Collective Shout: their true motives
Back in 2012, "The Economist" published the results of a study on the importance of photographs for job applicants. Two researchers arrived to an interesting conclusion when conducting this study
They sent fake applications to over 2500 job openings, and what was the result? Attractive women were less likely to be called in for an interview if they attached a photo to their resume. Why?
Human Resources (HR) departments tend to be staffed mostly by women, and turns out that 93% of the people tasked with selecting whom to invite for an interview were female
After accounting for other variables, the researchers finally had to admit an ugly but undeniable truth: "old-fashioned jealousy led the women to discriminate against pretty candidates."
Morover, there's a relevant story more people should be reminded of. In the region of Judea, more specifically in Jerusalem, according to the Bible, something interesting happened nearly 2,000 years ago when a woman used expensive ointment for Jesus:
But Judas Iscariot, the disciple who would soon betray him, said, “That perfume was worth a year’s wages. It should have been sold and the money given to the poor.” Not that he cared for the poor—he was a thief, and since he was in charge of the disciples’ money, he often stole some for himself
John 12:4-6
Why do I bring these two seemingly unrelated subjects when talking about Collective Shout?
Because as Sun Tzu once said: "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles"
And to truly understand the psychosis inherent to the members of organizations like Collective Shout, Visa/Mastercard, NCOSE, Sweet Baby Inc. and others alike, we need to understand the motivations that fuel their madness
As previously exposed by the amazing woman/gamer we know as Madam Savvy as well as other anti-censorship individuals, Melinda Tankard Reist from Collective Shout, her underlings, and her NCOSE allies, all either defend and support movies like Cuties, which exploited hundreds of underage girls
But, they lose their minds when they see an attractive female character in anime/manga...
Yoruichi Shihōin from Bleach©
...or even videogames, which is the favorite target of Collective Shout
Yelan from Genshin Impact©
Whenever they see content like this, Melinda Tankard Reist and her like-minded followers are quick to throw accusations claiming that this kind of entertainment constitutes "pornography," "harm against women," and/or "child abuse"
So, here's the question: Why are characters like Yoruichi and Yelan so reprehensible while movies like Cuties get a pass?
The answers lies in those study results published in 2012:
Just like "old-fashioned jealousy led the women to discriminate against pretty candidates," that very same jealousy leads to women like Melinda from Collective Shout to discriminate against female beauty.
The children from Cuties get a pass, because they're not appealing to regular people, but attractive anime women get their vitriol because their beauty appeals to many individuals, both male and female
Of course, they're completely unable to say that out loud, since as one Hispanic reporter said: "They live to lie"
And here's where we get to how they managed to rally some ignorant people to their side, despite how ridiculous it sounds to be jealous of a fictional work of art.
When Judas saw a huge opportunity to steal a large amount of money from Jesus and his disciples, did he say out loud what was his true intent?
Nope, Judas lied to hide his selfish and outright malicious goal behind a noble cause.
What is the narrative that Collective Shout and their allies love to spout so often? Fighting sexplotation, violence against women, and child abuse... noble goals used as a front for their petty and malicious objectives.
Ironically, according to one biblical account, Judas went to Jesus's enemies to betray the Son of God, as soon as Jesus rejected Judas's attempt to shame the woman that brought the perfume for him.
And Collective Shout is not above throwing innocent under the bus for the sake of their own evil ambitions.
But, given how these organizations seem to systematically target and oppress gamers and weebs worldwide, one could ask: what can we do in the long term to resist these psychotic individuals and organizations?
I'll leave a practical suggestion in my next post