3 traitors in our midst

Even Some Men's Rights Activists Are Worried About a Trump Presidency
"I care about this country being led by the most competent person."

At a Trump campaign rally last week in Spokane, Washington, Donald Trump slammed Hillary Clinton for "playing the women's card" to gain campaign support. When citing Clinton's criticisms of him, Trump mimicked the candidate, straightening his shoulders and flattening his voice to convey a cold, prim demeanor. He concluded the performance with the pronouncement: "All of the men, we're petrified to speak to women anymore…You know what? The women get it better than we do, folks. They get it better than we do."
The audience erupted into cheers and applause.

Moments like this one—where Trump's unabashed political incorrectness and machismo are on display—resonate with many of his supporters. But his message in Spokane made headlines in part because the notion that men have it worse off than women echoes a central tenet of the Men's Rights Movement (MRM), a network of activists who believe that in many contexts, men are a disadvantaged class. New York magazine even offered its readers a quiz: "Who Said It, Trump or a Men's Rights Activist?"

It seems like a no-brainer that men's rights activists would admire Trump's rhetoric on gender and thus support his candidacy for president. But several leaders of the movement who spoke to Mother Jones are ambivalent about Trump, at best—one has even donated to Clinton—and say that many others in their community haven't been won over by Trump's bluster. But why do many members of a group that would appear to be his natural constituency not support Trump for president?

"It's nice to hear him say" things that align with the men's rights movement, says Dean Esmay, now a contributor to and formerly the managing editor of A Voice for Men, a blog and men's rights discussion hub, but those talking points aren't enough. "Somebody had the guts to say that men have it tougher than women, it gives you an emotional rush," he continues. "But when you listen, where's the meat behind it? What's he offering? I see nothing." Trump isn't offering much by way of policy substance, Esmay says, both on issues key to MRAs, such as incarceration or the treatment of fathers in family courts, or on others.

"Why do I think he would make a bad president?" asks Esmay. "Because he is a loose cannon. You don't know what he's going to do. We have a student loan debt bubble that's going to burst. We have a middle class that's imploding. And Donald Trump is going to fix it all by saying, 'Believe it, baby?' Give me a break."

Warren Farrell, widely considered the father of the men's right's movement and the author of one of its foundational texts, The Myth of Male Power,  says he's a "very strong supporter" of Clinton. He has attended several campaign events for Clinton and has donated the allowed maximum of $2,700 to her primary campaign. Still, Farrell says he thinks Clinton is "the worst candidate in recent history, in my lifetime, on gender issues from the perspective of understanding and having compassion for men." But Farrell, who has a Ph.D. in political science, still supports Clinton in part because, he says, "even though I care about men's issues a lot, I care about this country being led by the most competent person."
"Trump is the quintessential example of the immature man and men at their worst."
"Its very hard for me," he continues, "because Trump does have a clue about what's happening with men's issues. But Trump is the quintessential example of the immature man and men at their worst."

Farrell falls into a more liberal faction of the men's rights community, says Gwyneth Williams, a professor of politics at Webster University who also studies men's movements. But some of Farrell's more conservative colleagues also have serious concerns about Trump.
"I think Trump was right on for saying that men are afraid of upsetting women," says Paul Elam, the CEO and founder of A Voice for Men. But Elam notes that he doesn't buy that Trump would be "some sort of savior for" the men's rights movement, and that there are other Trump positions he finds especially worrisome.

"Trump talks a lot about building a wall and the outlandish proposition that he's going to stop drugs from entering the country—which is impossible," says Elam. He's wary of a candidate who would further criminalize drugs, leading to greater incarceration of men. While Trump hasn't directly promised this, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, one of Trump's surrogates and a potential vice presidential pick, has said he supports the criminalization of marijuana use. That's why both Elam and Esmay say the possibility that in a Trump administration Christie might be elevated to a position of power might push them to vote for Clinton.

But many men's rights activists are definitely not Clinton fans: Both Elam and Esmay referred to her as a "lizard" while speaking with Mother Jones, and men's rights forums on Reddit and elsewhere are filled with anti-Clinton sentiments. But despite their Clinton scorn, many MRAs say it's obvious Trump is more swagger than substance. "Trump doesn't have the ability to successfully call out Hillary on her sexism. He is to [sic] crass and doesn't grasp the issues," writes one user on the men's rights subreddit. Another sums things up: "Trump VS Clinton. Whoever wins, America (and the world?) loses."

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Fuck you Paul Elam,fuck you Warren Farrell,fuck you Dean Esmay. A double fuck you to Farrell for donating to her cause. If they chose to vote for Gary Johnson or wrote in Donald Duck for president while keeping their money in their wallets that would have been acceptable. But to vote for this misandric witch is crossing the line. Bernard Chapin said if you call yourself an MRA and you vote for Hillary you are a traitor. End of story. I don't always agree with Chapin but he is right on this. You know whom a real MRA supports in this election? The Donald that's who.

Support International Men's Day

We, the undersigned, respectfully request that Google and its doodlers do something as creative and fun as possible for as many people as possible to celebrate "International Men's Day" and have it made public on 19 November 2015.

Background: International Men's Day (IMD), like so many grassroots initiatives, has a history and people who need to be acknowledged.

