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The Beast of Babylon Wears Bangs: Amanda Marcotte’s ‘Pure Feminist Evil’

Posted on | June 25, 2011 | 118 Comments

“I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication . . .”
– Revelation 13:3-4 (KJV)

Being a tolerant sort of person, I have sometimes entertained the thought that maybe Amanda Marcotte is merely misguided or ignorant, an idea I kicked around when she made a complete fool of herself over the Anthony Weiner scandal. But perhaps it is time to consider whether she is in fact deliberately and consciously evil.

To summarize the case briefly: 58-year-old Thomas Ball committed suicide a week ago by setting himself afire on the steps of a county courthouse in New Hampshire. As his last testament, he sent to the local newspaper a remarkable 10,000-word letter portraying himself as the victim of police, child-protective agencies and the court system. To this, Marcotte responded by describing the dead man as a typical ”abuser” whose only desire was to “make [his] ex-wife’s life a living hell . . . in an effort to hurt the woman they’re fixated on.”

As one blogger observed: “It’s pure feminist evil. . . . A man whose life was destroyed by anti-family courts burns himself to death, but Marcotte thinks a woman is the hardest hit.”

Indeed, Marcotte’s attitude is “pure feminist evil”: No matter the facts of the case, in any male-female conflict, the man is always to blame (unless he’s a liberal Democrat like Anthony Weiner or Bill Clinton, in which case he must be worshipped without reservation). Marcotte once again demonstrates how feminist rhetoric about ”equality” is actually a dishonest demand for hegemonic female supremacy, insofar as feminism is really anything more than a partisan political tactic to trick stupid women into voting for liberal Democrats.

As to the sad case of Tom Ball — which is sad, no matter who you blame — let me begin by declaring that I am not one of these “men’s rights” crusaders who gets all teary-eyed about the injustices of divorce settlements. As cruel and unfair as the court system may be, it’s wrong to presume that men who get screwed over in custody disputes are entirely innocent victims.

Everybody knows some unfortunate guy who is bitter about his ex-wife, but even after hearing the detailed (and often quite justifiable) complaints of these guys, it is sometimes a struggle to resist responding, “Yeah, but nobody forced you to marry that crazy two-timing evil vindictive bitch, did they?”

You see my point, perhaps. Somewhere between “Hey, cutie, can I buy you a drink?” and “Til death do us part,” maybe there were a few obvious clues that you were getting involved with a crazy two-timing evil vindictive bitch.

Like maybe she had a tattoo. Or smoked Virginia Slims menthol.

Or was an Auburn University fan.

Any one of those things could be ambiguous signals, but if she’s got a tattoo, smokes Virginia Slims menthol and has a “War Eagle” bumper sticker on her truck, she’s probably going to turn out to be a crazy two-timing evil vindictive bitch. This conclusion is based on purely anecdotal evidence, however, and your mileage may vary.

My point is that in marriage, as in most freely chosen transactions, the best policy is always caveat emptor.

You can’t blame your divorce on the government. The FDA does not require a surgeon general’s warning label on crazy two-timing evil vindictive bitches. (“CAUTION: Her Butt May Look Kinda Cute in Cutoff Jeans, But She’s a Cruel Selfish Whore Who Will Make Your Life a Living Hell Some Day.”) It is up to the individual to avoid these hazards, and your failure to heed the warning signs does not make you a victim.

All of which brings us back to the existential evil of Amanda Marcotte. I have no use for “men’s rights,” any more than I have any use for “women’s rights,” but let us ask: Who was it that decided it was a good idea to politicize love, sex and marriage? Who spent the past four decades proclaiming that “the personal is political,” so that every office flirtation and every petty domestic quarrel is a federal civil rights violation?

The damned feminists, that’s who.

So say your prayers and repent your sins, fellows, or otherwise you’ll go to Hell, which will be overcrowded with feminists — and crazy two-timing evil vindictive bitch ex-wives, too – and what torment could possibly be worse than spending eternity with the likes of Amanda Marcotte?

Benediction

In his last cryptic Facebook note, Tom Ball made reference to an old Irish tune that became the official regimental march of the U.S. 7th Cavalry, “Garry Owen.” R.I.P.

