EXPLAIN IN A SECOND HE IS A BETA MALE.
HE'S THREATENED BY STRONG
WOMEN, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD BE THREATENED BY THEM
UNLESS YOU WERE A WEAK MAN.
YOU HAVE THE JON OSSOFF/KAREN HANDEL
ELECTION, HANDEL WINS, WE START THIS OFF WITH JILL FILOPOVIC,
SHE TWEETS THIS --
>>SHE REFERS TO HANDEL AS A
BIGOT PARTLY I IMAGINE BECAUSE
HE SAYS LESBIANS SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ADOPT CHILDREN.
THERE IS
A GOOD CASE FOR BIGOT THERE.
I DISAGREE WITH THE ANALYSIS, I
THINK IT'S THAT LOSER DEMOCRATS LOST THE ELECTION, THEY COULD
HAVE FOUND A WAY TO FIGHT HARDER AND WIN.
WHAT FINE ENOUGH, A
PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL DISAGREEMENT, ERICK ERICKSON
DIDN'T GO IN THAT DIRECTION.
HERE IS WHAT HE SAID --
>>OKAY.
FIRST OF ALL, FEMINISTS WANT EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN JUST
AS MEN HAVE THEM.
SAME RIGHTS AS MEN.
SO, IF YOU HAVE THOSE SAME
RIGHTS, THERE'S NO NEED TO BE ANGRY AND IT'S EASY TO DO THE
STEREOTYPES OF SHRILL, ANGRY WOMEN -- MISSING THE IRONY OF
THAT MISOGYNY IS AMUSING AND BEMUSING -- BUT IF YOU DON'T
HAVE THOSE RIGHTS, WOULDN'T YOU BE ANGRY?
I WOULD.
IN THIS CASE,
KAREN HANDEL WANTS TO DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND
CRIMINALIZE ABORTION, AND PUT OTHER WOMEN IN JAIL.
FOR ERIC
ERICKSON AND OTHER CONSERVATIVES LIKE HIM, PERFECT.
I GET TO SAY
I'M FOR A WOMAN, I'M FOR WOMEN WHO WANT TO TAKE AWAY RIGHTS
FROM OTHER WOMEN.
PERFECT.
A SUCCESSFUL WOMAN IS ONE WHO
WORKS FOR US, OUR AGENDA.
NOW, IN REALITY, DO FEMINISTS WANT
SUCCESSFUL WOMEN?
OF COURSE, THAT'S THE POINT OF BEING A
FEMINIST.
YOU WANT THE SAME RIGHTS, AND YOU WANT WOMEN TO BE
ABLE TO SUCCEED JUST LIKE MEN.
AS LONG AS THEY HAVE THE SAME
RIGHTS, THEY WILL.
BUT NOW YOU SAY THEY ARE AGAINST SUCCESSFUL
WOMEN.
NO, THE WHOLE POINT OF THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT IS TO BE
IN FAVOR OF SUCCESSFUL WOMEN.
BUT IF YOU AREN'T IN FAVOR OF
WOMEN WHO WANT TO TAKE AWAY ANOTHER WOMAN'S RIGHTS, YOU ARE
AGAINST SUCCESSFUL WOMEN.
IT'S NOT JUST ERICK ERICKSON, IT'S
MANY CONSERVATIVES.
ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE PUNDIT, SEAN DAVIS,
TWEETS --
>>NO, NO.
DO YOU SEE FEMINISTS
TALKING ABOUT THAT BUSINESS
EXECUTIVE WHO IS SUCCESSFUL, GOD, I HATE HER?
NO, THEY
APPLAUD THAT.
THERE IS A PERSON IN MEDICINE, SUCCESS WITH DOCTOR
-- OH, SUCCESSFUL FEMALE DOCTOR, FEMINISTS HATE THEM!
ON WHICH
PLANET?
NO, THEY ARE AGAINST OTHER WOMEN BECAUSE THEY DON'T
THINK LIKE YOU.
YOU THINK MEN, I PROTECT MEN, ME MAN, YOU WOMAN,
ME ANGRY.
BUT KIND OF SCARED.
THEY THINK IF A GUY COULD BE A
DOCTOR, A WOMAN SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO.
SHOULD A GUY ALSO BE
ALLOWED TO?
OF COURSE, IT'S NOT MEN VERSUS WOMEN, WE JUST WANT
THE SAME RIGHTS.
THEY DON'T THINK THAT THEY HATE HER FOR
BEING INDEPENDENT, THEY DON'T LIKE HER FOR HER ACTUAL
OPINIONS.
THEY ARE JUDGING HER ON THE CONTENT OF HER CHARACTER
AND HER POLICIES.
I KNOW IT IS FOREIGN TO YOU BECAUSE YOU LIKE
TO GROUP PEOPLE ON WHAT RACE ARE THEY, WHAT GENDER ARE THEY, AND
WHO DO I HATE?
ALL OF THEM EXCEPT ME.
BY THE WAY, ERIC
ERICKSON, IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME HE HAS RUN INTO THIS ISSUE
IS, HE ALSO GOT INTO TROUBLE WHEN HE WROTE AN ARTICLE CALLED
"IS YOUR DAUGHTER A WHORE?"
MY GUESS IS THAT IF SHE IS A WOMAN
-- AND SHE IS YOUR DAUGHTER -- CHECK.
BUT NOT ALL WOMEN, WOMEN
ARE GOOD.
THEY STAY AT HOME.
I MEAN THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL.
THEY
DO EXACTLY AS WE TELL THEM, I MEAN THEY ARE INDEPENDENT.
YES,
I'M SURE THEY ARE.
THAT ARTICLE APPARENTLY WAS ABOUT HALLOWEEN,
AND HOW OUTFITS ARE TOO SLUTTY.
THEY TURN ON ERICK TOO MUCH.
FOR
US MALES WHO AREN'T THREATENED BY STRONG WOMEN, WE BELIEVE THEY
SHOULD HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS.
I GUESS THAT WOULD MAKE US "ANGRY
FEMINISTS."
FOR BETA MALES WHO HAVE ISSUES WITH WOMEN, THEY ARE
THREATENED.
FEMINISTS, MY GOD, THEY WANT THE SAME RIGHTS
AS ME?
OH NO, I'M MELTING, I'M A SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE WHO'S MELTING.