Happy Felt Hat Day, 2017!

It varied somewhat over time, but September 15th is the date most regarded as Felt Hat Day.

Okay, I know what you’re thinking, this is the sort of silly concession granted by politicians to lobbyists who don’t actually raise very much money for them… like, five thousand dollars might get you a Peanut Butter Fudge Day in West Des Moines.

Not at all. This used to be very serious stuff. People even got hurt over it. Check this out:

MGTOW – The Red Pill – Australian TV, not Cassie Jaye, is determined to miss the point.

It’s time we stopped thinking like metaphorical lemmings, following the herd to whatever destination they lead us to without objection or dissent, and start thinking like human beings instead, with some compassion for other humans regardless of gender, even in the face of societal or media disapproval.

MGTOW- More Blither Against It, this time from Down Under

This ends with the statement that the “greater good” doesn’t actually exist, which I happen to agree with. Look at hive insects, which are a huge success as an evolutionary strategy, seemingly satisfying the “common good” concept, but don’t provide a single individual life worth living… but then in the very next sentence we get:

“Start looking into this “manosphere” and it’s like going down a rabbit hole — happiness here is supposedly freedom.”

Um, wait… am I missing something here? Is there evidence I’ve missed that happiness is actually slavery?