Tag Archives: analogy fail

Random recommended reading

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

Metiria Turei out-geeks John Banks.  It’s not difficult, but it is funny. Alison McCulloch again pool-shots it out of the park on Policing Pregnancy. Manboobz on Seth MacFarlane’s beyond-obnoxious Oscars hosting. Trigger warnings for racism, sexual assault, sexism, and Seth … Continue reading →

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Blowing my mind: abortion quotes edition

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

So, I’m just nodding furiously and occasionally throwing horns at Alison McCulloch’s latest post on the abortion debate in New Zealand (where “debate” = someone accurately describes the tactics of antichoice douchebags and Karl du Fresne whinges about it) when … Continue reading →

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Earth to John Ansell: rape analogy edition

Posted on July 10, 2011 by

A lot of things get compared, usually by privileged dudebros, to rape.  Usually something which completely isn’t rape but at least has an element of violence and degradation to it … like getting your ass handed to you in Halo. … Continue reading →

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Quickhit: Police PR department outdo selves in incompetence

Posted on April 10, 2011 by

Remember this wonderfully shite piece of publicity-stunt-gone-wrong with side order of gee-who-would-have-thought-we-had-a-bad/oblivious-police-rape-culture?  Well, it turns out we were all wrong and actually it was a total success. AnneE has the goods over at The Hand Mirror: First sentence: “A sexist … Continue reading →

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Typical parenting practices

Posted on March 20, 2011 by

[TW for child abuse and Bob McCoskrie] … now apparently include tying a child to your wrist and washing his or her mouth out with soap. Thus speaketh Bob McCoskrie, defender of families if by “families” we mean “the right … Continue reading →

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Analogy fail: abortion and slavery

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

I came across this utter fucking gem while googling prochoice images for potential future shit-stirring: Black text: “EVERYONE who supported slavery was free. EVERYONE who supports abortion was born.  That’s how oppression works.  “They’re not really people” – We’ve heard … Continue reading →

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James Whitaker challenges Greg O’Connor for “worst police spokesman” role

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

Hat tip to LudditeJourno for this one.  Trigger warnings for sexual assault, misogyny and NZ Police continued cluelessness. The NZ Police have a new recruitment drive going.  Apparently they’re aiming to to attract intelligent, balanced, non-judgmental young people, … using … Continue reading →

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Rape is not your analogy even when you don’t know what “analogy” means

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

[TW for rape, facetious rape comparisons and abuse of the English language] As broken by In The Gateaux, some wonderful human being on the Act on Campus bookface page decided to link to an article on compulsory student association membership … Continue reading →

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