The Chilling Effect of Misogynistic Trolls

HankSought · 2014-08-23T04:36:23+00:00

The people who stampede over other voices are the first to cry foul when they feel that their speech—their freedom to bully and insult—is threatened.

It's incredible how a feminist can write something so accurate of the movement but direct it at the other side.

There is no chilling effect, the only thing that is chilling is how much control feminists want of the ideas expressed online.

ohyeahthatoneguy · 2014-08-23T05:31:41+00:00

I'm becoming annoyed with how people seem to be purposefully obtuse, all the time.

Women do not have it worse on the internet than men. The problem is they have it exactly the same.

When you wade into internet discussion, you open yourself to some pretty vicious attacks. What most women seem to not understand is that this is standard for men as well. They will go after your weak point every, single, time. When you openly declare that you consider that weak point to be your gender, guess what? People will attack you for your gender. If you take rape and death threats seriously, guess what, people will make them.

And, by the way, men get rape and death threats too, there is nothing special about that. Women are just more sensitive to them in general.

The only difference here is that people care when the abuse is leveled at women. For men, no one cares, because this is par for the course.

I am forced to assume that anyone who does not understand these simple facts are either willfully ignorant or intellectually deficient.

DougDante · 2014-08-23T04:21:28+00:00

CENSORED BY VICE

Remember, if you're trying to protect raped boys, you're a 'mysogyistic troll'

The Internet has its share of misandrist trolls too.

Recently, Vice uncritically interviewed "The Femtheist", a unnamed 22 year old criminology student and youtuber. During the interview, The Femtheist appeared to promote mass public genital mutilation, gendercide, slavery, forced abortions, and the elimination of all parental rights:

"only through mass public castration and the reduction of the male population to between 1 and 10 percent of their current number we can approach “true equality”. According to her, testosterone (and by dangling extension testicles) “are the primary cause of their violent behavior.”

"sex-selective abortions, .. They won’t be enforced or mandated to achieve the goal in the short-term, but merely heavily encouraged in the early stages. [but forced abortions could be mandated in the long term]"

"I believe we must remove men from the community and place them in their own specific sections of society, akin to subsidised or state-funded reservations, so they can be redefined."

"Not as slaves, simply as workers performing a duty, in the same way workers today do. Only without the need for monetary reimbursement "

From: THE WOMAN WHO THINKS REDUCING THE MALE POPULATION BY 90 PERCENT WILL SOLVE EVERYTHING

While I support the Femtheist's freedom to speak as she wishes, however misguided her views are, and I respect the rights of Vice to publish any article they wish, this is consistent with a number of articles that demonstrate misandry, or hatred of boys and men at Vice.

" If you’re a man who thinks that there’s a “War on Men,” you probably deserve to get beaten by the women."

From: YOU’RE A PUSSY IF YOU THINK THERE’S A WAR ON MEN

This article doesn't explicitly call out the men's rights movement, but it's clearly intended to demonize anyone who attempts to help men, boys, and their children. The members of the reddit's men's rights community speak out against violence, discrimination, and injustice.

"thought I had to share with the community that gave me a lot." - an abused boy.

"I was actually feeling very depressed and suicidal earlier .. Reading the posts I stumbled upon by accident here has dramatically improved my mood - one less thing that I don't feel so isolated on. Thanks for allowing this community to exist!" "here you can find help and here we are all brothers and sisters that just want to make the world a better place."

"I want to stand up for mens rights. I grew up very oppressed, but never thought poorly of it that way. I always thought that being a man meant that I was supposed to be seen as a "pig" or worse."

"As a male survivor, I learned early on not to talk about it, because it makes me the butt of jokes and ridicule. It's assumed that I wanted it, it's assumed that I'm supposed to be some kind of insatiable horndog .. Thanks for being there to read a little bit of my f***** up story. Thanks for trying to do something about it. When I can't stand up and talk about it, I'm glad that there are people who will."

"For the last 4 years my Sons Mother has been out of our life. She lives nearby and chooses to have nothing to do with him. .. I have been battling [prejudice] since his mother left when he was 2 years old."

"I want to talk about how I was suckered into a hate movement .. men are the enemy .. Paranoia and irrational hatred drives radical feminism. .. [I left because] I couldn't stay that way with my integrity intact. "

"Hi Guys, I am [Liz] a journalist with a New York based digital news agency launching in two weeks .. For everyone who has responded: THANK YOU SO MUCH. Your stories are amazing and you are all brave to tell them."

", I am a 23 year old man who happens to be gay, I am out and proud but it does not define me. ... I want to say I'm overwhelmed with the positive reasponse, I did not now what to expect after what I was told about the MRM, I'm glad what I was told was wrong! I will be sticking around and contribute where I can."

"I am a gay man as well. The MRM is a movement I support."

Please visit our mens rights forum on reddit. If you want to join us, read our FAQ, and consider fighting for victims through our action opportunities in our reddit mractivism forum.

Nomenimion · 2014-08-23T05:54:15+00:00

I sure wish I had a nickel for every time I was insulted on teh interwebz!

TheRabid · 2014-08-23T05:06:59+00:00

Is it truly a surprise anymore? The term misogynistic used to have me up in arms, but now it's completely overused for other things that it's lost it's luster.

trudatness · 2014-08-23T22:10:51+00:00

As soon as any "journalist" starts defending Zoey Quinn, I know the article is completely biased horseshit.

rogerwatersbitch · 2014-08-23T14:23:26+00:00

Interesting how these people always cite feminists and feminist sites being attacked.Maybe its not really about women, but about feminists?

DescartesTheater · 2014-08-23T12:57:35+00:00

Strange that their is just so much misogyny directed at women who have the option of remaining largely anonymous and sexless if they choose.

Title	The Chilling Effect of Misogynistic Trolls
Author	DougDante
Upvotes	13
Comments	35
Date	August 23, 2014 4:13 AM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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