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There is nothing worse then a female with a powerful job. The woman/minority quotas has got to stop.

Whatever happened to the best person for the job?
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I understand, but how is it "fair" when you're part of the "majority." I'm asking not because I totally disagree (I'm still deciding), but if you have a larger group of people (majority) who are "more" qualified getting these jobs, they'll pretty much take over. That leaves little to no diversity in the workplace, which I think can be a big problem in and of itself.
 

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I think feminism is great. The feminism/ women's liberation movement is the best thing to happen to modern society in a long time. In all fairness, women have had a pretty rough deal up until about the 1970s with regards to most things, and only now are things becoming more equal. However, I do have a problem with the man-haters/feminazis who are at best ridiculously hypocritical, and at worst dangerous isolationists (the 'having a penis makes you a rapist' kind of feminazis). Feminazis usually obliterate any kind of intelligent point that they are trying to make by the sheer volume of hypocracy that they carry around with them all the time, and will hang themselves if given enough rope pretty quickly after opening their over-used mouths.
 

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People will eventually get sick of feminism, just like they're getting sick of anti-globalisation terrorists/protestors, or political correctness.
 

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Originally posted by Tazman
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Originally posted by tristan22
There is nothing worse then a female with a powerful job. The woman/minority quotas has got to stop.

Whatever happened to the best person for the job?
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I understand, but how is it "fair" when you're part of the "majority." I'm asking not because I totally disagree (I'm still deciding), but if you have a larger group of people (majority) who are "more" qualified getting these jobs, they'll pretty much take over. That leaves little to no diversity in the workplace, which I think can be a big problem in and of itself.
Giving preference to the minority instead of having equal preference based on merit and qualification is just prejudice in the opposite direction.
 

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can y'all stay on topic?
 

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great post Wildfire (fvck of guys, NO IM NOT KISSING ASS)

Back on topic.

If a person told me he or she was religious, i would not care, however, if I saw them sin, or do something that goes against what they said they bolive I would call them on it.

same thing goes for femenism....

I would not have a problem with it (I treat woman with respect in the first place) however If she suggested something, or made a comment on something that I saw as a double standard, I wouldnt hesitate calling her out on it.
 

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Originally posted by diplomatic_lies
People will eventually get sick of feminism, just like they're getting sick of anti-globalisation terrorists/protestors, or political correctness.
yea eventually....but feminism is still growing, and will keep on growing for several more years, then its going to stay at a peak for a couple of years and then it will start dying....maybe about 100 years after i die, feminism wont be a problem anymore.

I kinda had a realization yeasterday....well were on the "age of information", were not in the stone age, industrial age or whatever other ages there were. In those other eras women couldnt do the heavy jobs that were available, except for the jobs for women, which was clean, cook, take care of the childre, blah blah blah....

so once the info age kicked in, where information is power, women started realizing this and you cant blame them for taking advantage of this....Now there are jobs where very little or no physical strength is involved....and women arent necessarly more stupid then men....i believe that men are stonger in one type of intelligence and women are stonger on another type of intelligence... Ive seen latley that on most colleges is like 45% men and 55% women. If this keeps on going, where women keep on taking valuable information in, they will keep on rising....maybe when WW3 comes along and as einstein said that WW4 was going to be fought with sticks and rocks and were back to point one, men will dominate again, with no competition.
 

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Feminist Assassination of the Don Juan

My fellow Don Juans

My band of brothers

i am angry

very angry

feminism has decided to wage a war againt us

apart from their war on men which they are winning

they are creating a special operation to KILL all Don Juans

i saw this on the Melbourne people! TMM! thread on the anything else forum

and then this post

dyce
i was talking about sarging with my friend, and this chick was sitting there and she's like "you're not one of those guys who goes to those workshops or whatever are you? I saw in the newspaper that there's these little underground societys that teach guys how to pick up. it's pretty sad"

i started having flashbacks

i had been watching this AWARENESS in women rise for awhile

i knew where it was coming from and where it was going but i guess i hoped that it would be forgotten

and no i don't think it's because of all the books coming out about how to pick up women

how many books get published on our planet ?

since when did women start reading books other than dolly/cleo/cosmo ?

the books that got published are a drop in the ocean

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR SO MANY WOMEN TO BE AWARE OF SO SMALL A SITUATION

like sherlock holmes said :

