Men’s Rights Activists Have Gone After A Brisbane Bookstore And It Has Backfired Spectacularly
Nice try fellas.
A Brisbane bookshop and its customers have responded to a group of sooky men’s rights activists in the best possible way: by trolling the absolute shit out of them.
On Monday, the Avid Reader Bookshop and Café shared a Facebook post by feminist writer Clementine Ford announcing that she had just signed a contract to write her second book. MRAs responded by flooding Avid’s Facebook page with negative reviews, accusing the store of “supporting hate speeches against men” and “spreading more angry crap books”. One guy was very angry about the store pushing a book by “a man hating misandrist”…although he did admit the cafe was “okay”.
But the MRAs were quickly outnumbered by people coming to the store’s defence. As of late Tuesday morning, Avid Reader has 236 one star reviews…and more than 2,400 five star reviews.
Ever been so sad, so pathetic, so devoid of purpose or attention, you went to war with a bookstore and lost? pic.twitter.com/nsQxR0KShw
— Lucas Miller (@legendsoflucas) June 26, 2017
Ford has since thrown her support behind the shop, posting that “Avid Reader is an awesome bookstore that supports hundreds of different Australian writers.”
Meanwhile, Avid Reader’s social media guy has been having a field day taking the piss out of the critics.
To everyone throwing support our way, we truly appreciate it. To all the MRA heroes: pic.twitter.com/TytJ0pIoeT
— Avid Reader Bookshop (@avidreader4101) June 26, 2017
Please spare a thought for your friendly local bookshop social media manager who has had to ignore his wife and son all night.
— Avid Reader Bookshop (@avidreader4101) June 26, 2017
If you feel like chucking Avid Reader a review, or just want to make fun of some very grumpy keyboard warriors, you can check out their Facebook page here.
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Feature image via Avid Reader Bookshop and Cafe/Facebook