Wait, so the cat is supposed to be against women’s suffrage too?
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Several weeks ago, antifeminist attention-seeker and Twitter scofflaw Andrea Hardie — perhaps better known under her aliases Janet Bloomfield and JudgyBitch — launched a crusade of sorts against female suffrage.
Though Hardie seems to believe most of the nonsense she regularly spews, her campaign is so patently a publicity stunt that few people have even bothered to respond to it. Sure, I wrote a post on it, but then again that’s sort of my job.
On Twitter — which she has not-so-sneakily returned to under her real name after being banned for targeted harassment — Hardie has been trying to make the hashtag #WhyWomenShouldNotVote happen.
It’s not going to happen. Even with the presidential primaries dominating the news in the US, and talk of politics and voting in the air, Hardie’s hashtag steadfastly refuses to trend. Indeed, she seems to be writing half the tweets herself.
With millions of Americans in 12 states going to the polls today to vote in the Super Tuesday primaries. I thought I’d take a look at what Hardie has been saying to try to convince the world that half of these voters shouldn’t be voting at all.
So here are The 19 Dumbest Reasons Andrea Hardie Thinks Women Shouldn’t be Allowed to Vote. Prepare yourself for internalized misogyny, blatant racism and xenophobia, rape jokes, and a lot of truly bizarre logic. And I think I might have caught a whiff of desperation as well.
1) Because women are inferior to, and envious of, men
. @AVoiceforMen Great men make petty women seethe with rage #PenisEnvy #WhyWomenShouldNotVote If women COULD compete, they would. They can't
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 29, 2016
2) Because (white) women are wreckers, not builders
@FaykGaymurGirl @Gavin_McInnes White women are experts at destroying what men built while contributing nothing #WhyWomenShouldNotVote
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 26, 2016
3) Because western women will need men to protect them from the refugees they’ve welcomed into their countries
Women vote until society collapses, then turn to men to save them. Have women earned it? #whywomenshouldnotvote pic.twitter.com/45Yfpesdcm
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) March 1, 2016
4) Because women don’t want to shoot refugees
1 in 4 Germans are correct. The other 3 are women #whywomenshouldnotvote https://t.co/bgA6mceJ0m pic.twitter.com/7plUho1pHv
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 29, 2016
Yeah that should work. It's going to take bullets, not bureaucrats. Men, not mice. #WhyWomenShouldNotVote https://t.co/M4m4q2cnb5
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 28, 2016
5) Because a Muslim woman in Moscow beheaded a child
Despite supporting the mass murder of migrants, Hardie believes that a horrific murder carried out by an Uzbecki woman in Moscow is an indication that all migrants should be excluded from “Western” countries. Oh, and the fact that women generally disagree with her on this means that they shouldn’t vote.
"Let's bring them here! So a couple kids get beheaded. At least we're not racist!" #WhyWomenShouldNotVote https://t.co/0TZy9pdRrm
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 29, 2016
Huh. Less than two weeks ago, an Uber driver went on a shooting spree in and around Kalamazoo, Michigan, killing six and seriously injuring two others. The alleged shooter: a white, native-born man. Should we therefore deport all white, native-born men from the US? And should we ban everyone who doesn’t agree with this draconian solution from voting?
6) Because a black guy in France slapped a woman who turned down his sexual advances
This is what women are voting to bring here. They must be stopped #WhyWomenShouldNotVote https://t.co/ydgvtiFAos
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 26, 2016
It seems a little curious that Hardie is getting so worked up about the sexual misbehavior of the man in question.
Generally speaking, her response to allegations of sexual violence, no matter how convincing the evidence, is to blame the victims. She is, after all, the woman whose response after two of the Steubenville rapists had been found guilty was to spew forth an angry tirade attacking the victim as “a stupid, drunk, helmet-chasing whore.”
Oh, and she also argued that Jimmy Savile’s underage victims were the ones exploiting him.
Perhaps Hardie’s real objection to the alleged refugee mentioned in her Tweet was not the violence he directed at a woman but, you know, the fact that he’s a Muslim refugee?
