Prominent Feminist Julie Burchill’s son Jack (29) commits suicide

anon_and_on · 2015-07-02T05:20:18+00:00

Well, if the men who manage football think that 545 under-24 male suicides a year is a more frightening statistic than two women killed each week - and hundreds of thousands injured every year - by the men they live with, then they must be even stupider than they look; though it's hard to imagine, I know. But I can't help feeling they're on very dodgy ground, taking on the young male suicide thing. For a start, it's a phony panic, catering to that lowest of modern male desires - to be a victim - for if we are to use the desire for death as a barometer of stress and misery levels among young people, then surely the fact that vastly more young women attempt suicide must mean that young women are still under far more pressure than young men. (Anorexia and bulimia, the scenic-route suicides, are still something like three-quarters female.)

Hey look it's the exact argument that AMRat put forth. THE THIRD WAVE IS TOTES DIFFERENT THAN THE SECOND THO

ashlaaaaay · 2015-07-02T05:17:19+00:00

http://i.imgur.com/q9bMg3U.jpg

pnw_diver · 2015-07-02T01:10:42+00:00

I read the absolutely hateful anti-man screed attributed to Burchill on the topic of male suicide, and anyone who has any doubt whatsoever about the real character of feminism should read it as well:

http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/oct/16/weekend7.weekend6

Its a shame her son killed himself, but not a surprise at all. She should have been blocked from having kids. I look forward to her follow-on essay about how she couldn't care less about her son's suicide because he was probably just a raping, woman-beating pig anyway.

DroogDim · 2015-07-02T07:02:16+00:00

She's fucking revolting. Not to mention a sociopath.

tehwankingwalruses · 2015-07-02T10:52:25+00:00

Well, if the men who manage football think that 545 under-24 male suicides a year is a more frightening statistic than two women killed each week - and hundreds of thousands injured every year - by the men they live with, then they must be even stupider than they look; though it's hard to imagine, I know. But I can't help feeling they're on very dodgy ground, taking on the young male suicide thing. For a start, it's a phony panic, catering to that lowest of modern male desires - to be a victim - for if we are to use the desire for death as a barometer of stress and misery levels among young people, then surely the fact that vastly more young women attempt suicide must mean that young women are still under far more pressure than young men. (Anorexia and bulimia, the scenic-route suicides, are still something like three-quarters female.)

The last time I suggested that suicides should be left to get on with it, I received a small number of letters from people whose sons had killed themselves. All of them demanded an apology. I'd advise them this time to save their stamps because, you see, I don't care. I don't care because most nights of the week I still dream of my dad, who I saw waste away almost to nothing, eaten alive by the tumours that were his retirement gift for working with asbestos. Every day, as his legs went, as his sight went, my dad would declare that tomorrow he would be taking the dog out; he clung to life like a dog playing tug-of-war for the biggest, juiciest raw steak in the world.

Fuck. This. Piece. Of. SHIT.

Sinisus · 2015-07-02T04:22:15+00:00

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rottingchrist · 2015-07-02T01:42:49+00:00

Very depressing. I hope she doesn't have any other male children.

EDIT: Sadly, she does. One that she abandoned when he was young, even.

baserace · 2015-07-02T05:09:15+00:00

Tragic stuff.

ourthirdsixsoul · 2015-07-02T13:31:02+00:00

Archive this article. No way she doesn't have it taken down.

2015-07-02T08:16:45+00:00

"the voluntary exits of a few hundred able-bodied young men each year are best dealt with as private tragedies rather than a public concern. Let them go." -Julie Burchill

And turn your attention to more important issues like manspreading.

2015-07-02T06:38:26+00:00

Just having her as a mother means the cards were stacked against him.

Bwhitty23 · 2015-07-02T13:17:16+00:00

This is your brain on feminism. Any questions?

ThePigmanAgain · 2015-07-02T08:37:26+00:00

Terrible thing for the son, but probably not for her. Nothing she has said proves she is all broken up about it, and given her attitude to his kind it should come as no surprise if she didn't really care. The interesting thing is whether or not her feminism contributed to any psychological problems he may have had. I am reminded of the way that Alice Walker treated her daughter -- like she was shit.

RedditorJemi · 2015-07-05T22:35:50+00:00

The best weapon against feminism is the very words of feminists themselves. The best strategy we can adopt is to make sure that every time a feminist opens her mouth, the public gets the message loud and clear. Document and archive everything feminists say, refusing to permit them to self-censor, and critique, critique, critique the words of feminists. If the public can't ignore feminists, then they must take a stand, either for or against. And it will be against - guaranteed.

bantrain7 · 2015-07-02T21:43:13+00:00

I was going to say that it's probably a bad tactic to use a tragedy like that to score points, but fuck me, if a political advocate holds that attitudes like that towards any demographic then it needs to be highlighted.

ourthirdsixsoul · 2015-07-02T07:14:08+00:00

I read the Telegraph article with interest and it looks like Burchill is genuinely grieving for her son.

I don't like the woman but I wouldn't wish her current situation on anybody.

victorymonk · 2015-07-02T01:28:32+00:00

I feel like it's too personal and too tragedy (sic) to be here. Yes, she is a feminist, but that's really the only thing we know.

mrstickman · 2015-07-02T17:34:19+00:00

This is horrible. This is exactly the sort of thing I don't like being right about.

Sometime later, she should be called out for this. But not now. Let her grieve. Hell, maybe she'll publicly seriously apologize for this when the dust has settled.

iehava · 2015-07-02T09:59:07+00:00

This is a foolish decision. The disgust you inspire in people by using her son's suicide to discredit her opinions will lose the cause more hearts and minds than you gain.

Juan_Golt · 2015-07-02T02:16:53+00:00

Regardless of her views, Burchill and her son have my condolences.

On /r/Mensrights we have plenty of other things to discuss. Lets skip this one ok?

Pointless_arguments · 2015-07-02T05:13:50+00:00

Ironic that this sub claims to care about male disposability but then people who don't want to use a man's suicide as schadenfraude against a toxic feminist are downvoted.

It doesn't seem to matter that this guy killed himself, only that he was the son of a piece of shit tabloid hack. Nobody seems to care who he was or why he killed himself. For shame, /r/mensrights. For shame.

ourthirdsixsoul · 2015-07-02T20:01:13+00:00

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Title	Prominent Feminist Julie Burchill’s son Jack (29) commits suicide
Author	ourthirdsixsoul
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Date	July 2, 2015 1:00 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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