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TexasTowelie

(112,157 posts) Thu Jun 12, 2014, 02:33 AM Jun 2014

Bigots not welcome in Detroit - MRA conference canceled

Activists scored a victory against sexism when the "men's rights activist" (MRA) group "A Voice for Men" apparently canceled plans to hold its First International Conference on Men's Issues at the Hilton's DoubleTree Hotel in Detroit after public protest.

The stridently anti-feminist group billed its conference: "If we wanted to find a city that was an iconic testament to masculinity, we'd need look no further than Detroit."

While the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) doesn't list A Voice for Men as a hate group, it does include it among several men's rights groups and websites dedicated to "savaging feminists in particular and women, very typically American women, in general." These groups and websites, says SPLC, are "thick with misogynistic attacks that can be astounding for the guttural hatred they express."

Scrolling through the long list of articles and blog postings on A Voice for Men's website, there is ample evidence of the extreme perspective the group holds concerning women, rape, domestic violence and sexuality, as well as race and class.

More at http://socialistworker.org/2014/06/12/bigots-not-welcome-in-detroit .

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Bigots not welcome in Detroit - MRA conference canceled (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2014 OP

So they're being treated like Westboro and the Klan? Iggo Jun 2014 #1

Good news. freshwest Jun 2014 #2

Yet it isn't in the Detroit Free Press TexasTowelie Jun 2014 #3

It's been reported in the Detroit News sufrommich Jun 2014 #12

Okay, I only looked at that one newspaper but not the one in your link. TexasTowelie Jun 2014 #14

They raised $25k for security. joshcryer Jun 2014 #4

To protect themselves from the scary feminists! KamaAina Jun 2014 #9

I wish everyplace treated them as the pariahs they are. BainsBane Jun 2014 #5

K&R DeSwiss Jun 2014 #6

That'll teach 'em to disagree. [nt] Jester Messiah Jun 2014 #7

lol redqueen Jun 2014 #8

"an iconic testament to masculinity"?! KamaAina Jun 2014 #10

Better call the KamaAina Jun 2014 #11

Uh ohhhh CreekDog Jun 2014 #19

i signed the petition, although i really didn't think anything would come of it.. frylock Jun 2014 #13

Post removed Post removed Jun 2014 #15

Well, bless your little heart. By the way, that man "if he existed at all" is named Elliot Rodger. uppityperson Jun 2014 #16

You A Special Little Snowflake, Fella, Ain'tcha? The Magistrate Jun 2014 #17

Was CreekDog Jun 2014 #18

Iggo

(47,552 posts)

1. So they're being treated like Westboro and the Klan?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 02:37 AM

Jun 2014

Good.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

2. Good news.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 03:28 AM

Jun 2014

TexasTowelie

(112,157 posts)

3. Yet it isn't in the Detroit Free Press

Reply to freshwest (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 03:43 AM

Jun 2014

or any other MSM. The original story was run in the Motor City Muckraker.

However, it does look like A Voice for Men is looking for another venue:

Update: Event organizer A Voice for Men plans to announce a new Detroit venue for the conference later today.

A controversial conference for a men’s rights group in Detroit appears to be in jeopardy after a fallout with downtown’s Hilton DoubleTree, which planned to host the event from June 26-28.

The inaugural conference at the DoubleTree has been canceled for unknown reasons, and organizers of the first International Conference on Men’s Issues haven’t said yet whether it will be moved to another hotel and conference center.

“At this time, they are not booked with us,” Larry Brown, manager of the DoubleTree, said this morning. He declined to elaborate on the cancelation.

http://motorcitymuckraker.com/blog/2014/06/11/controversial-mens-rights-conference-canceled-at-doubletree-in-downtown-detroit/

The comments there are particularly nasty.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)

12. It's been reported in the Detroit News

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 01:56 PM

Jun 2014

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140611/METRO01/306110117/0/METRO06/Men-s-rights-group-cancels-conference-downtown-Detroit

TexasTowelie

(112,157 posts)

14. Okay, I only looked at that one newspaper but not the one in your link.

Reply to sufrommich (Reply #12)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 02:40 PM

Jun 2014

joshcryer

(62,270 posts)

4. They raised $25k for security.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 04:37 AM

Jun 2014

Will be interesting to see their cancellation excuse.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

9. To protect themselves from the scary feminists!

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 01:53 PM

Jun 2014

BainsBane

(53,032 posts)

5. I wish everyplace treated them as the pariahs they are.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 04:49 AM

Jun 2014

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

6. K&R

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Thu Jun 12, 2014, 04:57 AM

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Jester Messiah

(4,711 posts)

7. That'll teach 'em to disagree. [nt]

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Thu Jun 12, 2014, 08:24 AM

Jun 2014

redqueen

(115,103 posts)

8. lol

Reply to Jester Messiah (Reply #7)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 01:50 PM

Jun 2014

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

10. "an iconic testament to masculinity"?!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 01:54 PM

Jun 2014

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

11. Better call the

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Thu Jun 12, 2014, 01:55 PM

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CreekDog

(46,192 posts)

19. Uh ohhhh

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #11)

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 07:56 PM

Jun 2014

frylock

(34,825 posts)

13. i signed the petition, although i really didn't think anything would come of it..

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 02:29 PM

Jun 2014

glad to read this.

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uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

16. Well, bless your little heart. By the way, that man "if he existed at all" is named Elliot Rodger.

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Fri Jun 20, 2014, 05:52 PM

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The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)

17. You A Special Little Snowflake, Fella, Ain'tcha?

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Fri Jun 20, 2014, 06:25 PM

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CreekDog

(46,192 posts)

18. Was

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Fri Jun 20, 2014, 07:43 PM

Jun 2014

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