Or at least that she thinks he is? The video in question has been making the rounds on assorted right-wing websites catering to immigrant haters and other racists, but none of them link to any news stories about the actual incident. One poster on Reddit says it’s actually a video of an incident that took place in France in 2010. Beyond that I could find no info about the woman or the men who assaulted her.
7) Because some women wear burkas
Don't ban it. Use it to pick the next one to deport. #MakeAmericaGreatAgain #WhyWomenShouldNotVote pic.twitter.com/NdAbQnmUOE
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 29, 2016
8) Because native-born Norwegian men don’t commit any rapes, at least if you ignore all the rapes they do commit
Number of rapes in Oslo, Norway committed by Norwegian men? Zero. All rapists are Muslim #WhyWomenShouldNotVote https://t.co/VLMzfb8ehB
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 24, 2016
The police officer making this claim is only talking about literal stranger-in-the-bushes outdoor rapes, not the rapes in which the rapist and victim know one another. That is, most rapes, which apparently aren’t rapes to Hardie.
9) Because some black men who might possibly have been raised by single mothers are criminals
The first two probably grew up with fathers #FathersRights #WhyWomenShouldNotVote #SharedParenting pic.twitter.com/wz359yPMmG
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 26, 2016
10) Because women turned Gawker into a pussy-beggar?
@Gawker Anyone remember when Gawker was a useful idiot instead of just pussy-beggars hoping for lady clicks? #WhyWomenShouldNotVote
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 29, 2016
11) Because women don’t need to be able to vote in order to influence politics
@rebeko26 If women need the vote to 'have a say', how did the 13th and 18th pass before the 19th? #whywomenshouldnotvote
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 26, 2016
This is a bit of a weird argument for her to make, given that all of her reasons that women shouldn’t vote would also seem to apply to women having any influence over politics.
12) Because women want to be cattle
Most women WANT to be cattle. They don't understand that freedom comes with a price #WhyWomenShouldNotVote pic.twitter.com/xoKdbTxKy2
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 22, 2016
13) Because the suffragettes didn’t suffer enough
One drunk woman fell under a carriage and a whole bunch got their shoes dirty. Some fight. #WhyWomenShouldNotVote pic.twitter.com/6AZUOoFN9l
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 25, 2016
14) Because of the actions of fictional women on the show “Single Ladies”
Maybe there's a reason women historically couldn't vote #WhyWomenShouldNotVote pic.twitter.com/nCoRCcqv16
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 22, 2016
15) Because most women expect men to ask them out
Not realizing that 90% of women EXPECT men to ask them out, then claiming no gender bias is #WhyWomenShouldNotVote https://t.co/iCsMNoEOzn
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 22, 2016
16) Because mothers worry when their sons go to war
This is true, and then they imagine themselves the victim. THE DEAD SOLDIER IS THE VICTIM #WhyWomenShouldNotVote pic.twitter.com/7U1Sv2Ke9n
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 24, 2016
17) Because Twitter is asking Anita Sarkeesian for advice on how to design effective tools against harassment
Give women even a modicum of power, and they will deploy it vindictively #WhyWomenShouldNotVote https://t.co/t7UMCunwZS
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 22, 2016
18) Because she thinks the author of a book about rape isn’t hot enough to be raped
Have you seen @KateHarding? Honestly, rape is the least of her worries. #WishfulThinking #WhyWomenShouldNotVote https://t.co/zBNETyKgSI
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 24, 2016
Harding is in fact a rape survivor.
19) Because if women have choices they ruin everything
@rustymason7777 @JackBurtonReflx Let women choose, they destroy their own happiness and everyone else's too #WhyWomenShouldNotVote
— Janet Bloomfield (@AndreaHardie) February 24, 2016
Well, that’s enough of that.
Paul McCartney’s suffragette-mentioning song “Jet” doesn’t make much more sense than Hardie’s tweets, but it’s vastly more entertaining. So here it is.
@Tragedy of the Commas
Hey there fellow WWDTM fan. *highfives*
I think O’Rourke is definitely the weakest of the regular panelists. Luckily he’s on there pretty rarely at the moment.
