Comments Policy
Don’t make me do this.
Welcome to Man Boobz! If you’d like to comment here, read this first.
The first time you comment here, your comment will go to moderation — that is, I will have to approve it before it appears. Think of it as a sort of audition. If your very first comment is especially obnoxious, tedious, or content-free, I’m not going to approve it and I may put you on a permanent IP ban. If your comment is borderline, I may approve it and put you on moderation to see if you can do better.
In most cases, though, once I approve your first comment, you’re good to go, and your comments won’t have to go through me.
I don’t ban people for being offensive (within limits) and I’m not going to ban anyone for disagreeing with me. So: TRIGGER WARNING: You may run into any number of things that are triggering. Some blogs and forums set themselves up as safe spaces, and they serve a valuable function. But this blog is not one of them.
Why don’t I censor douchey misogynists? Because the point of this blog is to expose misogynists and other assholes by quoting the hateful things they say — as someone famous once said, “fools are destroyed by their own words.” And so I allow misogynists and other assholes to post comments here, which are often as hateful as the things I quote in the posts. I don’t censor them for saying offensive things, because, again, the whole point of the blog is to expose this sort of hatred.
But I’m not a hands-off moderator either. I tried that, and it doesn’t work. I have to enforce some rules to fend off the forces of chaos and douchebaggery, and I reserve the right to ban anyone at any time for any reason I want. Given the sheer number of comments these days, I don’t have much patience for boring trolls. If you’re going to troll, please do it in an interesting manner.
Beyond that: If you’re especially, or persistently, offensive, disruptive, or tedious, I’ll put you on moderation, which means your comments won’t go up until I get a chance to look at them, and maybe not even then.
Big no nos: nasty personal attacks and/or slurs.
Insults, ok, within reason. Calling someone an idiot is fine. Lots of people are idiots. Just use caution when moving much beyond this level of invective. Back-and-forth namecalling is tedious for everyone.
Nasty slurs, not allowed: Posts using words like “nigger” or “faggot” will go automatically to moderation. If you want to talk about someone else’s use of one of these slurs, disguise the term. Especially obnoxious bigots will be banned.
Grossly misrepresenting another person’s argument, or simply lying about them, another big no-no. Unless you’re a troll who’s obviously and hilariously wrong about everything; then I may keep your comments up for the lulz.
Threats, or posting someone’s personal information, will get you banned. Also bad: speculating about the possible criminal or unethical activity of real people (for example, internet posters who post under their real name). This is allowed only if the person is a public figure/celebrity. Or imaginary.
You should probably mention that first-timers go to moderation.
You’re right. Will fix.
I notice you seem concerned about “douchy misogynists” but not about bitchy man-bashers. You know, people who rail on and on about men but whenever some legitimate criticism arises about female privilege they rip their hair out and scream bloody murder. You know, hypocritical bullshit.
Hi- just wanted to let you know that regretsy is big on rape jokes. Rape jokes are encouraged in the comments and are on their banner ads and bags/tshirts. Just bringing it up because you link to them in your “funny” section.
…on your old page, the blogspot page. Sorry, forgot to mention that.
Book-burner
I am so glad that I found your site. You clarify, articulately, just how bizarre the manosphere is.
https://www.facebook.com/WhoNeedsFeminism
I can not tell you how many ignorant statements I have seen on this site…
It’s interesting how many gay slurs I’ve seen posted on MRA sites. Not to mention the word “mangina” which is so overused by MRAs that it has lost all meaning. And “shaming tactit.” If they are such skilled logicians, why don’t see that their entire criticism of feminism is one big straw man argument? And calling someone a “mangina” isn’t meant to shame them? I believe the MRM holds a disproportionate number of sociopaths, narcissists, and pathological liars, which explains their highly antisocial tendencies. But they would just call that an “ad hominem attack” an call me a c*nt.
This is a quote from your comment policy “Nasty slurs, not allowed: Posts using words like “nigger” or “faggot” will go automatically to moderation. If you want to talk about someone else’s use of one of these slurs, disguise the term. Obnoxious bigots will be banned.”
Yet you post this (and many more) noxious, hate-filled ( won’t even go into the untrue part) slur about the entire female gender with impunity…See any irony there, asswipe?
Kathleen, this is a blog about misogyny. We expose and mock misogyny; we don’t celebrate it. It’s hard to discuss the subject without quoting directly what misogynists say. And what they say is often horrific, whether or not they use slurs. That’s why I have a trigger warning at the top of every page.
If someone directs misogynist slurs at a particular commenter here, I will put the slur-user on moderation or ban them.
Argh. How many people come here and DON’T READ THE DAMNED TAGLINE.
Though I think censoring all the misogynist slurs the boobs use would just make it even MORE horrifying. See MRAL’s “Her Holy Highness” bullshit.
That’s the second “how dare you quote misogynists to mock them, you misogynist!”. Maybe you make a pop up that flash in the screen of all newcomers, with your slogan and a voice saying it. Or force people to click “I read it” after a form saying “I understand that this website is against misogyny”.
How long has this blog been around? Pity I didn’t find it *before* I suffered vicarious brain damage from reading mra blogs. The manosphere needs a mental health warning.
Ok I’ve just seen this comment, but that kind of seals it, Fah lo Suee cannot be a practicing or teaching psych if ze is claiming “vicarious brain damgage” as a need for “a mental health warning” — that too much stupid might make you stupid is kind of a known fact, not a mental illness. (Of course, I’m fairlu sure Fah lo Suee has moved on by now, but yeah, wtf?!)