Only after getting called out about her remarks does this politician apologize and admit they were wrong. It's the same old, tired "all men are rapists," only here it's "all young men are rapists." Never mind that this was a blog post, which, just maybe, requires a bit of thought before posting. Was there no chance of proofreading or opportunity for critique before it was posted? Or did she just not care? Either way, comparing people who want their privacy respected to rapists is simply despicable. No other word for it. And, yes, it likely reveals her true feelings about young men having the mindset of rapists. I hope voters remember this at election time.
Annika Qarlsson equates opposition party supporters with rapists.
A blog post comparing file sharing advocates to rapists has caused a backlash for the feminist member of the Riksdag who authored the entry.
Last Sunday, Annika Qarlsson, who also heads the board of the Centre Party’s women’s organization Centerkvinnorna, reflected on her blog about the success of the Pirate Party in recent European Parliament elections.“
[H]ere’s a thought and a reflection connected to the Pirate Party’s success with many young men, who voted for them in order to protect their personal privacy. [I’m] thinking about the statistics which came out the other day that show there are innumerable young women who are raped by young men who they barely know or don’t know at all,” wrote Qarlsson.“
And I can’t make sense of it – do young men think that privacy is important or don’t they?”
Readers of Qarlsson’s blog responded to the post with a wave of more than 162 comments, the vast majority of which were highly critical of her line of thought.“
To collectively lay blame on a group of people for what a few individuals do is neither fair nor especially intelligent. Moreover it’s far from being liberal,” wrote one commenter.Another commenter poked fun at Qarlsson’s analysis.“
Did you know Annika that 80 percent of those who die in car accidents ate tomatoes the day before. Shouldn’t you fight for a ban on tomatoes?” the person wrote.
Qarlsson attempted to backtrack in a later blog post, apologizing to readers for being “vague”.
“I realize that my earlier post can be interpreted to mean that I’m accusing all Pirate Party supporters and all young men of being rapists. That is not the case,” she wrote on Tuesday.
Qarlsson explained she was calling on young men to display the same level of engagement for privacy issues when it comes to rape as they appear to display when it comes to privacy and the internet.
“What I’m looking for is that all men’s engagement reaches the same heights every time a young woman’s privacy is violated, which has consequences for the rest of her life,” Qarlsson wrote.
The challenge, according to Qarlsson is trying to make the connection between the privacy over one’s body and privacy on the internet.
“The respect demanded to have freedom on the internet is exactly the same as demands made by young women when they are out on the streets and in city squares,” Qarlsson told the Realtid.se news website.
“It’s about being respected so that someone doesn’t tread on me or my rights. For me, there are a lot of similarities. That’s why I wish that the issue encompassed that sort of engagement. That was my train of thought.”
In a final blog post on the issue, Qarlsson admitted that the wording of her original post was “misguided” and “totally wrong”.
Link: http://www.thelocal.se/20134/20090617/
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This is a stupid comment on so many levels. For one thing, in the vast majority of rape accusations, the "victim" did know the accused. "Stranger rape" is the rare exception.
Amen. It exposes a mindset that stereeotypes young men in a way society would not tolerate of any other group.
Her comments are typical of those made by members of Privileged Identity Groups. They almost always believe that all other people should be solely focused on advancing their interests and agenda.
Remember Hurricane Katrina. The black community could not understand why every single White person in America was not focused on rebuilding the black community in New Orleans.
They seem to have no concept that Whites may have problems and struggles of their own that they are coping with.
You're comparing disaster relief to making up lies about men? How ridiculous.
This is from Russell's blog:
One reason, the Jewish Supremacists and their collaborators are so easily able to dominate the American people is that so few of the people understand these documents. In fact, few have ever even read them. Because of this, the masters of discourse often present us with "experts," that purport to explain the meaning of our legal code. These "experts" claim some title like, "constitutional scholar," and then proceed to intentionally misinterpret our laws. The number of these "experts" with Jewish names is astounding.
You aren't an MRA at all, are you? You look more like a racist anti-semite to me.
Anon said:
"You're comparing disaster relief to making up lies about men? How ridiculous."
She does not make-up lies about men. She is trying to encourage young men to focus less on their privacy and devote their efforts to "Women's Issues." That is consistent with what black activists did during the Katrina tragedy.
If feminism is to be defeated we must understand the context in which it is being presented.
Anon said,
"You aren't an MRA at all, are you? You look more like a racist anti-semite to me.
I am a "racist" and an "anti-semite" (both of which are meaningless, Orwellian words) in exactly the same way that MRAs are misogynists.
The point is that MRAs are generally pro-male and pro-justice regardless of the skin color or religion of the particular man in question. Nor are MRAs necessarily "misogynists" in the sense of wanting to do any harm to women who have done nothing wrong.
That's exactly my point. MRAs are pro-men and pro-justice just as I am pro-White and pro-justice.
Isn't "pro-white" just another example of the identity politics that you claim to despise? And I still don't understand how anybody can equate the people who wanted federal aid for New Orleans with false rape accusers.
