Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds 1198
PvtVoid writes: "Jeopardy champion Arthur Chu pens a heartfelt takedown of misogyny in nerd culture: 'I’ve heard and seen the stories that those of you who followed the #YesAllWomen hashtag on Twitter have seen—women getting groped at cons, women getting vicious insults flung at them online, women getting stalked by creeps in college and told they should be "flattered." I’ve heard Elliot Rodger’s voice before. I was expecting his manifesto to be incomprehensible madness—hoping for it to be—but it wasn’t. It’s a standard frustrated angry geeky guy manifesto, except for the part about mass murder. I've heard it from acquaintances, I've heard it from friends. I've heard it come out of my own mouth, in moments of anger and weakness.
What the f*$# is wrong with us? How much longer are we going to be in denial that there's a thing called "rape culture" and we ought to do something about it? ... To paraphrase the great John Oliver, listen up, fellow self-pitying nerd boys — we are not the victims here. We are not the underdogs. We are not the ones who have our ownership over our bodies and our emotions stepped on constantly by other people's entitlement. We're not the ones where one out of six of us will have someone violently attempt to take control of our bodies in our lifetimes.'"
What the f*$# is wrong with us? How much longer are we going to be in denial that there's a thing called "rape culture" and we ought to do something about it? ... To paraphrase the great John Oliver, listen up, fellow self-pitying nerd boys — we are not the victims here. We are not the underdogs. We are not the ones who have our ownership over our bodies and our emotions stepped on constantly by other people's entitlement. We're not the ones where one out of six of us will have someone violently attempt to take control of our bodies in our lifetimes.'"
this dude is trying like hell to get laid. (Score:3, Funny)
Wonder how its working out for him after this.
Re:Yeah, but.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What the f*$# is wrong with us? (Score:5, Funny)
The irony is that Chu is attacking nerds for stereotyping all women. But in the process, he's stereotyping all nerds.
Look Arthur, we're all really happy that you've got a GF who you think this stunt will impress. But throwing one group under the bus to stand up for another still results in just as many people getting hit by the bus.
Yeah! Bro's before ho's!
Oh, wait. Dammit.
Re:What the f*$# is wrong with us? (Score:5, Funny)
vi users...
Re:Yeah, but.... (Score:5, Funny)
Boy, that escalated quickly.
It could be worse. Someone could have brought up Hitler. ...
Dammit.
No worries, it doesn't count as a Godwin until you actually compare someone to Hitler.
Carry on.
What are you, some kind of meme Nazi???
Re:forever actually (Score:4, Funny)
I love how you get to define single-point rules that say "if X, then not Y", as if you are an authority on a nebulous concept that hasn't been defined.
Kinda like how you "got" to define OP's claim as "the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence?"
America has a weed culture, but because it is illegal, people don't usually brag about their use of it, despite our use being one of the highest on the planet.
Quick aside:
lol. "highest."
Back to point:
OK, so the day that someone opens a "rape shop" where a person can walk in and purchase the accoutrements necessary to rape another person (all labeled "not for illegal use," of course), and people start walking around in pro-rape tshirts, having Rapefest concerts in public parks, you can claim that there's a "rape culture" equivalent to the "weed culture."
Until that day comes, your "example" is nothing more than false equivalence.