old-school-butch:

michellemagly:

reverseideologie:

fozmeadows:

tessacrowley:

lily-peet:

nevertrustamanwho:

femmebosskoopa:

imamisfittoy:

sardonicblisters:

yayfeminism:

A New Hampshire Republican State Representative anonymously created the “Red Pill” subreddit.

Wow.

these aren’t just bullshitter dweebs in their mom’s basements trolling the internet, these are men who formulate the way we implement laws and who govern the way we live our lives.

^^^ Hello, yes, everyone needs to see this. It’s not always a bunch of nobodies trolling around on 4chan. It’s, doctors, lawyers, judges, businessmen, bankers, law enforcement, etc. People who have pulls on society. They literally don’t see other groups besides themselves as human or equal

…holy shit like this is bad really really bad but so much clearly so if you’ve ever read the scum that floats to the top of the Red Pill. Like basically he was just outed as the creator of a neo-nazi misogynist pro-rape forum explicitly to recruit online loners and groom them like it’s EVERYTHING we’ve been saying these people do but this is like, the hive.

For the anon asking why not trust red pill guys

Fuck Conservatives

Fun fact: the Red Pill was 90% of the reason I left reddit. I think it’s important everyone understands why, without having to subject yourselves to actually looking at the subreddit.

The Red Pill is a confluence of gross misogyny, rape culture, and vile social darwinism, all tied up under the banner of it being the “truth” behind some grand lie that is PC culture; that is to say, taking the red pill to withdraw yourself from the Matrix, a metaphor nearly as dated as the ideals they espouse.

If you think I’m exaggerating, I’m not. I spent nearly two years on reddit before toxic bullshit like this drove me out. These people build an elaborate construct about treating women like property and sexualizing children because ~evolution~ programmed them to like it, and ~evolution~ can’t possibly be wrong, as though club-wielding Neanderthal brutes are something to aspire to and not something we left behind millennia ago.

They’ve created an incredibly detailed fantasy about how women are evolutionarily predisposed to react to certain behaviors of “alpha males” (another false equivalence; the theory of the alpha male comes from a since-disproved theory about wolf behavior), and how the trick to success in sex is about taking on these characteristics which, spoiler alert, explicitly encourage treating women like garbage.

I cannot overstate how incredibly toxic the Red Pill is and how disgustingly large the community became by the time I left reddit. I wish I could say I was surprised that a Republican senator founded it, but this is the kind of shit they’ve been legislating for years.

Why am I not surprised?

For all you god damn motherfucking doubters, this is not fake, sources include:

Time Magazine: http://time.com/4756308/robert-fisher-new-hampshire-mens-rights/

CBS: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-hampshire-rep-revealed-as-founder-of-misogynistic-website-refuses-to-resign/

Boston Globe (Behind a Paywall): https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/04/26/lawmaker-accused-starting-red-pill-forum-reddit-won-resign/RD057SBlGTwLoOMC9lLVLM/story.html

Local News Stations (as they are tended to be considered most credible)

WMUR (Local news station): http://www.wmur.com/article/state-lawmaker-admits-saying-some-injudicious-things-about-women/9562347

WRAL (also local news station): http://www.wral.com/the-latest-governor-wants-lawmaker-to-resign-over-comments/16666205/

and of course

Snopes Confirms: http://www.snopes.com/2017/04/25/legislator-reddit-redpill-forum/

Reblogging with some fact checking.

NH, call for that piece of shit to step down

The Red Pill is a cesspool of misogyny, but it has more than 100,000 members. There’s something about it that really speaks to the kind of insecurites and anger typical of young men, especially those who struggle to figure out their lives and don’t know where to put them blame. the Red Pill doctrine really shapes those feelings into a crystalline hatred of women and a theoretical framework to continue blaming women for all their problems. I’m actually not surprised to learn that this didn’t evolve out of some spontaneous collective groupthink, but was carefully nurtured by powerful, conservative men who now want to capitalize on the demographic they cultivated.