Over the last few weeks it has become increasingly apparent that any effort by the MRA to engage meaningfully in debate will be invariably undermined by

1) Threats of violence by people (men?) against those on the other side of the debate, undermining any credible argument we might make

or

2) "False Flag" violence staged by the other side to the same effect.

The idea that men are violent, rather then the primary victims of violence, is being used to discredit men's issues. Obviously, this is a problem, and one we cannot unilaterally control. Even where we to get all MRA's to renounce violence, this renunciation would merely be held over our heads to silence us in any debate (I offer as example the total lack of any mention of the PLO in the recent isreal/gaza conflict. The representatives of the Palestinian people are silenced by their own renunciation).

It is glaringly obvious that we need a method of clearly expressing unbounded outrage that cannot be construed as a threat by any reasonable person. That any person attempting to construe it as a threat is by default unreasonable. That the issues expressed in this medium are clear and poignant to men, exemplify the suffering of men at the hands of women, and lay bare the hypocrisy of feminists who speak of gender equality as if it is something that must come entirely at the expense of men without addressing the issues and concerns men have, and mens historical oppression and degradation both at the hands of other men, and at the hands of women. (I do not use the term "patriarchy", as it implies a universal benefit to men. My Irish ancestors did not benefit from the conquest of Ireland, nor did my Scots ancestors benefit form the theft of their sheep pastures.)

Gentlemen (and ladies) i propose The Red Feather Campaign.

None here should be unfamiliar with the "white feather girls"., one of the most craven and deplorable pro war campaigns in human history. However, i feel it necessary to examine the ahistorical context here. The white feather campaign was about mens obligation to sacrifice to women, a socially imposed gender role. Feminists, while declaring their total reprobation for all gendered roles, continue to demand that men sacrifice for women by ceding anything described as privilege, regardless of whether the "Privilege" is earned, a "Privilege" at all, or whether a society without the thing described as a "Privilege" can be understood as just (doing an article on this currently. publishers? anyone?).

SO, I propose we return to them their feathers 1234 covered in the blood of the men mercilessly and ruinously sacrificed to their agenda.

We make this present with the following message.
"This blood is not your blood. To think it is, is a refraction only of your narcissism. This is the blood of men, sacrificed to females, by females, for generation upon generation. When you speak of sacrifice, before our eyes flash visions of bayonets, within our nostrils the waft of trenches, our ears recall the scream of artillery coming to shred our bodies. That is what sacrifice means to men; agony, suffering, death. This feather is a reminder of your inhumanity towards men, your lack of compassion and understanding, and your hypocrisy in declaring gender roles obsolete while commanding men to fulfill the most destructive of all gender roles, the gender who gets sacrificed."

Why this tactic? First, the consistent theme seen presented by SJW/feminists is that men are "Violent oppressors who refuse to compromise." This meme makes clear that it is not us being oppressive, and that the compromise being asked is not just. How can i compromise upon the continuation of my life, or my freedom (which is my ability to enjoy the life that is mine)? By turning the oppression meme around upon the feminists, it creates equal footing in the debate space.

Second, it supplants the current "MRA send death threats" meme. MRA's do not send death threats, MRA's send pictures of blood covered feathers. If your message does not include said feather, that was not an MRA, as anyone who understands the MRA position would understand the symbolism and necessity of the red feather campaign.

Third, it allows us to fracture the feminist movement and more clearly identify those feminists who actually want equality and are just being blind, from those feminists who are actually misanderist (i use that term hesitantly, but as i have not had time to create a new term to describe my view of this branch of feminism, so it is necessary). If we can separate the equality feminists from the misandarists, then we can actually start working with reasonable people to begin wide scale social reform on gender issues.

Depending upon the response I get here, the above shall be sent to AVFM with a proposal for a "Feather Drive" asking submissions of drawings of bloody feathers we can then use.

El Rellok

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