Before I begin, I wish to state that I truly, and honestly, hate myself for writing this. Not because anything here is untrue or because I think that it shouldn't be said, but because, in writing this work, I utterly abandon my principles. Principles of optimism. Of decency and good will towards my fellow humanity. Principles bestowed upon me by my master, Epictetus, as well as Seneca and numerous other figures I greatly respect and admire. By writing this, I drown myself in bitterness and contempt towards a large group of people who, at least to some degree I'm sure, have goodness in them. But I must write this. To purge the venom from my veins. To empty my gut of vile so awful that it threatens to destroy me. Hyperbolic or exaggerated as that may seem to you, my dear reader, it is the honest truth. As is the fact I honestly debated with myself whether or not to publish this work. I honestly wondered if this needed to be said to anyone, including myself. Yet, I decided that it did. That this was too important, not to be said, even with my misgivings. With that said, and my most sincere apologies, I shall begin.
Very recently, I was listening to Honey Badger Radio's HBR Talk 97 Opener: "Robust feminist arguments" (link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAAYCkzc3g) and soon found myself awash with misery, hopelessness, and rage. In this opening, Hannah, in the guise of a high-pitched feminist from clown world, goes through effectively every argument that feminists have used against men's rights activists, men's issues, and men in general. Now, any one of these issues could be enough to anger or sadden me, say, for example, male suicide, given my own past dealings with the issue. But to hear every diabolical, self-righteous, narcissistic, hypocritical, spoiled, and just down right cruel "argument" that feminists have made in their long careers of degrading and shutting out half of humanity and those that support it, was just too much for me. I wanted to cry. A part of me, wanted to die. "How," I asked myself, "can such people exist? How can one have such ludicrous double-standards, be so malevolent, and be so...wrong, as this? This is not merely ignorance as Epictetus would say. They know. They have to. Anyone with even a single brain cell would recognize the utter vicious hypocrisy of all this. They, HAVE, to know." And that's when I decided no longer to restrain myself. No longer to be charitable, even for the sake of my own principles and hope for humanity. I was going to say it. Feminism. Is. Evil.
Now, we should be charitable to those who have simply been led to believe, or more accurately, brainwashed to believe, that feminism simply means equality. These people are simply ignorant and are not evil. We should simply provide them with the necessary information to reveal to them the inaccuracy and/or downright falsity of this line of thinking. No, the one's who deserves the true scorn are the political feminists. Those who push feminism and its cruel injustice. The National Organization for Women. The Women's March and all the pussy hat wearers. Julie Bindel. Joe Biden. Even Emma Watson must not be spared with her self-righteous, blasphemously idiotic, and in some ways vicious, "He-For-She" campaign. These, are those I deem evil.
But why? Why go to such a degree? I have begun to touch on it, but I will make it more concrete. This is the movement that began as an elitist, racist, terrorist ideology. The Suffragettes bombed people. Set fires. Kidnapped and terrorized people. They proclaimed how they deserved the right to political power, while at the same time denied that others had the same right, because of their race or class. Fast forward, feminism has not improved much, if at all. Astrum with hypocrisy, feminism cannot let go of its self-important bigotry long enough to have a moment of general humanity and kindness. Men killing themselves at rates multiple times higher than women? "Women attempt it more so who cares that men are succeeding in ending their lives?" Male genital cutting is universally legal around the globe? "Who cares, some back-alley bastard is doing it to a few little girls, nevermind the fact that he has to do it in a back-alley because if he did with the public's knowledge he'd spend years in prison. Oh, and the mother's the one that requested it. But, again, nevermind that." Both criminal and civil courts are heavily skewed against men, ensuring more of them go to prison, stay longer and at the same time fewer of them get to see their children, which in turn raises their suicide rates? "That's because of toxic masculinity; patriarchal norms that force women to be see as more caring, even though these women are requested alimony, child custody, and child support, going so far as to use false domestic violence and rape claims to increase their chances. Oh, but false rape accusations are so rare that we don't even need to waste time on them. Instead, you all should focus on that toxic masculinity we were talking about. You need to share you feelings like women do. What? You're sharing your feelings like women do? Shut up you man-baby. Excuse me while I drink your male tears." And on and on it goes. Apparently, there are even feminists who argue that the draft was a right denied to women. Please let that sink in for a moment. The draft, effectively government sanctioned indentured servitude, if not outright slavery, which could result in imprisonment, injury, maiming, psychological destruction, and/or death, is a privilege men have that women do not. I think you now, my dear reader, understand why a part of me wanted to die.
This is wrong. Utterly, and unquestionably. It's hypocritical. Bigoted. Narcissistic. Greedy. Cruel. And hateful. Feminism is the chamber pot of all of humanity's worse attributes that has survived, ironically, because of men's love of women, and our desperate wish to protect and provide for them.
And so, I will no longer deny what I think of this ideology. I hate myself for how I feel, I truly do. I hope that one day, no matter how feminism progresses, I will be able to let go of this anger. Indeed, I hope to do so with all ideologies of which I hold disdain. Feminism. Communism. Fascism. Socialism. Nihilism. All of them. The day I do so will be a good day and I hold out hope for that day and will work to achieve it. But, until that day, knowing the many potential costs that may come to be because of my contempt, I will, nonetheless, view feminism as evil, and those who truly adhere to its demonic tenets, as Hell fodder.
Please forgive me, my dear reader and may you not, as well, be pulled into these depths of contempt and wrath.