"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

are space aliens telling these women about us ? NO

are all women on the internet reading sosuave ? NO

are women being FEED this by their corporate handlers ? YES

do the corporate handlers have an alliance with feminism ? YES

so when feminist h0z put articles to the COSMO editor about PUA that 1% of men use do they get published ? YES

but it's only 1% why is it so important ?

why does 1% of men acting like men and knowing who they are pose such a threat to the feminist society we live in ?

why are we considered so dangerous ?

why must we be hunted down and destroyed ?

because we are the seeds of a resistance movement

RESISTANCE BREEDS REVOLUTION

someone has decided to detonate a nuclear weapon underwater on a fault line and call it a Tsunami

feminism is moving

this is off another thread i found

Quote : Swoop
I told her, "if that was me calling you, after the second call, I would throw your # away." She responded, "Yea, I know, that's what I heard alot of guys would do."

my response :

now where did this young vixen hear this ?

her friends ?

Dolly and Cleo giving the young women a PhD

teaching them the counter game Don Juans use

we got it tough enough because of how well women are trained from 12 onwards in how to manipulate men

but now Dolly and Cleo are teaching counter terrorism ?

teaching them how to shut down men with game !

when will the war end ?


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WAR GAMES :

now i am going to talk about the movie HITCH

i own it on DVD

i know alot of people think it is not a Don Juan movie because Hitch turns AFC in the end

but to look at Hitch and wether he stays Don Juan or not is to miss the point

THE MOVIE IS DON JUAN :

but it also has a very important message

Hitch is a consultant

but he has no ad in the yellow pages

he runs his business UNDERGROUND like he is a crack dealer

you can't meet him unless you are introduced

now i think that is pretty f*cked up

but watch closely

at the end when a FEMINIST uses the MEDIA to expose Hitch

as a love doctor

HE IS A CRIMINAL

when a man shows other men who to avoid all the bull$hit with women and achieve success

HE IS A CRIMINAL

his picture is on page 1 like a wanted poster

Hitch is destroyed

we see him packing his stuff to move

he is stripped of his income

is he moving to another city ? another country ?

when Eva Mendes goes to Hitch's flat and starts throwing sh*t at him and drinking wine from the bottle like a wh0re and acting like a mad h0

i swear i have trouble restraining myself from slapping the b*tch by hitting my tv

yes she is a good actress and she plays her part very believable :)

now apart from Hitch turning AFC over a h0 that cost him his income and made wanted posters of him to make him an outcast in society using her newspaper

we see something else happen

Hitch goes to Allegra Cole and explains that Albert is a good guy

Allegra Cole asks Hitch did you teach him to dance like an idiot and spill mustard on himself because it made me feel comfortable with myself

ALBERT THOUGH TRAINED IN THE ARTS AS A DON JUAN blended what he learned with HIMSELF

This won the girl over because you can't fake it all the time

a true Don Juan IS

you are still YOU but with an extra skill set ( but more on this another time )

Allegra Cole is rich and famous but she is SELF CONSCIOUS and Albert makes her FEEL

FEEL FEEL FEEL EMOTIONS Good and she has FUN

now we contrast Eva Mendes character against Alegra Cole

Eva Mendes : jaded h0 ( she says this to her friend over drinks )

Allegra Cole : her boyfriend cheated on her but she hopes for love

Eva Mendes : just cause she is h0t she acts like a stuck up h0

Allegra Cole : she is hot and is down to earth

Eva Mendes : poisoned by feminism and controlled by her masters will give away and kill her husband and children to obey her masters

she is a programmed assassin

and even though she is falling in love with Hitch

she gives him up for thirty pieces of silver

she betrays him to further the cause of feminsm

her own editor a MAN who is happily married asks Eva are you trippin' b*tch are you sure you want to destroy Hitch i thought you liked him ?

