Far-right wing site Barbwire, as it's known to do all too often, recently published a piece which would likely make approximately 89.4% of women scream expletives at the top of their lungs, all the while throwing purses at their computer monitors which were stationed on the article I'm about to write about.
The article is entitled, "Feminist Theory, Human Nature And The 'Punch Seen Round The World,'" and was written by American Spectator correspondent and man voted most likely to marry a Fred Flintstone blow-up doll he mistakenly calls Wilma - Robert Stacy McCain. Yes, this article is centered around the Ray Rice elevator-punch incident.
In his article, McCain writes this:
"Everybody has focused on the obvious horror of Rice's punch - the brute force of a 200-pound professional athlete used against a woman - and nobody seems interested in what Janay (Ray's wife) did immediately before the punch. The couple were in a confined space, inside an elevator, when Janay 'got in his face,' screaming and lunging toward Rice. Of course, Janay's behavior does not justify Rice hitting her, but one wonders why she acted that way, just as one wonders whether the circumstance of being trapped in an elevator with this enraged woman in some way explains Rice's reaction. That is to say, if her angry rage triggered Rice's fight-or-flight instinct, he couldn't flee from her while they were on the elevator, and his adrenalin surge produced an automatic reflex: BOOM."
No, McCain doesn't believe Janay Rice's behavior justifies Ray hitting her, but he's going to defend Ray's actions with every last breath. Going off his seemingly constant "wonders," one wonders (me in this case) how differently Mr. McCain would feel about this situation if Janay "stood her ground" and shot Ray after hitting her...
McCain also wrote this:
"From the feminist perspective, this isn't about one man hitting one woman. This is about a 'culture.' This is about 'the power of structure' of 'patriarchy.' Individual responsibility disappears and the conversation is about 'a larger systemic injustice.'
The world is full of 'systemic injustice,' if you want to look at it that way, and almost everyone can somehow claim victimhood."
Yes, because a man writing an article where he defends another man of assaulting his fiancee is obviously in touch with his feminist side...
The apparent anti-feminist feminist continued:
"Do we have any evidence that Ray Rice is a chronic menace to women? Is there an established record of Ray Rice as a habitual perpetrator of domestic violence? Was this horrific incident caught on video part of a long-term pattern? Who benefits, and who is harmed, by dropping him from the Ravens lineup and indefinitely suspending him from the NFL? Insofar as Ray Rice is suffering the legitimate consequences of his own wrongful behavior, I have no complaint. But it seems to me that Ray Rice - and Janay Rice, and everyone with a direct stake in Ray Rice's NFL career - is being made to suffer an extraordinary penalty because (a) feminists have turned this into a political cause celebre, and (b) the NFL is run by cowardly swine who care more about their image than they care about human beings."
This is an incredibly ironic statement from McCain. Remember the public's outcry after Ray Rice was handed just a two-game suspension for domestic violence? A fairly large majority of the public, including sports commentators everywhere, heavily criticized Roger Goodell and the NFL for being "cowards" and not taking a stand to show they care about human beings (Janay Rice and other domestic violence victims). So, now, after Rice's suspension got extended by the league, McCain is saying the league's actions show they care more about their image than about human beings? Aren't the two connected in this scenario? Survey says? "Well, yes - what, are you stupid or something?"
R. Stacy McCain then added this:
"This stringent zero-tolerance policy - 'Boys don't hit girls' - sets up a problem : What happens if a woman loses her temper, behaves in an insulting manner, and even acts violently against a man? Some women are simply crazy, and some women have been spoiled rotten by over-indulgent parents who put up with tantrums. The 'Daddy's Precious Darling' Syndrome, as I call it, involves an entitlement mentality that makes it impossible for some women to admit wrongdoing or to accept criticism. If she can't get what she wants, or if her bad behavior exposes her to criticism, Daddy's Precious Darling can't deal with it. She flies into a rage, and whoever she blames for thwarting her will - failing to kowtow to imperious demands or daring to criticize her selfish attitude - will become the target of unrestrained hatred. 'Hell hath no fury,' et cetera."
So, it seems, according to this writer, while there are such things as spoiled daddy's little girls, there aren't such things as spoiled mama's boys. Also, I guess, since it's scientifically proven that women bleed for a few days every month up to a certain age, which explains why they lose their tempers and get a little crazy, men never throw tantrums or lose their cool, because, well, that's science, or something... Whether it be a man or a woman, how's this for a philosophy? Unless you genuinely feel your life is in danger and feel the need to throw a punch to defend yourself, don't hit anybody. There, that was simple enough...
