Nancy Kaffer: Why the GOP doesn't understand claims of its war on women: "Reading the website of a men’s rights group planning to hold its first conference in Detroit later this month made me feel a l

tallwheel · 2014-06-06T02:15:47+00:00

the men’s rights movement (and an online community in the related “manosphere,” that has gleefully adopted the term “going Elliott,” a reference to California man Elliott Rodger, who murdered several woman because he felt they owed him sex)

Seriously. Wut? Anyone heard this term before?

rogerwatersbitch · 2014-06-06T04:33:35+00:00

I love how she mentions Rodgers killed "several women".I would say, he killed several men and 2 women.

Also, the trustworthy sources she uses to pinpoint the MRM hate against women are (are you ready for this?) Cracked and Jezebel.

Its just too funny to even get mad.

MattClark0994 · 2014-06-06T01:53:26+00:00

How DARE men want to address the many issues that affect them!

Gawrsh · 2014-06-06T12:13:58+00:00

This article is all kinds of terrible. And I have trouble in thinking that the author wrote this by mistake, rather than as a piece that is designed to poorly represent a group of people.

She throws up a picture of Republicans in order to start things off by branding the Men's Rights movement as linked to that ideology, and then goes on with her attacks.

One of the 'sources' she uses is Cracked, and their '5 truths about the Men's Movement'.

From the Cracked article:

If you go to r/MensRights, r/TheRedPill, or any pickup artist or anti-pickup artist blogs....

Hmm...

Then of course a Jezebel article that asserts 'going elliot' is a thing with Men's Rights people at all. An attempt to conflate the Men's Rights movement with Ayn Rand and her 'going galt' catchphrase.

In my opinion, this article's misrepresentations were knowing rather than unknowing; the result of a reporter's direct efforts, or one following the purposeful misrepresentations of others.

shinarit · 2014-06-06T08:57:29+00:00

Reading this, seemingly rational people claiming bullshit and jumping huge logical steps (like with the pay "gap"). It's sad.

paracog · 2014-06-06T02:19:17+00:00

Slandroid

kizzan · 2014-06-06T02:37:53+00:00

Can we please not make this place political?

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