David, while I agree, as much as you or anyone else here, that these people are awful, I have to question how on-mission this is. This doesn’t, as far as I can see, have anything to do with the men’s rightster crowd. I come here to read about the antics of manosphereans. For the antics of generic conservatives and white nationalists, there are other venues, such as Right Wing Watch, Americans Against the Tea Party and Fundies Say the Darndest Things. (Although I recognize, of course, there is a large and steadily shrinking overlap between the three aforementioned camps).

2. This theory is new how???

This article title sound like a clickbait article. Up next: Which PUA are You? – This Cat Attacking A MRA Will Warm Your Heart – The 10 Worst Things Thay Happened to Feminists On Internet

It’s possible Bill Cosby truly thought he was only being an adulterous sleaze and “bad boy.” In the 1950’s and 1960’s people did tend to think that consent was implied if a man was alone with a woman he wasn’t related to and she didn’t physically resist.

No one has critical thinking skills anymore, and no one knows how to think outside the paradigm.

CrunchySammich 1 month ago +F Mar My answer is men are biologically programmed to seek women, women aren't biologically programmed to seek many men. They're supposed to stick to 1 man because being with many men makes her look low class and trashy, not to mention it's completely anti-family and unlady-like.

Who are these people? What are they like in the real world; are they more articulate, conform to social norms, indistinguishable from any other average citizen or are they easily recognized as complete imbeciles the moment they open their mouths?

The word crazy isn't really ableist, while calling someone paranoid or delusional is way more ableist. I'm disabled (physically, as well as having PTSD among other things), and the word crazy (and others like it, e.g. "stupid") aren't really ever used against us in settings that are harmful. "Delusional," on the other hand, is relatively fucked up for people who do suffer from delusions.

Avoid “crazy” talk. That is, using words like “crazy,” “psycho” and the like to describe the terrible ideas and actions of people you don't like. It's stigmatizing to those dealing with mental illness, who really don't need the extra indignity of being compared to MRAs. Try using words like “ridiculous” or “absurd” or “terrible” instead. Try to avoid internet diagnoses of mental illness, and don't use autism or Aspergers as an excuse for someone's shitty behavior. Saying someone is “paranoid,” “delusional,” or “narcissistic” is fine; these are words that have meanings apart from the psychiatric diagnoses that include them. If there is evidence that someone you are discussing does indeed have a mental illness, and this is relevant to the discussion, it can be appropriate to bring this up. That said, words like “crazy,” “psycho,” and the like are extremely common, and plenty of people use them without intending to stigmatize those with mental illnesses. If you're someone who uses these terms, it doesn't make you an evil person, but please try to refrain from this kind of language in the comments here. ... Don't participate in pile-ons. If several people have already made the point you want to make, there's really no need to add another comment to the pile. These sorts of pile-ons can and often do derail more interesting conversations.

Don't argue the rules. You're certainly not required to agree with all of the rules here but if you want to comment here you are expected to follow them. And don't waste anyone's time arguing about them. (If you really, really disagree with an aspect of the rules, don't derail a comment thread to talk about it; send a note to me.)

The weird thing, though, is that Kopyto has apparently spent his whole legal career advising left-wing causes

At some point, advertising “Pay me money to talk about your problems” runs afoul of laws regarding professional therapists and mental health provider licensing requirements, no?

"Don’t listen to what those nasty people say. You’ll always be mamma’s biggest, bestest, most handsomest boys!”

This is not the first time I’ve seen MRAs threaten with revenge and death for all the injustice that has been inflicted on men.

The pound in your pocket "The pound will be revalued at one pound 10p, so it will now be worth 10p more. Common sense." Foreign Policy "Germany has been too quiet for too long. Just saying." Europe "I pledge that the UK will leave Europe by 2025 and the edge of the Solar System by 2050. Common Market sense. In the meantime Greece to be bought and operated by Kent County Council. Couldn't be worse. Someone to do the bins at least." Corporations and globalisation "Blah blah blah blah blah paradigm blah blah blah, blah blah dialectic blah blah blah blah blah blah game-changer." On Local issues "South Thanet to be made the new capital of the UK. Demilitarised zone to set-up between North and South Thanet.

how is it a good idea to change the conversation from True’s misogynist actions to his apparently-disordered thinking?

Well, I don’t think this (Frankly ridiculous) notion represents evo psych as a whole.

Sweet dreams, me! Try not to dream of this

More succinctly, we are talking about gynocentrism — the powerful human drive to protect and provide for women, to put them first at all times and at all costs, even when doing so is detrimental to both sexes. It is a vital conversation. We cannot limp forward as a society on concerns for only one sex, just as we cannot advance as two equal sexes by continuing to address the problems of only one of them. To row ahead instead of going in circles we must have both oars in the water. This exploration is tough ground because it requires us to examine how gynocentrism has impacted and derailed the discussion on sex and power; how it has, in fact, done nothing more than paint a new face directly on the problems we set out to fix. We will have to examine the clear constitutional violation of male-only selective service, male-only socially and legally sanctioned genital mutilation, the criminal sentencing disparity, male exclusion from reproductive rights and a host of other issues at which we find gynocentrism squarely at the core.

