Feminist protesters plan on not protesting the rescheduled AVFM conference to be held this weekend. The reasons given for this are due to potential "doxxing, harassment, stalking, abuse, and provocati

seego79 · 2014-06-25T23:43:06+00:00

am i the only one who thinks that perhaps they couldn't get the required numbers for a protest and this is a face saving ploy?

AlphaWookie · 2014-06-25T23:40:48+00:00

A peaceful confrence is a good thing, I'm very happy about this. How many years has it taken just to have a meeting without harrasement.

TheRedderPill · 2014-06-26T00:25:32+00:00

Wow, they're playing the victim card for things they haven't even technically been victimized by yet, or would ever even be victims. It's hard to say because the future hasn't happened yet. But, feminists operate in an intangible world, so, I guess this is common ground for them.

Poperiarchy · 2014-06-25T23:45:12+00:00

I like how they used the threat of imaginary perceived violence so severe they can't even set foot in the same city to justify anonymous and completely baseless criticism of speakers they won't be there to actually see or hear themselves.

Well played. Well played. Even Goebbels would be proud.

JakeDDrake · 2014-06-26T03:39:51+00:00

Its deeply ironic that feminists complain so bitterly about men trying to "derail" their conversations and arguments, spend so much effort trying to shut down men trying to discuss legitimate issues.

But not at all surprising...

luxury_banana · 2014-06-26T00:44:10+00:00

Sounds like Futrelle just doesn't want yet more videos like from every other event continuing to show a clear pattern that reality is the opposite of what he claims. I'm sure it'll happen anyway, though.

TRPACC · 2014-06-26T00:15:54+00:00

Hilarious false accusations and projections!

They just keep digging that hole in the reputations they don't know they are digging.

I cant wait to see their propaganda film.

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2014-06-26T11:49:57+00:00

Also they were worried MRAs would pull the fire alarm to silence them.

TorontoMike · 2014-06-26T01:40:37+00:00

It's a tactic of "dirty politics" where you accuse your opposition of exactly the "dirty" thing that you are doing with out any proof and you get the accusation out there first. So that if you are caught Doxxing , harassing and stalking your opposition , well then they did it first because you made the unsubstantiated claim to smear them.

I think it as a part of the book "Hand Book for Radicals" .

2014-06-26T03:05:57+00:00

speak out against the AVFM's misogyny

Because not centering around women's issues is somehow misogyny.

I doubt believe there's really any real misogyny in the US.

Lobstermansunion · 2014-06-26T12:19:39+00:00

Perhaps after threatening to kill people, including a Canadian senator, they decided they don't want to risk being id'ed and arrested.

chavelah · 2014-06-26T01:33:38+00:00

I'm almost tempted to protest the event and document how nobody threatens me or follows me home (?!?!)

Seriously, has anybody every heard of even one incident of an MRA getting into a spat with a protester and FOLLOWING THEM when they left the scene? That's pure fabrication, right?

anonlymouse · 2014-06-26T09:34:01+00:00

Projecting by feminists again. It's interesting that if you look at many of their claims about what the patriarchy does, you see feminism engaging in exactly that.

rg57 · 2014-06-26T04:53:56+00:00

I think what's really going on here is a subtle admission that their driving abilities aren't quite up to the task.

I'M KIDDING.... we can joke about this.

However, in seriousness, this is a rather plain admission that THEY are the bullies here. They don't want to victimize AVFM (again) because that isn't playing out as well as they'd like.

iMADEthis2post · 2014-06-26T12:48:41+00:00

This from the people that rang in bomb threats, threatened to damage the venue and harm the staff?

Right... Okay. Erm, funny that whenever an event is organised to tackle male issues that the only violence and hate is coming from feminists and all the video evidence shows this. And all these videos went viral and made the news, showing the world exactly what feminism is, that's the only thing these scumbags are afraid of and deep down they know that their movement is full of people that have no control over their violent nature.

_OneManArmy_ · 2014-06-26T13:13:15+00:00

THANK YOU FOR NOT LINKING THE SITE DIRECTLY.

dungone · 2014-06-26T13:33:09+00:00

So, they already lost by winning. They bullied the conference organizers and ran up security costs until the event had to be moved. Now they are ironically claiming that men's rights activists would harass them when it would be perfectly clear that they were the harassers should they show up to disrupt the conference and assault attendees.

DavidByron2 · 2014-06-26T01:19:17+00:00

So they suddenly decided this was an issue when it wasn't a few weeks ago?

Chad_Nine · 2014-06-26T02:14:14+00:00

Protest and you look like fools. Don't protest and the speakers get to speak, and the attendees get to listen.

:D

iethatis · 2014-06-26T02:58:01+00:00

IOW, they're saying:

wait a sec, we need to be playing the victim here. Let's not show our faces, but attack them online instead.

DarkCircle · 2014-06-26T04:34:55+00:00

I think they are realizing that their protests are great promo for conferences and seminars.

Lucifersmanslave · 2014-06-25T23:29:33+00:00

That's too bad, protesters are always entertaining and provocative. Perhaps AVFM can hire some the same bused in professional protesters with all that extra money.

