My thanks to John Kimble for sending me links to some materials relating to our campaigning outside Nottingham University yesterday, at the end of which someone hurled some heavily soiled cat litter over one of our vehicles. With his agreement, the rest of this blog piece consists of John’s email:
Mike, you’ve probably been alerted to the comments on Facebook regarding J4MB and Nottingham University, but just in case you haven’t, I thought I’d share them. Firstly, there’s this interesting exchange on the Women’s Network Facebook page.
Note how it asks if people feel threatened by the very “presence” of J4MB – not your conduct or actions, but simply because of the fact that you dare to exist near their campus. Secondly, note the phrase “get in contact with us and we’ll see what we can do!”. Quite a disturbing mindset to have, really, and then the actual violence you were subject to puts in in a whole new light.
Someone named Beth later chimes in, stating: “Remember if you feel harassed or threatened remember you can report to campus security or the police” – again note how it’s people’s feelings that matter, reality is irrelevant. Beth then takes this a stage further with the following gem: “I don’t know how they’ll campaign but want people to know they can take action should they feel offended”. You really couldn’t make this stuff up!
I’ve archived the content in case it gets deleted – here.
I also found another exchange on the University’s “Left Society” page .
They claim J4MB were “intimidating” those who challenged them (presumably with fact and statistics and other horrible patriarchal tools). The poster pretends to be concerned about safety and intimidation, yet their own Facebook profile pics endorses “queer ultra violence”. The content is archived here.
John Kimble
Managing Director
HEqual
Blog.
Justice for Men & Boys 
No sympathy with anyone whining over “injury to feelings”. Shut up and deal with it – nobody is interested.
Recriminalise no win-no fee so there is no incentive to lawyers to bring these frivolous claims and they will soon stop, once the whiners actually have to put their hands in their pocket.
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More here: https://www.facebook.com/uonfeminists/posts/661195497337146
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Reblogged this on World4Justice : NOW! Lobby Forum..
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It worries me that ‘a group of men’s rights activists’ is seen as a threat by ‘educated’ people, not least young men, who ought to be able to see what’s going on in society before their very eyes. Then you get unfavourable tweets (following TBQ this morning) like this from a man: ‘Good to see anti-feminist hero Mike Buchanan on #bbctbq. Here’s why we men (and boys) need him http://goo.gl/dZCh9x‘. He thus shares the appalling Telegraph article and then a facile reference to the monarch, wet nurses, female rugby captains, page three models, Mike’s ex-wives not being men – and asserts that it’s perfectly reasonable for the mother to always get custody. Remember this is a male writing this rubbish – AND it has been Retweeted 38 times and Favourited 42 (and rising). Permission to despair!
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I’ve belatedly discovered that the guy tweeting (see above) is none other than the one who actually wrote the ridiculous Telegraph article, Michael Deacon. Do we assume he hasn’t read any of the comments underneath his learned work? He might learn something.
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wow they really go for the damsel in distress scenario don’t they.
Is the UofN not equipping these people with life coping skills?
Do they not realise that if they decide to go off all activist in the workplace, no one will be wililng to work with them except a tinfoil NGO where conspiracy is par for course.
perhaps they would like to own up for the soiled litter affair commited in their name?
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The Tide id Turning Back, King Canute! Did anyone watch the program on TV last night at 9pm? Tony B’Liar was speaking to his Equalities Spin Doctor, they are trying to say It had gone too far!
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