1) Men HAVE killed women in the name of hating feminism; see Elliot Rodger and Montreal

I see, so if a man suffered emotional stress for being mocked for being insufficiently masculine/heterosexual, that’s “aggrieved entitlement,” huh?

We don’t know if this was a murder/suicide, and if it was, it seems to me significantly different from premeditated, planned massacres with guns, especially those targeting women.

It almost kinda seems like he just made up a fancy reason to behave like a jerk, doesn’t it?

He didn’t admit to rape, he said by the stupid American laws he did.

"Any person who has sexual intercourse or other sexual relations with a person by means of using violence, threats or other unlawful coercion shall be guilty of rape and shall be imprisoned for a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 16 years. ‘Violence’ here refers to the deprivation of independence by means of confinement, drugs or other comparable means. Exploiting a person’s psychiatric disorder or other mental handicap, or the fact that, for other reasons, he or she is not in a condition to be able to resist the action or to understand its significance, in order to have sexual intercourse or other sexual relations with him or her, shall also be considered as rape, and shall result in the same punishment as specified in the first paragraph of this article."

Who else would be running it? Is it a serious possibility that someone else is pulling strongs behind the scenes?

He pulled out his gun from the duffel bag. He ran up to Katie and grabbed her shoulder, spinning her around as she yelled out “Get off of me!” The last thing she saw was a shaking gun pointed at her chest. Her phone fell first onto the pavement, then the leash, and then gravity finally brought her body down to earth. The dog started barking at Brad, whose only thought was how little blood there was. He put the gun to his temple, closed his eyes, inhaled deeply, and squeezed the trigger. The dog went silent, laying next to its master, waiting for her to wake up.

It’s supposed to be a sympathetic character and he shoots the dog, too?

In the comments below, I saw a bunch of reasonable, thoughtful men and women defending the movement. They were making rational, fair-minded points backed by evidence and reason.

I would love to hear his explanation for why the CIA funds the feminist movement.

David–would you please add “crazy” and “insane” to the comments policy? There’s a tiny chance it might stop one or two people from using it, and then threads would stop getting derailed every single time over language rules.

Well… the acting isn’t any worse than Birdemic.

A woman with short black hair can become a woman with long, blond hair. It’s called cutting and dyeing.

On top of gamergate’s usual bullshit, you add a dysfunctional mental health care system, woeful support for wounded veterans, and the violence of the sustained injury in the first place.

just curious- can anyone name ONE comedienne whose standup you would buy a ticket for?

What I hope moving forward is that I, personally, and hopefully the community as a whole can figure a way to navigate core belief-touching subjects in a way that honors and respects everyone involved.

Would you be prepared to debate Karen Straughan in an open debate?

Guy has articles going back to November though. Are you sure he’s a troll rather than a generic asshole plagiarist?

Are we allowed to say that someone sounds like a rapist? To ask why he’s so invested in defending rapists? To say we would not feel safe alone with him?

Dave, I really really hope you don’t mean by this that you would ever pressure a woman to have an abortion because birth control failed and you don’t want children.

David, is there any way to find out how many of those are unique visitors to each site?

Um… why would a feminist (or anyone) assume her thoughts were not her own?

The irony of a reaction/mockery blog becoming more popular (at least by pageviews) than the movement it’s mocking is delicious.

there exists a copy of that Louis CK sketch laid over that picture of David who is also somehow Michael Moore whipping himself.

Grilled salmon. Neutered cat. Burned wood.

I mean seriously, if your ultimate enemy is gawker and you’re as frothing as GG is, you have major fucking problems!

When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say. Or in this case, what he did say.

if I’m writing about someone who’s gotten harassed by misogynists on the internet, and you want to talk about how much they deserved it, or what a lying liar they are? Well, fuck you! Your comments go right into the trash.

I guess he does say “cure” people, though the way he says it somehow sounds remarkably similar to “kill.” In my defense I’m old and have wax in my ears.

can you imagine the shit fit they’ll have when the first sex-bot for a woman gets announced?

See, this is proof that I still must (somehow) believe they’re capable of some kind of human decency since I first tried to think of what could be bad for even Elam to vomit over.

Dorian Leverkühn 2 months ago Meanwhile, David Manboobz is the creepy fat ugly guy who can't speak English, who cleans the bleachers after hours, who can only look at the empty "bullpen" with envy, and who goes home to masturbate using his dirty Sham-Wow in the hopes that it had accumulated some female ass sweat. Mr. X 2 months ago Ironically, David Futrelle has man-tits. Even the old hags that read his stupid blog would reject his sexual advances. What a train wreck.  Mike Lopez 2 months ago David Futrelle is a fat washed up loser who thinks that sucking up to Feminists will get him somewhere. David Futrelle you're the biggest hypocrite on the internet not to mention your pathetic bands of brainwashed dim witted followers with daddy issues. Please go jump off a cliff you fat swine.

