Men's Rights Organizations: Kavanaugh Hearing Turned Us Into Heroes

[DonViejo]

Donations and membership applications have been soaring since the Supreme Court justice was accused of sexual assault.

Emily Shugerman
10.12.18 4:46 AM ET

The Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process was a gift for men’s rights groups, sparking interest from those who saw the Supreme Court justice—and not his female accusers—as the real victim in the ordeal.

Organizations and advocates told The Daily Beast they saw a surge in donations and membership applications in the weeks after Christine Blasey Ford and two other women accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.

Paul Elam, president of the men’s rights website A Voice for Men—who once declared that women who get drunk and make out with men are “begging” to be raped—said traffic to his site soared after Ford went public with her allegations.

The site posted numerous articles about the professor—referring to her as “rape liar Christine Blasey Ford” and accusing Republicans of “coddl[ing] her hunky dory ass”—and Elam said donations spiked on the day Ford gave her testimony. (Though not enough, apparently: Elam wrote a blog post earlier this week asking for donations to keep the site online.)

The activist identified the hearing as a kind of tipping point for men concerned about the expansion of survivors’ rights.

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[Midnight Writer]

1. You are heroes because you only attack women. From a distance.