I despise violence, but if someone is trying to kill me, I'm going to try to kill them first.
why the hell should I do anything for women?
Im 32 years old, and all I've ever heard is that ALLmen are potential murdering, rapist, pedophiles.
In my own life and experience, I've been treated appallingly by women.
and yet im expected to come running to their aid?
and you see this is the point...good men will not become bad men, they will simply turn away when they are asked for help by women.
I simply do not care about them anymore.
I care about the women in my life -- but I'm selective about the women in my life!
No feminazis for me, thank you.
CORRESPONDENCE that could support a woman's claims that Labor MP Theo Theophanous raped her may have been falsified, throwing doubt on the allegations against him.
Two former friends of the woman told a committal hearing in the Melbourne Magistrates Court yesterday that conversations attributed to them in letters and emails from the alleged victim never happened.
The alleged victim told police that on September 10, 1998, Theophanous raped her on the couch in his Parliament House office.
She said that later she spoke to three friends about the alleged assault, but yesterday two of these women said the conversations never happened.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/doubts-on-theophanous-rape-case-20090708-ddeq.html
KARMA,
Thanks. That is already slated as an upcoming post on the site. Appreciate the heads up.
Anon,
Couldn't have said it better. My wife, my mother, my MIL and my SIL. That's pretty much it for the women that I trust (and the MIL is suspect :) ).
Russell ,
I notice you generally try and sidetrack the discussion, using some aspect you believe has to do with a given false accusation in the o.p. as as a jumping-off point.
I think I see where you're coming from, but this is a men's board about false rape accusations. It is not a political forum, either left or right. If you are not interested in men's right AS men's rights, well...why are you here??
To the guys arguing with Russell about his politics, you're just encouraging him to continue to get us sidetracked.
Actually I shouldn't even say it's a MEN'S board...it's a board about the injustice of false rape accustions; so your 'white male' doesn't fit in, since there is no gender p.c. around here.
It is as if you went to gardening.com and said white men were being treated like vegetables.
"It is as if you went to gardening.com and said white men were being treated like vegetables."
That made me laugh, Norm.
I completely agree with this post. Nothing much I can add that hasn't already been said.
Steve, I'm sorry that you had such bad experiences with women. I hope you know that all women aren't like what you described. It like a woman saying that she hates all men or all black men because of what a few of them did to her in the past.
*I trying really hard here not to response to Russell's posts lol.*
Archivist, I posted a link to that story, along with a few others, Sorry, I didn't know you had heard about that one :(
False rape accusations, and other false accusations are a societal problem, correct?
Norm,
I didn't side-track the issue at all. I went directly to the heart of it.
Here's the quote from the crazy Swedish woman,
“[H]ere’s a thought and a reflection connected to the Pirate Party’s success with many young men, who voted for them in order to protect their personal privacy. [I’m] thinking about the statistics which came out the other day that show there are innumerable young women who are raped by young men who they barely know or don’t know at all,” wrote Qarlsson.
“And I can’t make sense of it – do young men think that privacy is important or don’t they?”
No where does she equate Pirate Party supporters with rapists. She simply says that she can't understand why they are so politically active on issues of privacy when, in her opinion, they should be more concerned with the Women's Issue of rape. I merely pointed out that this is a common theme among members of Privileged Identity Groups. They always think that all other people should be focused on the issues that they are concerned with and they can never understand when others are active in other areas.
I then used the black response during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as an example.
Renne said
Steve, I'm sorry that you had such bad experiences with women. I hope you know that all women aren't like what you described. It like a woman saying that she hates all men or all black men because of what a few of them did to her in the past.
It wasnt just a few women though, it was the vast majority, and I'll tell you why.
I am a 'beta', not an 'alpha' male. I have had an illness most of my life that made me avoid conflict and appear weak. Most women saw this and took advantage of it in one way or another.
I dont believe most women can control themselves when in positions of power, and it worries me, that the health problem I had is set to explode in the west, meaning more vulnerable children at the mercy of adult females.
Not only are my views shaped by my own experience, but my observations of women in general society tells me that a huge percentage of women are not to be trusted.
Even in everyday interaction, women still put on their mask and false feelings, I just dont like it. It makes me think they are up to something, which most are.
I'll give you an example:
"ohh, your son just fell and hurt his knee, I feel for him", while directing her empathy at his mother. She doesnt really care about the child, she only cares that the other woman is an allie.
this sort of thing that has been subconciously agreed upon by the two women is dark and sunsettling to me. Its not about doing whats right for everyone, its about making alliances and having power over others.
funnily enough , I have now cured my health problem and the change in me is dramatic. women now seem to treat me alot better. but I cant just dismiss the fact that when I was unwell they took advantage of that fact. as a man I find that unsettling, because what happens if I fall ill again? Can I expect the same treatment?
quite probably.
and then theres all the rest of it, the false claims, the pyshco-sexual abuse of children, the violence by proxy etc etc.
My name is Russell, and the Fuhrer approves this message.
