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"MRAs" are SCARY! So scary, in fact, that I think one would make an excellent Halloween Costume. (Original Post) Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 OP
Here's what MRAs look like... Upton Oct 2012 #1
I knew I wasn't one of them! Not one of those dudes looks a thing like me! Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #2
Now, that dude really is scary... Upton Oct 2012 #3
MRAs just need a miracle, brah Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #7
I have met exactly one men's rights activist in my life Sen. Walter Sobchak Oct 2012 #4
Ah, man, Gray Davis. Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #6
Her quarrel was very specific Sen. Walter Sobchak Oct 2012 #8
I fully admit I missed that. Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #9
Isn't that basically the same costume as "the patriarchy" 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #5

Upton

(9,709 posts)
1. Here's what MRAs look like...
Fri Oct 5, 2012, 08:16 PM
Oct 2012

at least according to radfem theory, men..just regular men, every man. We're all potential rapists, pedophiles, wife beaters, and who knows what else (our gender needs to be monitored closely). So, we must all be potential MRAs too...

Upton

(9,709 posts)
3. Now, that dude really is scary...
Fri Oct 5, 2012, 09:00 PM
Oct 2012

in fact, I bet he's MRA...he must be. Scary man=MRA

You've finally found an answer to one of the more thought provoking questions of our times: "So exactly how scary are MRA's?"

 

Sen. Walter Sobchak

(8,692 posts)
4. I have met exactly one men's rights activist in my life
Fri Oct 5, 2012, 10:55 PM
Oct 2012

So... I guess if you want to dress like my ex for Halloween you will need to hit up the cashmere section at Anne Taylor, find a really narrow pair of tortoise shell glasses and get a brunette version of the 90's Jennifer Aniston doo.

Accessorize with an early 2000's Blackberry and a spectacularly non-functional leather backpack and play the part by going full Tourette's at the mention of Gray Davis, her mother or feminist judges, lawyers and social workers.(Adherents of what she called "the gender studies lifestyle&quot

She is a lawyer who at the time we were together did family law on behalf of low-income fathers and lobbied in Sacramento in support of the California Paternity Justice Act vetoed by Davis in 2002.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
6. Ah, man, Gray Davis.
Fri Oct 5, 2012, 11:55 PM
Oct 2012

Talk about a raw deal. Sure, he could have handled some stuff better, but he was set up bigtime IMHO by Arnold and Enron.

Like the song says, "the lights went out, the oil went dry, we blamed it on the other guy"

 

Sen. Walter Sobchak

(8,692 posts)
8. Her quarrel was very specific
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 02:15 AM
Oct 2012

Davis vetoed a law and in doing so basically said ruinous fraud is a-okay provided the targets are men of limited or no resources and the state stands to loose federal dollars. His position was horrifying - as federal funding for several child welfare programs was tied to states identifying "fathers" of children receiving the said aide, it really didn't matter if the records were fabrications or not.

Except it does matter when you're the ones getting your pay check garnished.

That was it for her, on the political spectrum she is hanging on to the edge of the far left by her fingernails, but after that she pushed her way to the front of the line to sign the recall petition.

It is all very personal for her as her father was fucked over in every way the State of California could muster as judges, social workers and cops were played for fools by her manipulative junkie shit of a mother.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
9. I fully admit I missed that.
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 04:31 AM
Oct 2012

To say it wasn't on my radar at the time as a California Resident, is an understatement.

What was the law that was vetoed by Davis?

 

4th law of robotics

(6,801 posts)
5. Isn't that basically the same costume as "the patriarchy"
Fri Oct 5, 2012, 11:37 PM
Oct 2012

Just be a dooooood.

You're probably guilty of some horrible crime.

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