a few pictures from a Detroit protest.

theDarkAngle · 2014-06-10T07:16:50+00:00

The fact that they mention capitalism should tell you all you need to know. It's just like the SNL skit where they mentioned protesting planned parenthood.

They have no idea what the MRM is. They seem to think it's a hardcore version of neo-conservatism.

If anything the MRM seems to be full of left-leaning people who think feminists and SJW's have perverted the word "liberal", with a healthy minority of conservatives/libertarians.

That's what they don't get. The MRM is a diverse - if still relatively small - community, and that's our strength. We don't agree about everything, but there's a core set of things that even ideology cannot divide us on.

Pretty soon we will add to our ranks:

Men of color who are disproportionately affected by our misandric society.

Blue collar workers who should be seeing more work opportunities and job training, but instead are seeing resources go to female dominated sectors in the name of "fairness".

Veterans who are the biggest victims of male disposability.

Parents and especially mothers who watch their sons' lives fall apart due to our girls-first paradigm.

And women, when they realize that feminism is actually making it much harder to find a "good husband" because we consistently handicap men and provide them very little incentive to achieve.

And on and on and on from there.

exovolt · 2014-06-10T06:32:41+00:00

By the looks of those messages it appears half of them arrived at the wrong protest.

lazlounderhill · 2014-06-10T03:27:54+00:00

fixed

Hungerwolf · 2014-06-10T02:31:46+00:00

I like the part where they're wrong. So, all of it.

EJSpurrell · 2014-06-10T06:26:56+00:00

I was wondering how big this was going to be. I'm actually kind of disappointed. I was hoping it would be bigger.

It almost feels as though the detractors to the MRM aren't as numerous as I felt they were... Just loud and obnoxious.

Kimski · 2014-06-10T07:03:15+00:00

Wish I could have been there with a bullhorn. I would have walked a 100 meters ahead of them and shouted: "Bring out yer dead! Bring out yer dead!!" ;)

2014-06-10T04:27:27+00:00

Well, that was a cute little protest. I'm glad they got the chance to run around and do their little dance. I mean, it's nice for everyone to get out in the sun and stretch our limbs a bit. I'm sure the protest made them feel extra very nice about themselves. A fun social event, to be sure. Like walking to the park, or something feelgood like that. And with about as much impact on the wider community.

I appreciate the free advertisement. The more lies Feminists tell, the bigger we grow. It's like a never-ending cycle.

unclefisty · 2014-06-10T10:22:02+00:00

The professionally made "boycott doubletree" signs really speak to the grass roots of this movement. /s

Ironhigh · 2014-06-10T08:49:12+00:00

"STOP THE PATRIARCHY"

Isn't this the main goal of the MRM?The get rid of the extra burden and responsibilities created in the old patriarchal society ,aiming towards gender equality?

Feminists in general are not against alimony, which was a law made for women in a time where women couldn't work.

Feminists ignore the male enlistment.All it takes is a high rank person in the military to snap his fingers to start a yearly draft.Many countries that can't run their armies with 100% volunteers draft young men, where are the modern feminists that claim to want gender equality here?

Women can shut down a pregnancy in the first weeks and abort in the first months, why don't men have a parental surrender?Isn't the lack of a parental surrender for men something from the patriarchy?When women couldn't stop pregnancies legally?

Many of the issues that the MRM wants to talk about are gender inequalities caused by the patriarchy, why feminists protest against the MRAs with "STOP THE PATRIARCHY"?

iethatis · 2014-06-10T03:55:16+00:00

moar:

http://31.media.tumblr.com/b8d62ed0617b7bdb938800a2649321e8/tumblr_n6tm8xjObc1qap9gno3_1280.jpg

http://37.media.tumblr.com/3ecdf800f5bb8731679fc1336f2f2fd0/tumblr_n6tm8xjObc1qap9gno2_1280.jpg

(oh please)

http://24.media.tumblr.com/1a43037a2521ea4cb01b2c0aa7815285/tumblr_n6tm8xjObc1qap9gno1_1280.jpg

(talk about hate...)

http://24.media.tumblr.com/85334952162df4c3e39d3a9a9affbc99/tumblr_n6tm8xjObc1qap9gno4_1280.jpg

(look how aggressive the one on the left is)

http://24.media.tumblr.com/15cc743b5703c8ca102b947b8d82fd03/tumblr_n6u8wa6JW71qzx76yo1_1280.jpg

(ew)

JakeDDrake · 2014-06-10T07:44:35+00:00

Since when was Capitalism directly tied to The Patriarchy?

