could be considered a violation of the Terms of Service” has violated these same Terms of Service by setting up a new Twitter account to get around the ban. Just like he did the last time he was banned, if I recall correctly.
As for Milo, Forney insists that
I like Milo … but I question how much longer a guy who brags about having gay sex with black men can call himself a conservative.
Here’s some examples of the kind of TRUTH* that Twitter will be shielding us from.
NOTE: aforementioned TRUTH* should not be confused with real truth.
How will the world’s Twitterers survive being deprived of these insights, at least if said Twitterers don’t bother to subscribe to Forney’s “backup” Twitter account?
Nightmare, sweetie.
Sorry. I just wanted to use that gif again.
And speaking of gifs, in case any excessively literal-minded hostile readers are reading this, please note that this post contains
@ IP
I don’t describe as ‘feminist’ for all sorts of reasons; although I do support the aims of feminism.
The chief reason is probably the ‘co-opting a struggle that you’re not a victim of’ thing.
Also though, like all social justice issues, to me it should just be the default common sense position. I understand the need for feminism, but there shouldn’t have to be. Like we don’t have a thing called ‘not-drowning-kittensism’
And to pick up on your point, I’m always wary of unsolicited* proclamations of feminism from guys; especially round women. It rings alarm bells in the same way as someone saying:
Such a person may be thoroughly well intentioned. I’d be wary of letting them near kittens though.
(* Obviously on a blog about feminism then the position may be different)
@Alan
Well, I’m the shortest. And I’d likely be the least feminist of the 3 of us. What can I say, I’m brand ass new…
Figure out the experiment. Fuck it, I’m in 🙂
Re: profeminist
I saw you use that term a while back, and I’ve been identifying as such ever since. For the reasons you stated and some other ones. It’s kinda perfect. Like, I don’t play for the New York Yankees, but I’ll be ecstatic the next time they win a World Series!
“He looks like a fucking egg that’s been rolled through a patch of caviar. He looks like Wario did a face swap with Yoda.”
“The guy looks like a 3 year old drew a monster on a fucking bowling pin.”
“…he looks like a burning log…”
“…he clearly looks like a moldy barrel of dog food.”
Scared my partner by laughing until I cried. Thanks, IP. 🙂
ETA: Yeah, it really is his nasty personality that makes him ugly. He looks like many of the (much more pleasant) male brewpub fans in my town.
@IP
… Oh, I didn’t even notice the pun. Heh. Nah, I just get really self-conscious about my lack of teeth; I know I’m being over-sensitive, but I’ve lost friends, jobs and health care because they just didn’t want to look at me anymore, so… Yeah. *embarrassment*
But everybody else thought it was funny, so I’ll stop derailing now. ^^;;
@ axe
Wow, I admire your optimism in planning to live to over 100 😉
But yeah, your analogy is a perfect one. It’s one I share. Whenever I’m trying to express the ‘co-opting’ point I usually refer to this sketch…
https://youtu.be/xN1WN0YMWZU
@SFHC
Fuck. I’m sorry about that. :/
I appreciate you calling me out though. That was the part of my rant that I would most like to have undone. The other stuff was more vague.
@kupo:
I apologise for making you feel the way you feel, that wasn’t intended.
But I think you’re neglecting context here. Forney and the rest of the RoK crew hold up a an exalted view of how ‘their women’ should look and that doesn’t involve a grain of fatty matter. So I do think it’s rather funny that Forney would undoubtedly scorn women that don’t comply to Man-O-Sphere ideals while being far from ideal himself. That’s pot and kettle and makes it funny.
If it helps, I quite overweight myself.
@Alan
Love those guys! Have you seen David Mitchell’s Soapbox? Series of 4min YouTube rants about mildly annoying things. Varying levels of brilliant, those
ETA: Gert, buddy
1)Shut the fuck up
2)Nobody asked you
3)If you gotta explain the joke, don’t
4)Do you really think it helps? Never mind, don’t answer. See item 1
I think it can actually be helpful for male feminists to identify as such not around feminists, but around non-feminists. Particularly other men. So many people only know straw feminism that they pick up from popular culture. It’s so engrained that feminist women are often not believed when we say we’re not man haters and don’t think that homemakers or women who wear makeup are traitorous tools of the patriarchy. A big part of male privilege is that people listen to and believe men when they speak of their opinions and experiences. Women are always expected to bend over backwards to prove they’re not crazy or hysterical.
