![]() Until it occurs to you how many deadbeat dads you know, who have gotten away with not paying child support, causing generations of difficulty for single mothers and their children. But these stories are presented to indicate how legally privileged women are over men (because gender roles, I think). They certainly do indicate real problems with family law in the U.S. To take an example: the many stories about men’s rights in custody battles are genuinely terrible. While it’s not as straightforwardly polemical as I expected, I still had issues with almost every argument presented. What he and the next few interviewees give you is a litany of real problems facing men, interlaced with their own gripes and grievances and prejudices.īut in the interest of accuracy, I should add that this year A Voice For Men was officially put on the Southern Poverty Law Centre Hate Group list, along with several other equally shrill MRA sites. Morally, financially, and linguistically repellent, Elam manages to reign in the misogyny for which he justifiably made his name for long enough to present as a bluff no-nonsense type, giving it to you straight. By any standards an absolutely dreadful man, he runs a website called A Voice For Men, which is currently advocating for something called “ jury nullification” in rape trials. Elam (backwards male) is the angry fulcrum around which this movie makes its wobbly spin. I’m not sure how this works, to be honest, but the argument Paul Elam makes is that you never see women down coal mines. Women’s liberation has freed women of their traditional gender roles of homemaker, mother, carer etc, but somehow women still expect men to conform to their own traditional gender roles of provider, hero, and layer-down of life. The result of this is that 50 years later the world is ignoring men’s problems, and Big Feminism is taking all the money. The central thesis of director Cassie Jaye’s The Red Pill is that in the 1960’s, the focused energies of anti-capitalist protesters were distracted by American radical feminists into protesting the patriarchy instead, which is where it all kicked off. It comes with a mountain of baggage (of which more below) which is impossible to ignore when assessing the movie. But in general every valid point made in the movie is eventually lashed to an angry anti-feminist agenda, devaluing some very serious issues affecting men. It is not without positive surprises – I didn’t realise the extent of domestic violence against men for instance. The Red Pill is a one-sided and unsubtle sermon on behalf of the flawed and suspect MRA (Men’s Rights Activism) movement. Your mileage may vary.A one-sided and unsubtle sermon on behalf of a flawed and suspect movement – Bryan O’Connell on MRA documentary The Red Pill Not for use by children or people who refuse to accept reality. And if you choose wisely, rather than expediently, you’ll get something tall and cool to wash it down with, then download The Red Pill….Ĭaution: side effects include petulance, incredulity, cognitive dissonance and potential disillusionment with your current worldview. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. As Morpheus said in the movie: This is your last chance. If you swallow this pill it will forever change your way of looking at the world. If you’re familiar with the Matrix movies the meaning of this book’s title is pretty clear. How do the illuminati, UFOs, the Masons, ancient religious texts, Nazis, Star Trek, medieval gnosticism, modern political primaries, Wicca, the Federal Reserve system, the Mormon Church, Hollywood, Islam, Global Warming and an obscure novel published in 1912 relate to each other?Īre conspiracy theories intrinsically absurd? Or have they existed (and been successful) since ancient times? Does an originally secret 1960s sociological study reveal the Insiders’ plans for YOUR future? What is the sinister secret revealed by the Georgia Guidestones? Who will fight World War III and how will it end? What is the truth behind the Roswell Incident and the government’s relationship to extraterrestrials? How does understanding this conspiracy reveal the key to achieving happiness in your personal life? The horrifying “ultimate book on conspiracy theories.”ĭoes a cabal of evil financiers dominate Western civilization? This book examines the how and the why, investigating the relationship of modern politics and ancient religion, revealing who “they” are and their plans for your future.
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