Predictable and pathetic: poster for men's issues group vandalized

dermanus · 2013-02-22T22:23:22+00:00

Text reads: "Janice Fiamengo is currently the main organizer behind a movement to ban the building of mosques in Ottawa."

NemosHero · 2013-02-22T23:23:32+00:00

WHAT DOES THAT MATTER??

Just because my cashier once stole an ice cream sandwich from his little brother does not mean I'm going to not buy something from the store.

Just because my math professor has a DUI does not mean I'm not going to attend the class.

AryoBarzan · 2013-02-22T23:42:16+00:00

It's probably not true, and unrelated to the content of the poster. Feminists get a kick out of constantly bringing up Warren Farrell's Penthouse article about incest.

It's an attempt to defame and silence. Feminists are scumbags.

MRMRising · 2013-02-22T23:27:05+00:00

Anything to derail or silence the conversation about mens issue's, very sad.

7wap · 2013-02-23T00:17:47+00:00

I admit, the vandalism made me question the speaker. Is the accusation true?

Crimson_D82 · 2013-02-23T00:36:34+00:00

In the words of Metallica- "So fucking what!?"

123vasectomy · 2013-02-23T10:24:04+00:00

Yeah, after reading this comment I would definitely not attend this speech. The lady comes off as an extreme bigot and a suppressor of religious and assembly rights. It seems irresponsible for CAFE to endorse an Islam-basher like her. Im glad someone wrote on this poster.

Cthulusbaby · 2013-02-23T07:07:07+00:00

It's not exactly vandalism, although it's questionable whether the extra information provided has the intended negative effect. According to feminism, wouldn't it be a good thing that Fiamengo is opposing the construction of mosques? They are pretty much the most mysogynistic places on earth.

almightybob1 · 2013-02-23T14:52:15+00:00

I wouldn't really call that vandalism. The poster isn't really damaged in any way, the entire original message can still be read, and frankly if that information is true it is a little concerning. I support equality for everyone. On this subreddit that means men. But freedom to practice religion is an important part of equality too. I am an atheist but have no desire to ban mosques, churches or synagogues, and if this woman does I would be pretty apprehensive about listening to her speak on other issues of equality.

mdoddr · 2013-02-23T03:10:16+00:00

How is the content of the poster related to mens rights? Sounds like it's an anti feminism poster. This isn't what the efforts of a men's organization should be going towards

Coinin · 2013-02-23T14:58:27+00:00

Firstly, I think it should be noted that the focus of the poster seems to be anti-feminism rather than men's rights, the two aren't necessarily synonymous, even if there's alot of overlap.

Secondly, I'm not sure this is in quite the same league as the tearing down of Warren Farrell posters in UT, or of the AVFM posters by the local feminists where they were put up. I don't exactly admire this, but it's reasonably restrained compared to other actions.

When stuff like this comes up I try to flip the positions and see how I feel about it: I'd have a huge issue with someone tearing down a poster for a feminist conference just because they didn't like the message, free speech is for everyone afterall. But I wouldn't have as much of a problem with them appending a note to draw attention to feminist speaker X McY's racist views. It's relevant information for the people who might be attending.

All this assumes the allegation is true of course, if she didn't advocate this, or only advocated against a mosque being built be a particular extremist group, then this isn't very defensible.

luxury_banana · 2013-02-24T21:26:28+00:00

It's not even a men's rights poster. It's just a poster for something critical of feminism.

Title	Predictable and pathetic: poster for men's issues group vandalized
Author	dermanus
Upvotes	55
Comments	30
Date	February 22, 2013 10:21 PM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/mensrights/comments/191pjj/predictable-and-pathetic-poster-for-mens-issues-/
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