Eva as strong as her feelings are for Hitch something else is stronger

the control triggers in her mind implanted by feminism using the media ( print/tv/movies/magazines)

she must obey her masters IT IS SUBCONCIOUS she has NO CONTROL

i hope you all remember this because alot of young women today are BRAINWASHED like Eva and will hurt themselves if it contradicts the programming

now Alegra while not level 3 programmed is not immune

she questions Hitch on the boat

she says IF YOU HADN'T TAUGHT ALBERT TO BE A DON JUAN i would have noticed him anyways

Hitch says " you think so?" ( bullsh*t b*tch )

Alegra Cole "yes....um... i think so... um..."

then Alegra in a moment of TRUTH and yes it is possible for some women to understand TRUTH

she REALISES that if Albert had never learned how to be a Don Juan and had gotten a shot by using those skills

SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE GIVEN HIM A CHANCE

and she would never have found love and happiness
 

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THE HYPOCRISY :

Women can learn how to pick up men

Dolly / Cleo / Cosmo

Women love doctors

Oprah

Desperate Housewives ( d*rty $lut wh0res )

SEX AND THE CITY ( perverting an entire generation of women into wh0res )

The entire media

Womens websites

A lot of movies

Manipulation and control are taught to them like they are in a terrorist training camp

FEMINSIM ( Terrorism for destroying the fabric of society and breaking down the family to create slaves by removing the middle class )


Now lets look what happens when a man writes a book about picking up women

It sent a ripple through the feminist machine

Now I know these dudes just trying to get paid and are looking for as much publicity as possible good or bad

Hey we all gotta eat

But the feminist think tanks have gone to DEFCOM 1

A HUGE counter movement a f*cking tidal wave to RE-TRAIN the young women to RECOGNISE men who have been trained in the Jedi arts

And to work against them


Why are women allowed to give relationship advice and it’s cool

When a man trys it he gets branded as a LOSER

And any man who uses the Jedi arts is a LOSER

That b*tch said it in the first quote “how sad” that is a feminist conditioned response
TO DISCOURAGE US and turn men away from seeking the truth

From escaping the Matrix

FROM BEING FREE OF USING MANIPULATIVE WH0RES

Never give up my fellow Don Juans

When women speak against men knowing the rules

Know the truth that they are hypocrites and just mouth pieces for an evil empire


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“ the 'pimp' mentality works today because you are living in a time such that there are an overabundance if hors - this is the Pimps playground!! Pimps and hors go together like bread and butter - they are complementary natures!!! Pimps need hors like hors need pimps!! “

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“ Your woman in my opinion shouldn't be talking to an ex. It's ok to have men friends but friends whom she used to suck their dycks is not in my picture. “

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“ But if a ho wants to just be friends then don't waste your time. And I'm a debase character so your hooking up with her friend in front of her was sweet to my ears. “

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“First off - she is just another hor who has opened her legs to another man - you are no one special - and there are no "Greatest" to hors - you are just the next pimp in line!!! “

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“ You NEVER pay as a supplicative or bargaining measure, though. The reward that she gets for her affection is YOUR affection. The reward she gets for her sex is YOUR sex. The second you start buying her stuff to keep her around, keep her entertained in your presence, etc...you're compensating for not having what it takes to seduce the woman, and that's totally unacceptable. “

Quote: maddman75
“ I am the prize. I like what I see so far, so I'll give her an opportunity to show me that she's worth my time and effort. If she rejects me, she's a fool. I'll just go find the next lucky chick and let her have what this chick is throwing away. “

The DJ Code :

1. his pleasure comes first
2. he will quickly dump a woman who gives him trouble
3. doesn’t suck up to women or put them on pedestals
4. doesn’t let women or people disrespect him.
5. Gets pissed off and isn’t afraid to show it
6. Aren’t afraid to hurt women emotionally.
7. Doesn’t care what others think about him and isn’t looking for approval.
 

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You realise being a don juan is all about slipping your hand down a feminists pants while she yells over your head into a megaphone about how bad men are.
 

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It doesn't really matter if women are becoming more aware of men's pickup tactics thanks to its recent mainstream exposure. If you're good enough, they STILL won't know what you're doing.

****roaches become resistant to bug spray--but we continue to adapt, and find better ways to nail those mother f*ckers.

Same goes for women.
 

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why should men have to hide that we are interested in learning seduction techniques ?

why should 1 or 2 books cause such a backlash in the media ?

there should be thousands of books widely available

why is the media telling women to "watch out" for men who know how to interact with women properly

why are so many young women being taught by Dolly/Cleo/Cosmo that any guy who knows SS or PUA are EVIL

not a player because women secretly like players

but EVIL keep away from him if he reads up on how to play the game

why does the NLP and Hypnotic programming being used by the media/corporations on women so closely resemble MILITARY manchurian candidate programming ?

