Some "men's rights" activists are claiming it's a false-flag operation, done to damage the reputation of men in general.
Riiiiight. 'Cos up until now, no woman in the States so much as thought twice about getting into a car with a strange man and first dates were never, ever an occasion for at least a fleeting flash of worry about how creepy/crazy the guy might be underneath his smooth talk.
No, jerk. What this case has revealed is that you have no idea the degree of suspicion with which I (and many other women) have regarded the male of the species -- and some females -- all along. You see, while most men are a little bit nutty in a harmless sort of way, some men are way over the edge and it's not always obvious. Any time you boys go to chat up a gal who has a smattering of sense, she's wondering if you're a member of the latter group. Because, you see, rape happens. Assault happens.*
Y'know, there's about a jillion romantic comedies from the Golden Age of Hollywood to explain this with a lot less in the way of painful looks into the psyche and subtext of courtship. I shouldn't have to make y'take the red pill; you'll just spend the rest of the movie screaming for the blue pill anyway.
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* Mind you, I am not saying bad stuff doesn't happen to men too; all this interpersonal relationship stuff is highly asymmetrical and never more so when it goes off the rails. In particular, there are plenty of men out there who have suffered huge financial problems over 'em; but that still beats being left dead in a ditch or locked in a basement and raped for ten years.
I think false flag is becoming the new go-to conspiracy theory. Every big news story lately, I've seen at least one person "wondering out loud" if it might be one.
ReplyDeleteSooner or later it will be over-done (if it isn't already) and false flag will be the new wolf.
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It makes me want to lock my daughters in the closet...but I guess that's a bit creepy too. The challenge is to raise them to be wary, without having them jump at every shadow and bush if they are out for a walk. Getting them comfortable with self-defense is only part of it...getting their 'radar' running right is another...sad world.
ReplyDeleteUh, since this has happened in my neck of the woods, l think for it to be a "False Flag," Three Women VOLUNTEERED to be Kidnapped (one at the age of 14) and decided to stay in a house for a DECADE to be used as Sex Slaves, while being Beaten to cause Abortions when they got Pregnant?
ReplyDeleteSo why are those....."People" who espouse that notion are alive and breathing my air?
While the argument that "men's rights" are constantly under attack isn't entirely without merit, there's enough ... non-"men" ... out there that assuming this is a "false flag" is EXTREMELY short-sighted, ridiculous, and I'd think downright OFFENSIVE to the victims.
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ReplyDeleteAnd to think these jerks vote, too.
I suppose I'm digressing, but I'm wondering when Brono Bama will be hopping on AF-1 at our expense for his photo op with the three gals and proclaim that if we just accepted had immigration reform and gun control policies the gals would have been spared the terrible ordeal they've experienced. How do YOU spell opportunistic pig?
ReplyDeleteBill and Valerie are still working the optics. The networks can keep the story fresh long enough that it won't look like piling on.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I wonder how we survived at all as a species.
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