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[Tripon]

The beginning of the end for Rep. Robert Fisher, a New Hampshire state lawmaker, took root just three weeks ago, when an investigation by the Daily Beast chronicled in painstaking detail years of anonymous, “misogynistic” and “woman-hating” Reddit posts from the user pk_atheist.

It focused on the Red Pill, a popular online forum that describes itself a place to discuss men’s rights and male sexual strategy, where founder pk_atheist commented breathlessly. His words disparaged feminism, insulted women’s “sub-par intelligence” and called their personalities “lackluster and boring, serving little purpose in day to day life.” He revealed a fear of being falsely accused of rape so extreme that he recommended men should install video cameras in their bedrooms. He admitted he already had.

The Daily Beast report insinuated this: that pk_atheist was Fisher, a preacher’s kid-turned-atheist after an existential crisis of identity.

On Wednesday, after weeks of changing his story and defending his crusade for men’s rights, Fisher resigned from the legislature.

“Unfortunately, the falsehoods, lies and comments of an overzealous blogger and some of my colleagues have created a situation where I must genuinely consider the safety and well-being of my girlfriend, my family, and myself,” he wrote in an email to the Associated Press.

Fisher’s resignation came less than an hour after a Republican-led committee in the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 8-6 along party lines to recommend no disciplinary action because the comments attributed to him, while “reprehensible,” were still constitutionally protected free speech.

Fisher said he has “never hated women” and denied a second report from the Daily Beast alleging that he was still moderating the Red Pill under a new name, redpillschool. Just as it had done in its initial report, the Daily Beast linked Fisher to the new pseudonym through a web of email addresses, blogs and usernames that made specific reference to his personal story, including the name of his one-person indie-electronic band and campaign website.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-hating-reddit-forum/?utm_term=.ba01c400e3d4

 

[Ahasverus]

Fisher’s resignation came less than an hour after a Republican-led committee in the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 8-6 along party lines to recommend no disciplinary action because the comments attributed to him, while “reprehensible,” were still constitutionally protected free speech.

Democrats have the worst marketing team in existence​. A competent one would find shit like this pure gold.

 

[Fj0823]

Unbelievable.

I mean wow.

 

[hamauzu kaito]

Good that they got him out of office but shame on the author of that article for the atheist-shaming slant.

 

[Dan]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1375884

 

[Raptor2155]

He revealed a fear of being falsely accused of rape so extreme that he recommended men should install video cameras in their bedrooms. He admitted he already had

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lol more like a personal porn collection. That's some Dennis Reynolds level assholery.

 

[Zach]

“Unfortunately, the falsehoods, lies and comments of an overzealous blogger and some of my colleagues have created a situation where I must genuinely consider the safety and well-being of my girlfriend, my family, and myself,” he wrote in an email to the Associated Press.

Such personal responsibility. What a hero.

 

[Amir0x]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1375884

yup. But once again for emphasis: it goes to show you how deeply ingrained in our culture these abhorrent beliefs are. And these people are supposed to represent constituents! At least 50% of whom are likely to be women!

Anyone who doesn't think we're at war with the social conservatives/MRA/alt-right crowd for the soul of America needs to perk their ears up at stories like these and take a good look inside at what it says about who we are.

 

[GameAddict411]

Fisher's resignation came less than an hour after a Republican-led committee in the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 8-6 along party lines to recommend no disciplinary action because the comments attributed to him, while ”reprehensible," were still constitutionally protected free speech

This is why Trump will never be impeached as long as the GOP hold power of the congress and the senate. It's truly horrific how they take the phrase "party over country" to the extremes, and believe me the GOP will never find Trump guilty even if the investigation find plenty of evidence of treason.