So I’m back. Again. Hello!
I’ve kind of been in hiding for a while. But no more.
Here’s the thing. The thing is Trump. When Trump was elected again back in November I fell into a deep funk for several months, feeling unable to respond. I retreated from the world, from social media, and from my recently relaunched YouTube channel. When he took power in January, I felt utterly overwhelmed by the speed and audacity with which he transformed himself into a no-longer-aspiring dictator. And I was demoralized by the pathetic non-response of the Democrats and the lack of widespread public opposition. I was too depressed and worried to even engage with the news on a daily basis.
But over the last several weeks, something has changed in me. The “Hands Off” protests on April 6 rekindled hope that a real opposition to Trump could emerge. Then Trump’s tariffs sent the country (and quite possibly the whole world) into a strange and surreal crisis. And then things somehow got even worse. I realized that shutting down was no longer an option; I need to do what I can to stand up to Trump and to the culture that brought him into office for a second time. And the best way I have of doing that is by restarting the blog, offering analysis and engaging with readers as alarmed by our current situation as I am.
The blog will be a bit different than it was in its last incarnation. Instead of focusing mostly on daily “reaction” posts to terrible manosphere crap–the sort of thing that burned me out the first time–I’ll be posting mostly longer and more analytical pieces, hopefully several times a week, on broader issues relating to misogyny and gender issues that help to explain our current climate. (No more posts on the floridly hateful commentary of individual assholes on Incels.is; I think we’ve seen enough of those.) I will also be posting, at least for a while, reviews of books and other resources that can help us to understand what got this country into this mess and what we can do about it.
As for my temporarily paused YouTube channel, I do intend to return to it, though I may change the format a little in a way that I think will make the videos both easier to make and more engaging. And with fewer of the flashy glitchy cuts that I don’t think anyone liked as much as I did.
Stay tuned for the first posts on the new(est) We Hunted the Mammoth!
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Hey, welcome back! I was worried about you.
Holy MGTOW raw chicken! Welcome back! I know I haven’t been around in a while either, but I was quite happy to see you pop up in my inbox, Dave!
Welcome back.
Welcome back!!!
And yeah, you don’t need to be so flash with the videos. Just be yourself. It’s the content that’s important, not the packaging.
Oh yay! Stoked you’re back!
Wow, I was kind of worried if you’re doing OK. What’s happening in the U.S. is a definitely severe shitstorm of apocalyptic proportions. The alt-right media in this country is trying it’s best to turn everything on its head. I say that because people have turned against Musk’s favorite political party in Germany, not because of some sort of passive complacency. Otherwise Tesla’s would not end up getting torched. I blame Rupert Murdoch, the prime funder of German RTL and the US Fox News. Education in being dismantled to keep people stupid an suitably helpless against the GOP imposed New World Order and other self consumed exclusively pale skinned ‘Lightworkers’. Now where on earth did all of these criminals hatch from? Definitely not any petri dish, but rather the catacombs of the ‘Federalist Papers’ and ‘Manifest Destiny’.
Glad to see you back!
Welcome back. There will be overlap with your previous reporting; because the, toxic manosphere is where a lot of Trump’s support comes from. The whole world has been horrified by the Trump regime; and, the backlash from the tariff wars has served to isolate the US and reduce its prestige and influence. I don’t think it will recover.
Welcome back!
@JoanC: No, I’m pretty sure the so-called “American Century” is over. (An 80-year “century” … shrinkflation?)
One thing’s for sure. I picked the worst possible time to discover I’m trans.
Great to have you back, Dave! I feel the same way, it’s been a dark and frightening couple of months but we’ve got to find ways to fight back, and keep looking for the light.
Good to see you back!
You aren’t the only one who needed a little time to dust themselves off before getting up and getting back in the saddle. I think it’s been that way for a lot of people.
Welcome back, David! It’s good to see you again.
This lurker is glad to see you back.
Nice to see you back in action.
Good to know you’re still in the present tense; I don’t blame you for having found the past few months by turns terrifying and benumbing.
I was worried about you as well! You are right – shutting down isn’t an option at this time. We all gotta fight together.
Glad to have you back, David; I’ve missed WHTM and its community.
Thanks, everyone! I am ready to go! Nice to see so many familiar faces commenting as well as some new ones! I’m doing ok, or at least as well as anyone can be doing in present circumstances, but it was a bit overwhelming for a while. Hope you’re all hanging in there as well!
And there was MUCH rejoicing!
We were all wondering, but ofc, we all felt the same and are still in shock and depression.
Don’t push yourself. But being proactive instead of reactive is good for all of us IMO.
Regards to the kitties.
PS to Alan and whoever suggested the name first — glad to see your newest co-counsel is in fact named Sexton Drake thanks to whichever WHTM member suggested. Also I liked that since you’re in a casual setting, Capybarrister isn’t in gown and wig. It’s details like that (over and above the excellent content and scenery) that help make your videos so entertaining.
Wonderful to see you back!
@gss ex-noob
Yes, thank you whoever that was. Popular choice!
It’s a bank holiday weekend here; which of course means that it’s siling it down. So couldn’t get anywhere scenic. But it was nice to do one inside with the boys again.
And although I tried to be objective with these things, that one does seem to have annoyed the Tommy fans.
https://tenor.com/en-GB/view/ds9-deep-space9-sisko-pale-moonlight-i-can-live-with-it-gif-25553097
Woop woop! Pleased you got out of the funk David. I honestly think you deserve more credit for recognising the emerging danger of the online right hate machine before anyone else took it seriously. Hey ho, here we are
@GSS ex-noob; @Alan Robertshaw:
PS to Alan and whoever suggested the name first — glad to see your newest co-counsel is in fact named Sexton Drake thanks to whichever WHTM member suggested.
That seems to have been me: https://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2024/11/05/election-open-thread/comment-page-7/#comment-3699678
(For those Mammotheers who observe any of the following, happy Gregorian <I>and</I> Orthodox Easter, conclusion of Passover, and Recreational Botany Day.)
Good to see you back, David!