UPDATE: Linked by Charles G. Hill and by Donald Douglas at American Power — thanks! Dr. Helen Smith notes that Tom Ball’s “statement is not the ramblings of a madman.”

Also, some interesting thoughts on Amanda Marcotte. Still, I’m sticking with my theory that those bangs are covering up the “666″ on Marcotte’s forehead.

UPDATE II: Welcome, Instapundit readers! And, of course, the only thing that boosts traffic more than a good blogwar is a hot chick in a bikini.


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  • Anonymous

    Nic patches are for moderates. Either smoke of not.

  • Anonymous

    All of us are caught up in it, most just don’t go before a judge. Do you really suppose that most of what we do isn’t the result some level of state coercion.

  • Anonymous

    The best conference?  By what measure?  SEC is about to win its second consecutive college world series, and we’re up to about 6 out of 7 BCS championships.

  • Treefinger

    lol

    This post does not deserve a more articulate reaction than that.

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  • http://twitter.com/Ashatha Myranda Sarro

    One more abusive douchebag removes himself from the world. I do not see the tragedy here.

    Calling Amanda Marcotte the devil for acknowledging a spade as a spade? Priceless comedy.

    Never change, Mr. McCain.

  • Anonymous

    Did you not read the man’s letter? In a system 110% stacked against him he got a “NOT Guilty” verdict on the domestic violence charge! The judge refused to take away the order allowing him to even see his kids. the judge destroyed this man’s life(and his family’s life) because he could, not because it was the “right” thing to do

    What part of “Not Guilty” do you not understand? Looks like you are willing to “pass judgement” without any knowledge what so ever

  • Anonymous

    You are 100% correct. But most of us will not have our lives destroyed by the government, just because they can.
     
    But, all of theses cases, the fellow here, the ones Mark Steyn mentions, didn’t even “break” any laws. And the system still destroys them.

    What do you do to avoid a system where no matter what you do the system can and will punish you not because you broke any law, but because they can? 

  • Anonymous

    Oh, he was definitely not Mr Sanity.

    But, he might have been ten years ago…

  • Regan Copple

    To be fair, there’s quite a bit you’re leaving out. One she had been sexually assaulted so that’s why she thought it may not be his. Two, she’s a senior in college and therefore in her early 20s. Who is that mature at that age? Not many of us.
    Don C. and the rest: Getting married because the woman is pregnant is still a bad reason, anyway you slice it. My father married my mother because she was pregnant back in the 60s, they were together long enough to conceive my sister, and then it pretty much fell apart after that. I would rather have had a mother present in my life than what happened, because it was my father, and not my mother, that stepped up to the plate and raised the both of us, even enduring a lengthy custody battle with her to make sure we were raised in a loving home. I say ‘a mother’ because what mine was was someone who could not be trusted to do the right things for her children.
    Taking things out of context like that is dishonest, it’s slanting the quote to fit your narrative.
    She was also probably preventing that guy from making a mistake that he might later regret. The upshot was that she wasn’t pregnant, so all of this hyperbole on your part is really unnecessary.
    PaganTemple, your comments are name-calling, and slut-shaming, which is also hypocritical, because if it were a man, would you be doing the same thing? Saying that the man has a seldom dry penis? Probably not.

  • Anonymous

    Were the Monks who did this in South Vietnam insane?

  • Anonymous

    You restore the old system or replace it or wait for the rot to over come it.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BECTAIJODVQFWY6EWDHCVLAPJQ Jum

     Well, no, I’ve been here off and on many moons. I’ve just never encountered such a gratuitous thumping. Thank God Will Collier is out there – a conservative (years ago he paired with Stephen Green at VodkaPundit) who doens’t labor under the so very sad Auburn Derangement Syndrome which afflicts so many of the Bammers. Truly,  many of them are unable to answer quickly the “Auburn Hatred Quantification” –
    “Choose one of two outcomes for these college athletic programs: a) Both Alabama and Auburn are equally prosperous; or, b) both Alabama and Auburn are destroyed forever.” I’m telling you, there are a lot of Bammers whose hatred burns so bright that they’d struggle to answer.

    What’s worse is that many Bammers have a blind spot about their sense of entitlement, and belief in their moral & intellectual superiority, and how those attitudes mirror what we as conservatives tend to dislike so much about the liberal elites. 

    Ah, well, that should do it. I think my job here is finished.

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