Recon’s Black Ops

Jill, the do-gooder at Feministe, has her panties in a twist for no good reason. Recently, a Venezuelan man e-mailed her the following account of an American feminist strutting in Caracas:

I was in Caracas at a party–a loud mouth usa feminist was stating she was a “strong usa woman hwo could handle any man”. Many women there were looking at her very strangely–& the men were at first laughing –then they started to make remarks about “colonialism from the usa” After about 30 minutes of hearing her insolence–I approached her & ask her to please be quiet–she looked at me & said “I am a feminist–no man tells me what to do or say” this was too much for me to take—I spun her around & smacked her ass with all my strength–very hard–to show I was not joking–she then stopped talking–tears started in her eyes–& she ran off–in shame & hid in a bathroom

The point?? USA feminists shut up fast outside the usa–where they have no usa police to back up their rude mouths–wnat to see how usa feminists are regarded in Latin America>>>?? check out info on a usa feminist named Lori Berenson–she is similar to the usa feminist at this party–Berenson went to Peru to spread usa feminist colonialist propaganda—now she properly resides in prison in Peru—-cooking for her macho guards

I strongly suggest usa feminists remain in the usa–& stay out of Latin America–we don’t desire your colonialist propaganda–in Latin America–we have had enough of usa colonialism.

To which she had this to say:

That’s in our moderation queue right now.

I usually delete crappy, sexist comments like that, but my trigger finger is itching to publish this asshole’s email and IP address. That isn’t something I’ve ever done, because I don’t believe in putting peoples’ personal information out on the internet just because I disagree with them, no matter how vile their views.

But this isn’t simple disagreement. This is a guy physically assaulting a woman because he doesn’t like her feminist views — and by the way, some random American woman talking about women’s rights at a party is not usually what anti-colonialists are talking about when they discuss “colonialist feminism,” so if you’re going to throw that kind of terminology around, at least know what the fuck you’re saying. Anyway, the point isn’t the poster’s ignorance of terminology; it’s his admission that he physically harmed a woman because she expressed feminist thought. It’s the choice to come to a feminist blog, and to tell our readers that he (and other men like him) will do physical harm to us for standing up for ourselves. It’s his emphasis on the fact that he did harm to her in public, in the presence of other men, with their tacit consent. Its his attempt to intimidate and threaten us in a space that should be safe for women.

I cannot bring myself to just delete his comment. I’m too angry and I’m too upset, and while I don’t want to be that person who publishes personal info, this crosses a huge fucking line for me. I am not comfortable reading an admission of violence and then simply deleting it and moving on.

So what do we do? Turn the other cheek, or publicly shame him just as he did to her? The better part of me is saying that I should just walk away, but I can’t do that just yet.

I’d like to offer Jill some friendly advice: first, take a geography lesson, then drink a nice, big cup of STFU.

An American broad marched into someone else’s house, proverbially urinated on their carpet–challenging them openly–and they bitch-slapped her for her uppity affront to their hospitality. Good on them.

I’m no friend of Hugo Chavez, or Mahmoud Ahmadenijad, or Fidel Castro for that matter. On the other hand, when you are in someone else’s house, and you openly challenge them, then you’d better be ready for the consequences.

When your challenge gets met, you take it like a grown-up.

(Moreover, the broad was the one who said she “could handle any man.” He merely called her bluff.)

Jill has her panties in a wad because the Venezuelan smacked an American broad in the ass? Heck, we have non-feminist American women who find such treatment arousing. Given that the broad openly challenged the man (“[I] can handle any man”)–without telling him what conduct would be considered harassment–she has her own self to blame. In fact, few juries outside San Francisco would call it assault or battery, given those facts.

Let her go cry for her mommy.

As for Jill, she might find the growing-up process much easier if she sees her feminist line of crap for the pack of lies that it is.

HT: Vox Day