And furthermore: I'm intrigued with the wording in their signs.

People who aren't familiar with the MRA acronym are gonna see them, and associate their claims with the acronym. I've a feeling that they know if they used the term "Men's Rights Activists" that it would be harder for them to get passerby to associate that term with "Rape Culture" than with an acronym that's only really used within the confines of Gender Politics. After all, it's hard to pin an evil on a group whose outward message is that of good.

In a similar way, if we were to make signs attacking "3WFs" as opposed to "Third-Wave Feminists", we'd have an easier time associating the horrible things they've done with the acronym, than with a the latter term that has a word some people find to be morally righteous.

edit: Holy crap my wording was awful.

Deansdale · 2014-06-10T10:38:10+00:00

I find it ironic that their symbol is a clenched fist, they march with banners with words like "smash" and "fight", but they say it's us promoting violence.

yuioer · 2014-06-10T12:25:59+00:00

How exactly does the MRM promote rape and violence against women?

2014-06-10T15:08:32+00:00

I... I... the idiocy of feminism never ends. Perpetuating victim culture much, protestors?

Also, Detroit may not have been the best place for that conference, but seriously. That's bad for Detroit's standards.

unbannable9412 · 2014-06-10T16:13:37+00:00

You know I generally expect all the "smash the patriarchy, boo capitalism" stuff to be something you see on tumblr, I know even adult feminists tend to share the same mindset, just with fancier wording, but these people look to be in their 30s or so and the sound like some angsty teenage tumblrite.

It's actually sad.

ARenaissance-Man · 2014-06-10T11:33:33+00:00

A delightfully tiny, pathetic protest. And they probably received media attention out of all proportion to their numbers.

Stone_Morningwood · 2014-06-10T18:17:41+00:00

Classy woman with the t-shirt that states, "NITE HERE! Sleep With The Right People" /s

unklestinky · 2014-06-10T19:00:13+00:00

Ahh the group-think is strong in the "protesters." Now if they would only do some research and critically think about what they are protesting.

SarcastiCock · 2014-06-10T02:35:19+00:00

Hired protesters get bused in.

avantvernacular · 2014-06-10T15:52:42+00:00

I'm just glad no one got hurt.

spankytheham · 2014-06-10T17:02:35+00:00

Wasn't there a thread of a poster asking why a lot of MRA's don't like feminism/-sts? Well...

2014-06-10T18:38:14+00:00

Smash Caplitalism! :rofl: How to know you're dealing with idiots.

ion9a · 2014-06-10T22:16:48+00:00

giant sign saying "Fuck the System"

wow, how mature. I'm not even sure how that pertains to an MRA meeting though...

2014-06-10T16:31:30+00:00

bunch of young Marxists

Gittiup · 2014-06-11T00:18:40+00:00

They haven't a clue...

Sharpie1306 · 2014-06-11T04:22:08+00:00

Its funny how quickly some of these people may change there view of the MRM if they took some time to research and understand it and not just jump on the bandwagon, i understand tho that some of them are very set in there ways and will try to find a flaw in the MRM but i dont think its possible to have something in society that is flawless, so why should the MRM have to be flawless to change there views.

MRSPArchiver · 2014-06-14T21:09:09+00:00

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TheBiboSez · 2014-06-10T04:43:27+00:00

From the last picture:

"Smash patriarchy" = openly promoting violence against men,

"Fuck capitalism" = openly promoting the rape of business owners.

Meaning = feminists openly promote violence and rape.

2014-06-10T04:59:15+00:00

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DesignRed · 2014-06-10T03:30:16+00:00

I liked the "We won't go back" poster, made me think she meant back to Africa.
All I saw was 4 posters, with 4 different distilled messages. Not the greatest at organization, but 10/10 for feels.

Title	a few pictures from a Detroit protest.
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Date	June 10, 2014 2:21 AM UTC (12 years ago)
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