Gravyboat
It doesn't really matter if women are becoming more aware of men's pickup tactics thanks to its recent mainstream exposure. If you're good enough, they STILL won't know what you're doing.

i agree but why is it OUTLAWED for a man to learn how to pickup women ?

when women are programmed hard from 12 onwards how to control men


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Ummm.... if I truly believed and enjoy what I'm doing, someone can call it lame and sad and I would look down on them. To me, it just means that they are shallow and love to discriminate.

It's just like calling human beings who love Star Trek sad. It's just like calling human beings who love lawn bowling sad. If they would to actually get hurt by those comments about them, now that is sad. Now if they stand firm on it, that's what I call confidence, that's what I call not giving a shyt about what stupid people say and think.

It really doesn't mean that there's some conspiracy or agenda against these so called groups that's being ridiculed. It just means that some people just find those things pathetic and see the need to run them down. Some people will always try and run you down. They would love to expose you as being lower than what you are. Whether they succeed or fail depends on whether you believe them or not.


Girl: What? You did all that? That's pretty lame and sad.
Me: Y'know something? I'm a better person because of all that and I don't think you're worth my time.

Here's another thing to ponder. If getting dating tips and going for workshops is that low of a thing to be doing, if it's so lame that the general population would deem it a subhuman activity, then don't do it. All this is you trying to improve yourself, don't treat it like you're purchasing gay bondage porn. Now, if you were to be exposed for that one, you're in real trouble.
 

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I'm not so fatalistic about women wising up to our tactics. In fact, I see their increased awareness about what DJ's are all about as a good thing.

All the "counter DJ" mindset is going to achieve for them is to ensure that they are a) lonely and desperate or b) stuck with some chump.

The DJ mindset works (and will always work) because women like men who are MEN, regardless of what they may claim, or what the media might portray. I just don't see that ever changing. The value of real men seems to be increasing, not decreasing.

Maybe more men will fall into the trap of becoming what women expect of them. Let natural selection take its due course, and select these men out of the gene pool. Problem solved in a generation or two.

Girl: What? You did all that? That's pretty lame and sad.
Me: Y'know something? I'm a better person because of all that and I don't think you're worth my time.
Exactly! Men are going to be men. If she doesn't like it, let her break out her vibrator and some ben and jerry's.
 

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Good post LIT. The relationship game and the rules that govern it have long been controlled by women. It is way for these women who like to control men to get what they want by controlling the men in their life - right from ground 0.

DJism and the techiques described here are basically counter warfare against these rules, by not only making you aware that a rule is taking place (often called tests also - at least the conscious ones) and how to best thwart and counter such rule so that YOU are in control.

If a game must be played, then DJism is playing to win and the other team doesn't like it (the feminists). They act as if DJs are seducers seducing women and then dumping them on their ass. What do they expect with the way most young women act today? It not only protects your heart but gives the most basic of needs and that is sex. If many of these women show that their worthy - and that's what DJism filters for - then they're in for a great relationship with a great guy.

Filtering is a big necessity now more than ever as women are more fickle than ever. DJism filters, counters and conquers.

If the game must be played, then we play to win. Period.
 

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Quote : JonJack
Ummm.... if I truly believed and enjoy what I'm doing, someone can call it lame and sad and I would look down on them. To me, it just means that they are shallow and love to discriminate.

It's just like calling human beings who love Star Trek sad. It's just like calling human beings who love lawn bowling sad. If they would to actually get hurt by those comments about them, now that is sad. Now if they stand firm on it, that's what I call confidence, that's what I call not giving a shyt about what stupid people say and think.


yes that is true but that does not apply to this

if you like star trek and some chick diss you then for sure thats her problem

but this is not a chick MAKING UP HER OWN MIND to say its sad

this is a chick like the one in the first post first quote very top

SHE READ IT IN THE NEWSPAPER

the newspaper gave it a NEGATIVE spin

SHE ADOPTED THOSE BELIEFS AS HER OWN

she did not make up her own mind

SHE WAS PROGRAMMED

before you say oh well just find a chick who draws her own conclusions on subjects

MOST WOMEN DON'T

their friends opinions matter more than their own

to ignore this CHARACTER FLAW in women will cause you to fail to understand the EXPLOIT being used to control women

how feminsm came to power and continues to control society

Quote : JonJack
It really doesn't mean that there's some conspiracy or agenda against these so called groups that's being ridiculed.

