By David Futrelle
The lady haters on Reddit and elsewhere are reliably outraged every time they discover that some e-girl they’re probably secretly obsessed with is making money selling their used underwear online.
How unfair it is that women can rake in the big bucks for doing nothing more than wearing a pair of panties — yet there’s no demand for the slightly soiled boxers of dudes who spend their lives hanging out on the Men Going Their Own Way subreddit.
Dudes, maybe the problem isn’t that no one wants used dude underwear. Maybe it’s just that the underwear you want to sell isn’t sexy enough.
Well, problem solved, because I have discovered the WORLD’S SEXIST SEXIEST UNDERWEAR — combining the ball-swinging freedom of boxers with a Men’s Rights message!
Head on over to the Non Feminist store on Zazzle and pick up a pair (or ten) of these “Men’s Rights Are Human Rights” boxer beauts.
And yes, they’re also available in black!
Exquisite tailoring, even more exquisite graphic design. How can you — and all your future used-undies purchasers — go wrong?
And while you’re at the Non Feminist store, why not pick up this exciting refrigerator magnet with a slightly blurry quote from our old non-feminist friend Fidelbogen on it?
You could probably rub it on your butt and sell it, too!
BRB, starting a new business.
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If actual doctors find Trump to have dementia, he should ve removed from office. But since his VP is significantly more evil than him, it’s not very important, and possibly a bad thing.
Before doing internet diagnosing, I would also remember that he actually have reasons to fake dementia. He would no want sympathy that way, but it’s a protection from prison. Hence why it’s important to see doctors for that.
Some radical intellectuals make the case that a revolution is due soon in the US. I can see that hapening, and if so, I would fear for US mammotheer safety. The Terror in France show how bad even a well intentioned revolution can turn.
@Ariblester
It goes both ways because she is from Japanese ancestry. In Japanese and English it is pronounced as a “j” and in P
Spanish as an “h”.
Btw some congressmen were attempting to flee the country this morning. I’m cackling, looks like they ran out of bravado the minute the police and armed forces endorsed the president.
@Diego Duarte
Congrats! Although I’ve come to realize the far right never really go away entirely, they just go to ground. Always gotta be on guard for ’em.
@epitome
That was the one thing I missed in Halifax, the Africville Museum. Next time I’m there, I’m checking it out. Certainly suffered the same fate as The Ward.
@Rhuu
Ward Uncovered is also recommended. It’s essentially an archeological summary of the dig that went down in 2015 when they were putting a new parking lot in at Armoury and Chestnut and uncovered a treasure trove of old Ward artifacts and foundations.
RE:. The Fanta Menace. All anyone has to do is to watch any old talkshow appearance the man made 30 or so years ago. Some of them, I remember. I know he appeared on Oprah in the late 1980s. It’s available on YouTube.
There’s been a big change in his speech.
When I heard his speeches/listened to his interviews when he was running for President, I thought he was possibly dumbing it down, or maybe he was incoherent/inarticulate because he was unfamiliar with the subjects, or maybe out of his element, however you want to say it. I don’t believe that’s much of a possibility anymore.
I’m not diagnosing him, just making observations.
There’s an organization called Duty to Warn. Their website is http://www.dangerouscase.org. It’s worth checking out. These are psychiatrists who look at him from the standpoint of “Is he dangerous?”. They’re very firm about not making a diagnosis.
@Diego Duarte: Congratulations to Peru!! <3
@Naglfar:
Exactly! I definitely want to impeach trump but I’m terrified of what Pence might do.
@Yutolia
There are children being tortured, sexually abused and even dying in concentration camps. Nazis running ICE and Border Patrol.
What exactly are you scared of that Trump hasn’t done yet? Pence doesn’t command the same respect among the trumpanzees, he won’t get away with as much as Trump has.
Yeah, agreed: there comes a point where sticking with “the devil you know” is just stupid, and that point was passed with Trump the day he announced the “family separation” policy (aka concentration camps), if not even earlier.
