Of course, that is only a trial mockup for the Real Deal, which is scheduled for later this week at a major university. Yes, it is a pro-male parody of the infamous Clothesline Project, which, in case you don't know, is a vicious anti-male psychodrama enacted on college campuses everywhere. The activist involved in this work says the following in a recent communique:
"Attached are some pictures of what I have done so far. . . .. I shortened the exhibit. 30 feet was just too big for me to handle all by myself. I took a lot of materials back to the store. It took me a long time to get the overall tone and feel of my message stated correctly. I have only mildly spoken unfavorably of Walk A Mile In Her Shoes, White Ribbon Day, and the Clothesline Project on one shirt. I don't want to get accused of trying to censor others. And I only did so because I can effectively argue that having to see all those rallies with sex-specific language, as a man, IS a men's issue and also that my exhibit is primarily about men's issues. If people come up to me and try to change the topic to women's issues (which they will), I will remind them that that rally was last week and there are two other rallies scheduled to address women's oppression and will tell them that right now, I am talking about men's issues and trying to provide a time and place where we are not overshadowed by women's issues. If they get belligerent, I will stay professional and remind them that they are on camera and that no one, not even me, bothers the demonstrators at the Clothesline, The Walk, or WRD. I can remind them that I have avoided going to those rallies and disrupting them and would like the same courtesy. But, it still might get out of hand so I am going to notify campus police beforehand."And I think that gives you the general idea, right? Here is a closeup of a couple of the shirts:
You know, violence "against women" is the least common, and overall, least serious of the several forms of violence which our world contains. Futhermore, it is harshly condemned by society, and everywhere you go there are men who will pummel you within an inch of your life at the slightest hint that you just might have lifted your hand against a woman. Overall, women are the best protected class in society. And that is not to mention that they commit half of all relationship violence -- both against men and against other women. So this hysterical, monomaniacal cultural obsession with violence "against women", with its accompanying demonization of the male population, seems grotesquely disroportionate to say the least. It reveals a festering cultural neurosis that I don't even want to think about.
All right. If I were in his part of the country, I would certainly drop by and give him a hand with the project so that the original 30 ft. exhibit could be put on display. But alas, I am literally thousands of miles away and stuck to the spot, for now. At any ratre, I will certainly do a post-game writeup toward the end of the week. Hopefully there won't be any Femistasi with box cutters cutting in on the action.
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