The other McCain, as he likes to call himself, also wrote this:
"What if, instead of going to the casino with a date, Ray Rice had gone to the casino with a male buddy who got drunk and caused a scene? What if, after Ray and his buddy got on the elevator, the buddy started yelling angrily at him, 'getting in his face?'
BOOM.
There's your equality. How do you like it?"
Yeah, there's our equality all right... McCain sure likes these hypothetical scenarios, doesn't he? I wonder how often he visits la-la land when discussing real-life events? Alright, well, I'll attempt to join him there for a moment. Robert Stacy McCain, what if there was a pay-per-view boxing match between a 5'8'', 205 lb., heavily built ex-professional football player against a 5'6'', 125 lb. woman? Boom! There's your equality. How do you like it? I mean... That's not equality at all. How stupid was I to even suggest that? Robert, your thoughts?
McCain added:
"Of course, feminists don't believe in this kind of equality, an equality which would make women and men equally vulnerable to the consequences of 'getting in the face' of a 200-pound pro athlete. However, as a skinny man who doesn't enjoy pain, I can absolutely guarantee you that I would never make the mistake of engaging in a face-to-face shouting match with a guy like Ray Rice."
Has Robert Stacy McCain ever dated Ray Rice? No? Is he gay? Probably not? Well, then, he'll never be afforded the grand opportunity of being trapped inside an elevator and getting into a drunken shouting match with his fiancee at the time, Ray Rice. Has he ever gotten into a heated debate with a girlfriend or a wife? No? Well, then, congratulations, he's one of those rare lucky ones. Then again, he seems to only date those blow-up dolls I mentioned earlier, so unless he was too crazy (which is still up in the air at this very moment), it's unlikely he gets into heated exchanges with these dolls. Going back to his "equality" argument and the fact he admits to being a "skinny man," does this then mean if he did get into a heated confrontation with a person of Ray Rice's size, a punch coming from him would do just as much damage as a punch coming from the other individual, and that's "equality"? I'm sorry, but men typically have more upper-body strength than women, so it's quite unfair to list potential assault cases due to heated confrontations as a double-standard on the equality front. Nice try, though...
R.S. McCain then closed his "piece" (of crap) with this:
"None of this makes sense in the context of radical equality, where the selfish quest for power turns man and woman into rivals.
BOOM.
There's your equality. How do you like it?"
No, Robert Stacy McCain... Boom! There's (points at you) the douche of the day! How do you like it?
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barbwire-ray-rice-punched-his-girlfriend-out-fear-feminism
The article is entitled, "Feminist Theory, Human Nature And The 'Punch Seen Round The World,'" and was written by American Spectator correspondent and man voted most likely to marry a Fred Flintstone blow-up doll he mistakenly calls Wilma - Robert Stacy McCain. Yes, this article is centered around the Ray Rice elevator-punch incident.
In his article, McCain writes this:
"Everybody has focused on the obvious horror of Rice's punch - the brute force of a 200-pound professional athlete used against a woman - and nobody seems interested in what Janay (Ray's wife) did immediately before the punch. The couple were in a confined space, inside an elevator, when Janay 'got in his face,' screaming and lunging toward Rice. Of course, Janay's behavior does not justify Rice hitting her, but one wonders why she acted that way, just as one wonders whether the circumstance of being trapped in an elevator with this enraged woman in some way explains Rice's reaction. That is to say, if her angry rage triggered Rice's fight-or-flight instinct, he couldn't flee from her while they were on the elevator, and his adrenalin surge produced an automatic reflex: BOOM."
No, McCain doesn't believe Janay Rice's behavior justifies Ray hitting her, but he's going to defend Ray's actions with every last breath. Going off his seemingly constant "wonders," one wonders (me in this case) how differently Mr. McCain would feel about this situation if Janay "stood her ground" and shot Ray after hitting her...
McCain also wrote this:
"From the feminist perspective, this isn't about one man hitting one woman. This is about a 'culture.' This is about 'the power of structure' of 'patriarchy.' Individual responsibility disappears and the conversation is about 'a larger systemic injustice.'
The world is full of 'systemic injustice,' if you want to look at it that way, and almost everyone can somehow claim victimhood."
Yes, because a man writing an article where he defends another man of assaulting his fiancee is obviously in touch with his feminist side...
The apparent anti-feminist feminist continued:
"Do we have any evidence that Ray Rice is a chronic menace to women? Is there an established record of Ray Rice as a habitual perpetrator of domestic violence? Was this horrific incident caught on video part of a long-term pattern? Who benefits, and who is harmed, by dropping him from the Ravens lineup and indefinitely suspending him from the NFL? Insofar as Ray Rice is suffering the legitimate consequences of his own wrongful behavior, I have no complaint. But it seems to me that Ray Rice - and Janay Rice, and everyone with a direct stake in Ray Rice's NFL career - is being made to suffer an extraordinary penalty because (a) feminists have turned this into a political cause celebre, and (b) the NFL is run by cowardly swine who care more about their image than they care about human beings."