Sorry to go even further off topic, but what do you think about Bill Kurtis as a replacement for the scorekeeper emeritus?
Against female suffrage? Shit, even such shitholes like Iran or Saudi Arabia let women vote. What a punk-ass.
Uzbeks living in Russia have no connection to the current refugee crisis if that is what she’s trying to imply about that nanny who committed the murder.
@Freemage
…And he totally went along with that, instead of rejecting it…
Besides, it’s hard for me to take supporting gay marriage and legalization of pot as somehow being enough – Libertarians, even back then, argued for “State’s Rights” (a racist euphemism if there ever was one) and downplayed every unethical practice done by private corporate entities. Reason Magazine itself willingly gave a venue to white nationalists whether they be Nazi sympathizers or being pro-Apartheid to espouse their view, implicitly validating them as well.
Maybe it’s because it took me a while to notice it, back then. It was a poor choice of words – I could’ve just said “then he devolved into an Islamophobic and nationalistic piece of shit” and it would’ve been more accurate.
But you’re getting way too hung up over the fact I just used the term “slowly” – with this extensive description of Miller’s turn to conservative that I am already quite aware of. My point was, quite simply, it was a liberal-to-conservative transformation I was familiar with unlike O’Rourke – who had done so well before I knew about him.
Seriously, what makes you think my point was about how fast or slow the transformation happened? It’s like all you saw was that one sentence (or part of that sentence) and ignored the rest.
@Tragedy of Commas
It is quite infuriating how you’ll get white conservatives who wonder why the black community ally with the Democrats instead of Republicans, even when many of them may have conservative social values – it’s like they don’t realize just how much of their platform works against the general interest of that community.
It’s even worse when they bring up that the Republican Party helped abolish slavery, nevermind that was about a hundred and fifty years ago now. So, what, the fact they’ve consistently worked against Civil Rights and limiting benefits to marginalized groups when not outright keeping them from happening doesn’t register to them?
Then, of course, they’ll trot out a token member of their group like Ben Carson or Herman Cain or Alan Keyes to “convince” everyone they’re totally not racist! Yeah, ’cause saying “I have a black friend” isn’t a weak defense against being called out for racism…
Forgot to add a link to these articles by Mark Ames – describing how the Koch Bros., the CATO Institute, and Reason Magazine have enabled the likes of Holocaust deniers and equally heinous groups:
https://pando.com/2014/07/18/homophobia-racism-and-the-kochs-san-franciscos-tech-libertarian-reboot-conference-is-a-cesspool/
https://pando.com/2014/07/24/as-reasons-editor-defends-its-racist-history-heres-a-copy-of-its-holocaust-denial-special-issue/
Uhh… Is a minor difference of opinion over how long it took some dickhead to turn into a dickhead, followed by half a dozen paragraphs adding on to (not refuting) what you said for the benefit of everyone who wasn’t aware, really worth getting this frothed up over? o_O
@ Monzach
It took me a little while to warm up to Bill Kurtis, simply because I was used to Carl Kassell for so long. But I’ve come to enjoy him like I did Kassell. How about you?
@Hippodameia
I had this EXACT THOUGHT as I was reading that book. I just finished it yesterday it was fascinating but made me way more scared of Trump than I was before. Sort of took the humor out of the situation (this happens to me periodically when I take the time to notice Trump)
How about Suffragette City instead? XD
Hello.
> Alan Robertshaw, guy
Thank you for the informations.
> Newt
Like the third half-time in rugby, soccer, handball… ? after the effort the reconfort…
Have a nice day.
Would it be too much hassle for her to get that damn crossbow already and promptly have a mysterious incident involving said crossbow so her husband could take away her internet? To give her plenty of time to recover from said mysterious incident with a crossbow, and by the time she’s done all that maybe she’ll notice there are all kinds of housewifey things to do, perhaps go outside and garden, and forget all about voting and women in a country she’s not even a citizen of!
Ah…we can hope, at least we can hope.
@Tragedy of the Commas
It was the same for me. After so many years with Carl Kassel it was difficult to accept any substitutes, but I think Bill has made the role his own.