IS44 · 2014-06-26T01:09:18+00:00

Read as, "We have explicitly stated in our protest that we wanted to be violent, and want to avoid arrest."

That would require a serious conscience, though. It would be a big thing for little minds to understand that peaceful protest actually works better than violent frothing. I can't give them the benefit of that kind of thinking yet; not when they still call themselves feminists, and side with people who shut down talks about male abuse awareness because "Patriarchy".

HolySchmoly · 2014-06-26T14:51:06+00:00

Much as I hate these MRA scum, and believe me I want to endanger and provoke them as much as anyone, harassing individuals, following them to their cars or homes, publishing their private information, and intimidating them with vicious, derailing and trivializing tactics to promote our ideology, a terrible thought has struck me today.

If we do this, they may reach out to one another about the real concerns they have about their physical safety and the safety of their organizers. They may simply remain peaceful, stay out of our way and keep their distance.

This is exactly what they want. They want a confrontation with protestors as an excuse to play the victim. I decry this misogyny!

liquid_j · 2014-06-25T23:31:17+00:00

I'm surprised old manboobz didn't say we would kill and eat them...

JakeDDrake · 2014-06-26T06:08:26+00:00

"Stay away, they have cooties!"

EJSpurrell · 2014-06-26T06:33:38+00:00

Aren't the attendees of the conference forbidden from engaging with the protesters in any way, under threat of removal from the conference?

It sounds to me that the protesters figured out that the more noise they made about the conference, the more support started flowing in for it.

Gawrsh · 2014-06-26T10:14:43+00:00

This seems to be a good thing; especially since it's only the first conference out of many to come.

I would rather people like Dr Farrell were able to begin the process of moving forward with the MRM, than having to deal with the feminist version of Westboro Church attacking him.

I think a protest, while doing nothing more than showing how wrong the protesters are, would also take attention away from issues that need to be discussed by the attendants.

AtomicBLB · 2014-06-26T13:28:45+00:00

On the one hand, this is great news! Finally a potentially peaceful gathering of people who want to talk about the injustices of the current times. On the other... I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little disappointed that a bunch of psychotic people showing up being unruly and potentially violent to further make them look bad.

I don't want there to be that large commotion and violence but I like the world seeing just how crazy a few radicals can be.

wildfire2k5 · 2014-06-26T13:56:39+00:00

Lol these women are crazy. Isn't there a ton of video and photographic evidence of them doing this exact thing?

intensely_human · 2014-06-26T15:40:37+00:00

Well, however messed up their reasoning is, it's nice to hear they'll be shutting the fuck up and letting us talk to each other like adults.

huzzarisme · 2014-06-26T19:23:38+00:00

If we run it they will come. I'm talking about protestors in general here.

TheGDBatman · 2014-06-26T22:04:37+00:00

Posted by David Futrelle, eh?

What a tool.

lordslag · 2014-06-26T02:31:13+00:00

It's a victory. They have realized that they look like fascists when they try to stop people from peaceably meeting and speaking about ideas. Now we can do these things in peace and our voices will be heard more because there's no counter shouting.

apathos_destroys · 2014-06-26T03:36:54+00:00

Give it a week or two and they'll go back to "we're being silenced! ". By some, unnamed organization heavily aligned with the mrm and patriarchy.

2014-06-26T05:34:07+00:00

Let them scream, shout and yell. Remember what happened when they, in conjunction with the media, tried to link Elliot Rodgers with Mens Rights? More people ended up checking it out and seeing there is legitimacy and valid issues.

If they pull something similar with this conference, it's only going to end up backfiring big time. Actually, I hope they do. That means more curious people researching for themselves.

A_User · 2014-06-26T09:52:39+00:00

'Feminist protesters realize that protesting event will only give the world another opportunity to see their true colors, have to spout lies to cover up real reason for change of mind'.

Karma9999 · 2014-06-26T14:20:20+00:00

I hope the organisers are going to send Mr Futrelle a thank you card for allowing the conference to go ahead without the incessant and irrelevant complaints coming from that side of the tracks. I'm sure his colleagues over there would be overjoyed to see the response.

giegerwasright · 2014-06-26T16:12:04+00:00

It's funny to watch them project and transfer in their desperate attempt to play both dragon and damsel.

Keiichi81 · 2014-06-26T17:17:28+00:00

The bullies now pretend to be victims...

tallwheel · 2014-06-26T01:28:42+00:00

I hope at least some protesters show up anyway. Come on, feminists, we've got tea and cakes prepared for you! (disclaimer: I am not associated with the conference organizers and there may not actually be any tea and cakes.)

blamb211 · 2014-06-26T18:29:56+00:00

Am I the only one that finds it ironic that a dude wrote this thing, but is telling people to stay away from the conference? A conference that could potentially directly benefit him, no less.

AustNerevar · 2014-06-26T19:39:16+00:00

Don't you get it? Only men can cyber-rape. /s (hope that wasn't needed, but Reddit has disappointed me lately)

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