Steve: although men certainly can be cruel, I think that there is a spirit of magnanimity built into most of us that simply isn't there in women. And that makes sense. For thousands of years men were in positions of power, and we had to adapt in such a way as to be effective leaders. A part of being a leader is knowing how to be sympathetic to those in your care. But women aren't natural leaders -- mother nature didn't have women in mind for that role.
This isn't to say that no woman can be effective, but in my opinion men are usually better suited for positions such as management.
Anon (Karma?),
Don't worry about it. We welcome all the posts we can get. I would rather have 5 links posted with 1 new one we don't have, than no links posted at all. We appreciate the submissions.
SteveUK
I'm sure you know it is a standard method of attack, for our opponents to make our own experiences sound subjective, and to repeat (ad nauseum) that "not all women are that way".
Renee must have been to tired too come up with something original, so she resorted to the usual feminist banality.
Russell,
I suppose if you're looking for something in particular, you are somewhat correct in this case; but the point is that you're always looking for that angle, and generally end up getting some of us sidetracked (I guess myself included, since I'm typing this right now.)
You know, what you're doing really has the result of getting us at each other, in other words you are actively encouraging divisiveness - whether or not that is your intention. Like I said, men's rights AS men's rights/false accusations AS false accusations.
And needless to say, our movement need guys from the entire political and racial spectrums.
You're welcome Archivist.
"And needless to say, our movement need guys from the entire political and racial spectrums."
You are dead wrong in that. The solution to the false rape epidemic (and feminism in general) is for Whites to unite and reclaim our identity and stop allowing hostile alien interlopers to divide and destroy our families, corrupt our women and children's minds, and flood our country with non-Whites that are genetically pre-disposed to polyamory.
If we do this we can restore our cultural institutions, including the family, which in turn will end the overwhelming majority of false rape claims.
The masculinist solution, being proffered by the false gods of the Men's Rights movement is simply more of the same, it is merely feminism for men.
The only reason I spend time posting here is because, of all the men's sites I've visited, Pierce Harlan seems to be genuinely concerned, whereas most of the other advocates in this movement (like Glen Sacks) are clearly hustlers, with no concern for White families.
Russell,
all I can say is, you're on the wrong board:)
I'm even starting to wonder is you're a troll, trying to make us MRA's look bad. I notice you started posting here at about the same time 'Sgt. Mom' disappeared...
That's a gooooooooood point...
"I'm even starting to wonder is you're a troll, trying to make us MRA's look bad. I notice you started posting here at about the same time 'Sgt. Mom' disappeared..."
Grow-up.
So "Russell-SgtMom," which false rape accuser are you? I just know that you're one of the lying hos who has been discussed on this blog.
Have you figured out yet that we're smarter than you?
"So "Russell-SgtMom," which false rape accuser are you? I just know that you're one of the lying hos who has been discussed on this blog.
Have you figured out yet that we're smarter than you?"
Yeah, you're not a lunatic.
See folks, this is what happens to you when you live your life as a sniveling little crypto-creep.
Why don't you tell us who you are anonymous coward?
The only reason I spend time posting here is because, of all the men's sites I've visited, Pierce Harlan seems to be genuinely concerned, whereas most of the other advocates in this movement (like Glen Sacks) are clearly hustlers, with no concern for White families.
Russell,
While I appreciate all who post here, I disagree rather vehemently with this. Glenn is concerned with families of all color.
Let's be honest, the inner cities wouldn't be the crime ridden slag heaps they are if the government hadn't pushed single motherhood so hard, and allowed fathers to be kicked out of the family.
Glenn is concerned with ALL fathers. Color has nothing to do with it.
Mens Rights Advocates, not Men of a Certain color Advocates, look to bring the pendulum back to center for all. NOT just for Whites and White Families. That type of bigotry is just as harmful as feminists blaming ALL men for everything, and not insisting women take some responsibility for their actions.
This site is an information and support venue for those falsely accused of rape (Male or Female, Black or White or Asian or Hispanic or .....).
I would ask that we all keep that in mind, and try to make this a place to discuss why this happens, how to combat it, and how those who have been falsely accused can be supported.
While I don't mind a good political debate, it does tend to detract from the purpose of this site, and what our mission is.
All the best,
E. Steven Berkimer
Russ Nazi is really SgtMom anyway; I don't know why we're talking to him as if this latest persona is even a real person. This is a mole who is here to try to make us look bad.
The Archivist,
I understand your position completely and I am sorry that I appear to have hi-jacked a couple of threads on your blog. That was not my intention.
However, I don't think it is possible, to be for all families, and to simultaneously be for White families. The greatest threat to White families is multi-culturalist globalism (of which feminism is a pillar, along with Zionism, queerism, anti-White racism, and Corporate Managerial Elitism). Being - for all families - is the same as being for multi-culturalism. It is anti-White family at its root.
That's been my point all along. In order to stop feminism we must stop the globalist multi-cultural agenda it is a part of.
Your point is well taken, though. This is your blog and you are trying to fight a very narrow part of the problem. I commend you for that, but I hope over time you will see the need to expand your scope in order to deal with the problem effectively.
In the future, I will try to tone down the identity issues, when I post.
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