There’s also escalating danger the longer the same devil remains in place. As noted he’s been gradually suborning the judiciary, replacing people in the border patrol to convert ICE into a workable facsimile of the Gestapo, and ramping up the camps. Like a high grade tumor, if he’s not removed soon the damage he does will be irreversible and the patient will be doomed regardless. Especially if he starts transforming the army and navy. Right now we can expect that these are loyal to the Constitution and will support Trump’s removal, if that is effected legally. If Trump followers try to launch a civil war after said removal the federal armed forces will be on the Union side against the Bundys and similar militias on the Confederate side, and the Union side is sure to win. (Unless someone lets nukes fly, and then we all lose.) But if Trump can suborn the army and navy the way he’s been corrupting ICE and the judiciary then they might side with the Confederacy when push comes to shove.
Removing Trump legally will also get harder and harder the longer he can corrupt the judiciary, and the risk of the armed forces choosing the wrong side is much higher if he’s removed extra-legally … unless it’s the military that does that removal, having decided that Trump has become one of the domestic enemies to the Constitution they have sworn an oath to defend from such enemies. And then we have to worry that the military could be reluctant to relinquish power, having tasted it and with rationalizations ready such as “if we have an election the stupid voters will just elect another Trump; better the ‘adults in the room’ stay in charge until the economy is fixed or whatever”. And then you’re in military junta-land.
@Diego Duarte
That’s what I thought. I know that if Trump is removed the party will be screwed for 2020 because Pence could never win reelection. He simply lacks the personality cult. I also think that since Pence is not as popular, it would be more likely for Republican senators to stand up to his agenda in a way that they don’t to Trump. The most recent events have made it clear Pence is very unlikely to be quite as awful as Trump.
AFAICT the military already has been Trumpified. Judging by the fact that most of the higher ups in the military support him and the military parade he held, I harbor some doubt that the military would oppose his side in a possible war.
The whole thing or just the Air Force? That‘s been reactionary (and rather unprofessional), at least in part, since the Shrub years, if not earlier. The rest (with the possible exception of the virulently racist Coast Guard) has been dominated, AFAIK, by moderate conservatives who would much more hold truck with H. W. Bush and the McCain types than with screeching Tea Partiers, Trumpies, and Trump himself. Or has that already been changing?
If Trump was removed – And I still believe that’s a long shot, but no longer believe it’s impossible- I think Pence’s support among Trumpers will depend on whether or not they see Pence as a still standing ally or if they view him as a part of the “Deep State” that removed him.
@Diego, Surplus: I’m not arguing against the impeachment. We need to do it. I just wish we could get rid of them all, like I said before. Yes, I understand that those horrible things are happening.
I guess I’m worried that Pence could be the ‘acceptable, articulate, more palatable, less boorish’ fascist.
They ALL need to go.
And it looks as if r/Theredpill is on the way to oblivion too.
@Simon
I hope they axe r/GenderCritical next. That SR is awful. Also, it would be nice if they could get rid of r/The_Donald.
The Trump legal team is now arguing that religion lets people ignore anti-discrimination laws, and doing so in a way that could also bring back Jim Crow.
At this point I just don’t see what Pence could do worse.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/30/20890045/trump-justice-department-constitution-discrimination-lgbtq-catholic-church
@Dormousing_it: This is not against you, and I’m no expert, but the wording of the linked site raises red flags for me.
Well, at least part of it. “Societal health” I think makes good sense, but I feel that part of having a healthy society is not to write things like “impaired leaders [shouldn’t] rise to power”! “Impaired” how? “Power” how? The power problem IS a problem; it seems some people have disproportionate power. But take the “impaired” part. Suppose there’s a leader with ADHD who isn’t great at organizing time, does that mean they shouldn’t be a leader? No, but it might help for them to work with people who do have that skill, so things can balance out. That would be societal health to me: working together, accepting differences, not discriminating unfairly.