against star trek you are right

against men being enslaved i disagree with you

it is not a conspiracy if it is real

feminism is real and it certainly has an agenda

Quote : JonJack
It just means that some people just find those things pathetic and see the need to run them down. Some people will always try and run you down. They would love to expose you as being lower than what you are. Whether they succeed or fail depends on whether you believe them or not.

not people. women.

not their own opinions. the ones they are made to think.

it doesn't have to be personal. a group of women can be asked what they think of guys who try and better themselves by learning how to get dates. the group responds with a biased answer not knowing facts or understanding anything about the subject.

the women say loudly "those guys are losers"

they all agree

not one of them understands the subject being discussed

they are just acting out a conditioned response

why would there be a need to create such a powerful and widely spread conditioned response to men wanting to have control of their own lives ?

who created this response and why ?

Quote : JonJack
Girl: What? You did all that? That's pretty lame and sad.
Me: Y'know something? I'm a better person because of all that and I don't think you're worth my time.


hahaha after 100 women giving you the same response to you telling them you learnt how to pick up women just like they learnt how to interact with men by reading dolly/clea/cosmo

them having a double standard and calling you "sad"

you going to think something fishy is going on ?

Quote : JonJack
Here's another thing to ponder. If getting dating tips and going for workshops is that low of a thing to be doing, if it's so lame that the general population would deem it a subhuman activity, then don't do it.

JonJack you have just been re-programmed

the reason the conditioned response exists is to MAKE MEN ACCEPT THEIR FATE IN THE HANDS OF WOMEN

the majority do not control the media

the minority do and they force their programming on the masses

they want you to be afraid of being found out

being labelled as sad and loser by women

so afraid you never search google and find souave or go to a workshop

FEAR fear of what other people think

Quote : JonJack
All this is you trying to improve yourself, don't treat it like you're purchasing gay bondage porn. Now, if you were to be exposed for that one, you're in real trouble.

LOL JonJack i agree with you. but it is not up to me and you.

we don't control the media.

we don't program society.

so as it stands

WOMEN THINK :

GAY rights women are programmed to accept and encourage

GAY BONDAGE PORN women accept free choice

SS/PUA/SOSUAVE/WORKSHOP how f*cking sad that a straight male would want to learn how to better himself and his relationships with women

do you see The Matrix yet ?


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Quote : GirlCrazy
I'm not so fatalistic about women wising up to our tactics. In fact, I see their increased awareness about what DJ's are all about as a good thing.

All the "counter DJ" mindset is going to achieve for them is to ensure that they are a) lonely and desperate or b) stuck with some chump.


how is women being lonely and desperate a good thing ?

and its not their awareness that is the problem

it is the counter attack hardwired into the minds of these young women do be launched once a PUA/Don Juan is spotted

the awareness is just the training to provide the women with the skills to look for signs of PUA/Don Juans

Quote : GirlCrazy
The DJ mindset works (and will always work) because women like men who are MEN, regardless of what they may claim, or what the media might portray. I just don't see that ever changing. The value of real men seems to be increasing, not decreasing.

i agree with you

but why is the value of real men increasing ?

like the stock market

supply and demand

real men are becoming harder to find

so our value increases

BUT WHY are real men becoming harder to find ?

because of the effects of feminsm on society and re-programming of men to be weak and obedient

it is all joined together if you look at the biger picture

Quote : GirlCrazy
Let natural selection take its due course

there is nothing natural about this

Quote : GirlCrazy
Maybe more men will fall into the trap of becoming what women expect of them. Let natural selection take its due course, and select these men out of the gene pool. Problem solved in a generation or two.

in two generations we will have hell on earth

look at the disintergration of the family unit

marriage/divorce

crime ( young men without a father )

it is all connected and if the media/feminism keeps turning up the heat we are in for some serious trouble


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My two responses to what that girl said about guys going to seminars and such is "Yeah it's really sad when guys are actually trying to give women what they want. It's like nothing ever satisfies them you know?"

and to this in general is that I'm not too worried. I mean COME ON are people really trying to make this harder than it is because it gives them power? Yeah, that sounds about right.
 

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My two responses to what that girl said about guys going to seminars and such is "Yeah it's really sad when guys are actually trying to give women what they want. It's like nothing ever satisfies them you know?"

lol yeah trying to make them see the light is always fun

but what usually happens is their brain short circuits


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