Whenever I have something to say about Dawkins that isn’t hugely complimentary, I expect some harassment, and I get it. I did not expect the comment that showed up this morning.
Okay, that’s not quite true. I expected the long, rambling part where the commenter couldn’t tell the difference between saying aborting a fetus you don’t want to carry to term is okay a claiming it’s the one right thing to do. I expected the petty butchering of FtBloggers’ names. I expected the anti-social justice vitriol. I expected to be called fat.
I just didn’t expect this.
The WordPress-converted emoticons were an extra special touch.
And that wasn’t even all of it. It was, shall we say, insufficient. The ASCII penis was enhanced, in a manner of speaking, by copying the last several lines of text.
No, I’m not mad. I’m sad that on top of this guy (yes, by the name, this is a guy) being unable to comprehend or construct an argument, he can’t even manage to construct a competent proxy penis with which to harass me.
Dawkins, you need better “defenders”.
Wait, that’s supposed to be a penis? Looks to me like a Dachshund sitting up and begging for food.
Dachshunds are not that insecure about their length.
I thought that was No-Face from “Spirited Away”.
Go figure.
The dude needs to get those lesions checked out. Yellow Meh-Face can spread rapidly.
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Huh. The first interpretation I had was “grim reaper? wut?” …. meh face, indeed.
… Dang non-standard line spacing. 😐
I thought it was some kind of reference to the Angel of Death, though the smilies had me puzzled,
I think it’s the contour of a four armed, bearded man with walking sticks. Yes. Where is Richard Carrier? decipher damn it!
That’s okay, HJ. It’s easily readable.
@3 yes!! exactly! that’s exactly what that looks like. I was having trouble placing it, but clearly. Now, we just need a “sooty” and we’re all good to go. What. a. douche. canoe.
I once saw a woman wearing a T-shirt bearing the slogan:
Tee-hee!
Penis!
I should have asked her where she bought it…
Also, I have never understood the whole “here is a penis thing”. Is it a rape threat? Is it “I have a penis so my comments are valid”. Is the mere sight of a penis supposed to cow a women so much that she will return to her proper silence? Or is it the sight of a penis is so horrifying to anyone that it is the ultimate weapon of terror?
I find it is like the Mens Right attitude “I desperately want sex but any women I can have sex with is a whore, who I despise.” Like I say, confusing.
A penis you say? I could have sworn it was either Jesus or the Virgin Mary. For a moment there I think I was about to find God!
Jesseneedham @9,
Yes! That’s what I saw, too. (Except I only see one arm, with the walking stick.) The bearded old man might be wearing a beret, as well.
The second picture is just a feeble attempt to make a new “long old man is long” meme. Maybe that’s just the “artist’s” way of saying Dawkins sent him.
How old is this “artist”? I’m thinking he’s a 15 year old virgin and a fan of “Bevis and Butthead”.
And here I thought it was The Groke from Moomintroll. I thought that was kind of creative. …. Oh, well.
Looked like a sadde dogge to me!
@3 and 11: me too!!!
Something is wrong with us.
It’s definitely a dog. A melancholy, bipedal dog. It is not drawn well, but the remarkable thing is that it was drawn at all.
It’s a self-portrait. He’s a dick.
I thought it was Snidely the Dog (perhaps snickering at SZ…) But it’s been years, and when I looked up Snidely I saw that he was a little rounder than I remember. Plus he has a face.
Does this really qualify as harassment? That’s embarrassing. The level of “harassment fail” in this is so strong that I think it almost qualifies as being anti-harassment.
Note to douchebros: Never go full comic relief.
There’s a penis in there?