This is an incredibly ironic statement from McCain. Remember the public's outcry after Ray Rice was handed just a two-game suspension for domestic violence? A fairly large majority of the public, including sports commentators everywhere, heavily criticized Roger Goodell and the NFL for being "cowards" and not taking a stand to show they care about human beings (Janay Rice and other domestic violence victims). So, now, after Rice's suspension got extended by the league, McCain is saying the league's actions show they care more about their image than about human beings? Aren't the two connected in this scenario? Survey says? "Well, yes - what, are you stupid or something?"
R. Stacy McCain then added this:
"This stringent zero-tolerance policy - 'Boys don't hit girls' - sets up a problem : What happens if a woman loses her temper, behaves in an insulting manner, and even acts violently against a man? Some women are simply crazy, and some women have been spoiled rotten by over-indulgent parents who put up with tantrums. The 'Daddy's Precious Darling' Syndrome, as I call it, involves an entitlement mentality that makes it impossible for some women to admit wrongdoing or to accept criticism. If she can't get what she wants, or if her bad behavior exposes her to criticism, Daddy's Precious Darling can't deal with it. She flies into a rage, and whoever she blames for thwarting her will - failing to kowtow to imperious demands or daring to criticize her selfish attitude - will become the target of unrestrained hatred. 'Hell hath no fury,' et cetera."
So, it seems, according to this writer, while there are such things as spoiled daddy's little girls, there aren't such things as spoiled mama's boys. Also, I guess, since it's scientifically proven that women bleed for a few days every month up to a certain age, which explains why they lose their tempers and get a little crazy, men never throw tantrums or lose their cool, because, well, that's science, or something... Whether it be a man or a woman, how's this for a philosophy? Unless you genuinely feel your life is in danger and feel the need to throw a punch to defend yourself, don't hit anybody. There, that was simple enough...
The other McCain, as he likes to call himself, also wrote this:
"What if, instead of going to the casino with a date, Ray Rice had gone to the casino with a male buddy who got drunk and caused a scene? What if, after Ray and his buddy got on the elevator, the buddy started yelling angrily at him, 'getting in his face?'
BOOM.
There's your equality. How do you like it?"
Yeah, there's our equality all right... McCain sure likes these hypothetical scenarios, doesn't he? I wonder how often he visits la-la land when discussing real-life events? Alright, well, I'll attempt to join him there for a moment. Robert Stacy McCain, what if there was a pay-per-view boxing match between a 5'8'', 205 lb., heavily built ex-professional football player against a 5'6'', 125 lb. woman? Boom! There's your equality. How do you like it? I mean... That's not equality at all. How stupid was I to even suggest that? Robert, your thoughts?
McCain added:
"Of course, feminists don't believe in this kind of equality, an equality which would make women and men equally vulnerable to the consequences of 'getting in the face' of a 200-pound pro athlete. However, as a skinny man who doesn't enjoy pain, I can absolutely guarantee you that I would never make the mistake of engaging in a face-to-face shouting match with a guy like Ray Rice."
Has Robert Stacy McCain ever dated Ray Rice? No? Is he gay? Probably not? Well, then, he'll never be afforded the grand opportunity of being trapped inside an elevator and getting into a drunken shouting match with his fiancee at the time, Ray Rice. Has he ever gotten into a heated debate with a girlfriend or a wife? No? Well, then, congratulations, he's one of those rare lucky ones. Then again, he seems to only date those blow-up dolls I mentioned earlier, so unless he was too crazy (which is still up in the air at this very moment), it's unlikely he gets into heated exchanges with these dolls. Going back to his "equality" argument and the fact he admits to being a "skinny man," does this then mean if he did get into a heated confrontation with a person of Ray Rice's size, a punch coming from him would do just as much damage as a punch coming from the other individual, and that's "equality"? I'm sorry, but men typically have more upper-body strength than women, so it's quite unfair to list potential assault cases due to heated confrontations as a double-standard on the equality front. Nice try, though...
R.S. McCain then closed his "piece" (of crap) with this:
"None of this makes sense in the context of radical equality, where the selfish quest for power turns man and woman into rivals.
BOOM.
There's your equality. How do you like it?"
No, Robert Stacy McCain... Boom! There's (points at you) the douche of the day! How do you like it?
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barbwire-ray-rice-punched-his-girlfriend-out-fear-feminism
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