@kupo:
Quoting MissEB47:
What you called ‘fat shaming’ should be seen in the spirit of that quote. Nothing more.
@ axe
Ooh no, but I’ll check them out. I have to get all my moving picture input online anyway.
My fave DM rant is the one about tea.
@Axecalibur:
Ain’t gonna happen, unless the site owner bans me. And please don’t call me ‘buddy’: VERY condescending in my book.
@Gert
Dude. Stop digging.
@Gert
Motioned and seconded! Do the ayes have it?
Mmhmm…
@kupo
If you’re around, I’ve got some fresh hugs in the oven if you want em <3 🙂 <3
@Gert
You didn’t point out hypocrisy, you simply used “fat blob” as an insult. Your not intending to hurt me did nothing to prevent me being hurt, and now that you know I’ve been hurt you expect me to be magically healed by simply knowing you didn’t intend harm. The lady who hit me with her car didn’t intend to harm me, either, but I still have a rod in my leg to hold it together, a pinched nerve where the bone was set, and occasional stress fractures just from walking. Intent doesn’t erase harm, and you’re putting all blame for the hurt back on me when you act like your intent should matter to the harm you’ve caused.
@Axedangerbur
Thanks <3
@kupo:
Point out where I “expect you to be magically healed by simply knowing you didn’t intend harm”, please. I hurt you, didn’t intend to, tried to explain what was meant. I expect nothing from you. Accept or don’t accept my apology, it’s beyond my control.
As others have pointed out, Matt’s own appearance is relevant in the light of the demands he makes of ‘his wimmens’. That’s not hard to see. The word ‘fat’ wasn’t necessary and I apologise again (and without any expectations) for using it.
@Axe:
You’re abrasive and should try and avoid near-txtinglish. I won’t address you again. Perhaps you could return the courtesy? And who are you, quite frankly, to call for banning anyone? To use your words: ‘who asked you?’
nthing the call for ban
@Gert
Whenever you qualify a statement with “but” you negate the statement. “I don’t mean to be racist, but…” “I’m not trying to be rude, but…”
You said I missed the context. Like context makes it okay to hold up fatness for ridicule. Like that should make me not hurt or make it okay that I got hurt in the process.
Btw, Axe didn’t bring up banning, you did.
Edit: I’m done. I’m not wasting any more energy on Gert because Gert doesn’t care.
Gert’s a sock. Is anyone surprised?
@IP
No worries, heh. ^^;; Like I said, I’m just really over-sensitive about it. Either way, a few minutes of throwing grenades* at Scagdeads always makes me feel better. *thumbs up* I might have too few teeth, but those fuckers have way too many teeth.
*Note to Gert and other lurking MRAs: Video games. Not real violence. Don’t bother with the screenshot.
When called out for behavior that you thought was harmless, do you:
A) Stop and consider their point of view
B) Angrily go from unintentional harm to deliberate offense
C) Stick celery up your nose
D) A and C
@pitshade
@SFHC:
As in a “sock puppet”?
Unbelievable that you should make such an allegation without even a shred of evidence. I can assure you I’m simply me. I don’t operate any sock puppets, not now, not in the past, not ever, not here, not anywhere else.
David Futrelle can check his logs, he’ll find no sock-puppetry from me.
If you put the bar for evidence that ridiculously low, don’t act surprised you get things wrong.
If one says their going their own way from me specifically, is it still considered a flounce? In other words, is it reasonable to expect (but not really expect) said flounce to be maintained long term?
And can we talk about how it literally doesn’t matter whether kupo accepts the apology, but it’s totally her fault for not doing so? Cos that’s some magical bullshit
Oh, and neartxtinglish is my new favorite word. I’ll walk it, and feed it, and it’ll be my bestest friend! Besides, people find my flow endearing *smiles to myself, blissfully unaware that everyone actually hates it*
@kupo
Ooh, ouch! You’re a fuckin superhero to deal with that stuff and the fat shaming (or fallout from same) everyday. You da real MVP
@SFHC:
Again, this is so ludricrous it’s frightening. I oppose MRAs/Man-O-sphere with every fibre in my body. It’s why I read this blog daily and occasionally comment on it. You’re nuts.
@SFHC
The scagdeads were scary as hell. Especially on hard mode or whatever. 🙁