International Men’s Day was first celebrated by men’s rights advocate Thomas Oaster in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, in 1992.

The project was taken up and revived by Dr. Jerome Teelucksingh in 1999 who said:

"Nobody, including myself, has a monopoly or control of International Men’s Day. This Day belongs to the world. International Men’s Day is a gift to humanity. It is to be shared." - J. Teelucksingh (May 10, 2010)

Many foolishly state that there is no need for an international men's day as 365 days of the year are for men. This is a political claim made to negate men, and politicize Sex inequality so as to justify inverse sexism. This negative position has never been part of IMD and has been rejected.

Dr Teelucksingh wrote:

"It seems that International Men’s Day is not a fad or fleeting Fashion statement which will soon diminish or end. IMD has Objectives that represent the core of this vibrant movement. There are no magic words to recite that will solve problems and IMD certainly does not have a genie to grant wishes. Thus, International Men’s Day cannot guarantee that tomorrow will reveal a problem-free society. But, we can certainly work towards that goal.

This version of IMD is unique because women such as Geneuvieve Twala of Botswana (in Africa) have promoted this day and willingly participated in IMD activities. One of the major reasons for the success of IMD is the fact that women’s groups have also embraced this day. Hopefully, girls and women across the world will soon understand that IMD will create better sons, nephews, cousins, brothers, husbands and fathers. Many women have realized that IMD is not about female-bashing and condemning feminists or womanhood.

Both International Men’s Day and International Women’s Day strengthen and empower men and women, but we must not allow women to portray men as the ‘enemy' and vice versa"

Dr. Jerome Teelucksingh, Achieving peace, equality and a healthy environment, AuthorHouse, 2011, page 34, ISBN:9781463442170

DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY STATEMENT (2011)

"We (IMD) encourage every man, woman, girl and boy in the world to join us in celebrating men and boys in all their diversity on International Men’s Day (November 19th).

We recognize that there are a broad variety of laws, values and viewpoints around the world that affect different men, in different countries in different ways. There is also a diversity of opinions about those laws, values and viewpoints which are held by the many different men, women, girls and boys throughout the world.

As a day of observance we place our focus on that which unites humanity- giving everyone who wants to celebrate International Men’s Day the opportunity to help work towards our shared objectives which we apply equally to men and boys irrespective of their age, ability, social background, ethnicity, sexuality, gender identity, religious belief and relationship status. Those objectives are:

1.To promote positive male role models; not just movie stars and sports men but everyday, working class men who are living decent, honest lives.
2.To celebrate men’s positive contributions; to society, community, family, marriage, child care, and to the environment
3.To focus on men’s health and wellbeing; social, emotional, physical and spiritual.
4.To highlight discrimination against males; in areas of social services, social attitudes and expectations, and law
5.To improve gender relations and promote gender equality.
6.To create a safer, better world; where people can be safe and grow to reach their full potential."

These Six Pillars have been at the heart of IMD for many years, with IMD being celebrated in many countries.

Ryan Germick, designer and illustrator for Google, said in 2014 “We don’t use handbooks or focus groups,”,"All we want to do is something as creative and fun as possible for as many people as possible.” - Guardian

The core theme for IDM 19 November 2015 is Expanding Reproductive Options for Men, addressing Better availability of birth control methods, Research into new birth-control methods, Paternity testing and Family planning through the gendered lens of how they affect men and men's human rights.

We, the undersigned, therefore respectfully request that Google and its doodlers do something as creative and fun as possible for as many people as possible to celebrate "International Men's Day" and have it made public on 19 November 2015.

Let's clear this up

Lying feminist senator caught lying

From our California correspondent:

I was reading at Senator Barbara Boxers' website that women earned less than men. I wrote to her to let her know that that is not true. Here is that letter:

Greetings Senator Boxer,

I read your tweet where you stated: "Women have to work more than 3 extra months to match what men earn every year. That’s unacceptable. Time to close the pay gap." http://www.boxer.senate.gov/

That is incorrect,Senator. Dr. Warren Farrell has proven in his book,"Why Men Earn More" that feminists have fudged the numbers. They were comparing women's part time work to men's full time work and calling them the same. Farrell has also pointed out there are cases where women have earned more however the feminists are silent when this is brought up. In fact here is a link to that book: http://www.amazon.com/Why-Men-Earn-More-Startling/dp/0814472109#reader_0814472109

In fact Farrell points out that there is a wage gap that favors women over men. That is unacceptable.

Thank you for your time concerning this matter.

Sincerely,

XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX,
Men's Rights Activist,Registered Voter
and Concerned Citizen

Good work,bro. We have to keep them honest and correcting them when they make statements that are out of line. The pay gap myth that disfavors women doesn't exist meanwhile the one that discriminates against men is very real.

The Warren Farrell protesters

One of these idiots sounds so fucked up on smack you can hardly tell what he's saying. Hey moron,heroin kills. Didn't anyone tell you that? Of course you know who that protester was,the one taunting him? It was this psycho bitch. I wouldn't have cared if he had cold-cocked her in the jaw. You can see she doesn't care about us so why should we give two fucks about her? I don't. Fuck her. This is what we're up against.

UPDATE: Psycho bitch is now at register-her.