In that respect it doesn’t matter as much what mental issues or “impairments” Trump has. Is he doing good things with his job? Does he work well with people? Do the people who work with him do good things? (In the words of Miley Cyrus, “Can we have a ‘hell, no'”!!!)
I first read that as “leader with ADHD who isn’t great at organizing crime”.
The context of current US politics really primes my brain.
Amanda Marcotte just recently tweeted:
and in followup:
For the record, I never thought to assign Trump’s policies, crimes, lies, personality quirks, conspiracy mongering, laziness, ignorance or selfishness on dementia or any other mental illness.
I can see how his accountability might suffer if he’s commonly perceived as stupid or senile (esp. more than he is) if there’s still no practical possibility of him being removed from office because of it. I can also see how applying the 25th amendment might open a very problematic can of worms.
I was thinking how Trump seems to often struggle with expressing himself in his native language, or staying remotely on topic when he talks freely. It’s not very bad as such yet, but what if it gets worse over time? This is relevant mainly because there’s an upcoming election for his second term.
If it does get worse, can it result in dangerous rash decisions or rash communication? Will it be increasingly embarrassing to America on the international stage (even if that’s just caused by general stigma on mental illness)? Is there much chance it will eventually basically incapacitate him, for better or worse? American 2020 voters should at least consider these issues.
Hey, David, are you okay? I’m surprised you’re not all over r/braincels getting banned.
Oops, late to the party but @Diego Duarte: so happy for you!!
It feels the night is slowly passing in Latin America.
Thanks Luzbelitx! If I remember correctly you are from Buenos Aires correct? If so, I can only hope Macri goes down next round of elections. But I’m also hoping the likes of Agustin Laje and Danon are jailed for spreading neonazism across the country and Latin America, in general.
Take care!
@Lumipuma – To be fair, I wouldn’t be good with organizing crime either. 😛
Yeah, maybe I was ranting too much because of my own concerns. But I do think the office of president is (supposed to be) one where you coordinate extensively with others. If Trump had been a cooperative sort and if he were now suffering from the beginnings of dementia (I’m not saying he isn’t, I just don’t know enough to tell), it wouldn’t matter as much because others would be able to fill in the areas he couldn’t.
The main problem is the way he acts in general. I think most people here agree on that.
@Diego
Yes, yes I am. And we’re working hard to defeat Macri on October 27 (almost there!!) and also his minions in the two most populated districts, the province and the city of Buenos Aires (the city is a tough nut but we’re so close to cracking it).
We’re also hoping a progressive government in Argentina will help our brothers and sisters in Brazil, who are also hostages of a corrupted State. And then, hopefully, we shall see the end of the “short neoliberal summer night” in our region as García Linera put it.
As for Laje, all I wish for him is complete oblivion. How such an ignorant and irrelevant individual became a celebrity is beyonde me.
Anyway, stay strong, don’t let your guard down, and keep showing each and every one of those assholes the door!
I wrote:
I forgot to add at least “buffoonery” and “vengeful pettiness” on that list.
I just waded on Twitter, reading people’s responses to Trump’s public performance yesterday. I’m sad to say ableist language was indeed rife, and not only in reference to possible dementia symptoms.
As for the upcoming election, it occurs to me that it’s not easy for the voting public to judge if a candidate shows symptoms of some health problem that’s likely to get worse in the next few years. I guess the best bet would be someone who seems currently sharp and capable of working long days – unlike certain incumbent and certain Democratic frontrunner.
epitome wrote:
Yeah, even though Trump apparently sucks in cooperation, his henchmen seem to be mostly running the show, inasmuch as it’s still running. Ironically, with Trump being so lazy and amateurish, he could be incapacitated by some disease without much practical effect. Depending on the disease, it could actually make him less dangerous/embarrassing.
Certainly, he should be removed from office because of his crimes alone. Or shouldn’t be re-elected because all of the above.