Newsflash: It is not YOUR hobby,

The whole screed about this particular journalist’s time being up and that she’ll never find any work again is very reminiscent of the lies one tells oneself when they’re very angry/jealous at a person for being popular and imagining that their audience will evaporate.

This bingo card is going to end up covering 1000 square miles.

God is dead! Satan lives! Hail, Satan! The year is one! Hail, Satan! The year is one and God is done! The year is one! Hail, Adrian! Hail, Satan! Why don't you help us out, Rosemary? Be a real mother to Adrian. You don't have to join if you don't want to. Just be a mother to your baby.

If a bunch of commenters tell you a word is inappropriate, drop it from your vocabulary here and move on. Don’t argue about it, or explain that in your country it’s perfectly acceptable. I don’t care.

JB can suffer consequences for being an asshole; she shouldn’t have to suffer any consequences just for being a woman. Posting her image somewhere to be harassed and mocked would be the latter, no matter what the context.

Screaming misogyny is too easy in this case.

Yeah, but that was a black man.

I have to say, while I definitely don't think you're any kind of misogynist or ageist hating on tweens or anything, and as a longtime fan of We Hunted the Mammoth, I'm not 100% comfortable with you, a man, telling women what their reaction to feminism should be (even clearly misguided women like this.) But there are women feminists who can take this on. As a white person, I don't call out PoC for being racist because anti-racist activists of color can do that and it's not my place as an ally.

Why the hell would I scroll down the article when AVFM couldn’t be arsed to correct the very first paragraph?

He’s speaking from his perspective as a victim of child molestation here.

I've never seen the inside of a barroom Or listened to a jukebox all night long But I see these are the things that bring you pleasure So I'm gonna make some changes in our home I've heard it said, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" So if that's the way you've wanted me to be I'll change if it takes that to make you happy From now on you're gonna see a different me Because your good girl's gonna go bad I'm gonna be the swingin'est swinger you've ever had If you like 'em painted up powdered up, then you oughta be glad 'Cause your good girl's gonna go bad

The misters were flaunting two police report numbers. Also, reporter Steve Neavling claimed to have copies of the reports but never did write about it.

I doubt it’s a coincidence that their favourite scapegoats are young people who, generally speaking, have very little money and very little political power.

So, if someone calling themselves a feminist (someone no one had ever heard of and was using a pseudonym and not even showing their face) wrote a psychotic manifesto and sent it in to AVFM, would it be fair to take that and paint the entire feminist movement with it?

See, when we go after people, it’s actual notable leaders and actual violent protesters and we TELL THE TRUTH.

When you guys go after leaders and recognizable activists you always, always distort what really happened. The only time you don’t have to twist the facts to make someone look stupid or malicious it’s always some random commenter or some anonymous wackjob.

For example, the guy from Men’s Rights Melbourne was not “one of Australia’s most visible activists”. I never saw his face, did you? Have you been to his website lately? Check it out, it’s gone.

Another example; when we caught those two women tearing down our posters (which were NOT pictures of Lise Gotelle and WERE posted on authorized poster kiosks, both of which you lied about) I did not “stalk” or “harass” ANYONE. I asked them why they were tearing down our posters and after not getting a response besides the middle finger, we left them.

MR-E would like to know the names of these two women so that charges of destruction of property can be laid against them. Also, the world should know the identities of those who seek to silence and censor messages advocating for human rights. FTSU!!!

I want a mechanism in place so that men experiencing continuing emotional abuse can identify it and, if necessary, initiate proceedings, but NOT resort to physical violence.

Emotional abuse can contribute to a physical response but does *not* absolve one from responsibility.

You may notice the press was polite and asked relevant questions. It’s hard not to think some of them were dumbstruck as they realized there was almost nothing any sane person could argue with there.

If vagina=vergina, what does penis equal?

That’s what I found actually scary when listening to the audio of Esmay’s phone convo with SworeByThePrecious – how quickly he escalated his aggression, seemingly disproportionate to any stimulus that might’ve provoked it.

As to the twitter comment you linked to, seems to me he is more defending them than condemning them.

I haven’t confirmed that the quotes in this article are accurate or when they were made or any of the context in which they were said.

you dont want to take me off of moderation, manboobz ? – you fat sh*t – fine. have fun with the inferior woody.

first we fight them, then we laugh at them, then we ignore them, then they lose.

for some reason their fantasy Manboobz narratives almost always has David and his blog racing to their doom because he’s losing or lost the favor, largesse and attention of his feminist overlords. It’s a blog for fuck sake. It’s not like it’s in danger of going bankrupt due to the volatile misogyny mocking blog market.

Am I the only one who wants Ideagog to become a rank amongst use Mammothers?

Oh look, she’s trying to neg us. How charming!

So I just realized that I read your posts in my voice,

There is a difference between pointing out to someone that they have a weight issue and “calling” them fat.

then Judgy rescinded her offer

What’s less amusing is that professional journalists sometimes don’t check either.

And neither of you are willing to speak up against extremism amongst your ‘allies’.