We’re not sure how seriously to take this tweet from Friday, which comes to us from HuffPost women and politics reporter Laura Bassett, so we’re assuming this gesture of allyship went down in HuffPost’s office.
The men in our office are letting women throw things at them, and I'm honestly touched by the gesture.
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) September 21, 2018
It gets better.
.@maxwellstrachan just offered to let me dunk his head in a toilet. Today is the best day of my life
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) September 21, 2018
There’s a lot to unpack here, as they say these days. Was Friday really that special? Do men throw things at women Monday through Thursday? What about the gender fluid?
Apparently, this was how men at HuffPost demonstrated that they were allies in the feminist cause.
tfw you know the meaning of "ally" https://t.co/0F1uexyPqG
— andi zeisler (@andizeisler) September 21, 2018
This is what allyship looks like https://t.co/XsfCmoqSFB
— Talia Lepson (@talialepson) September 21, 2018
Wow, true allyship https://t.co/okUZeUWJje
— Helen Bolton ? (@hbolton) September 21, 2018
this is the allyship we need. https://t.co/wZ8UusDipf
— Emma Gray (@emmaladyrose) September 21, 2018
Solidarity comes in many forms – dudes take note. https://t.co/54pGTkYmai
— Skye Beare (@skyebeare) September 21, 2018
What we all need on a day like today https://t.co/nxhVnnvCiy
— Cierra Irish (@cierrabutcanyou) September 21, 2018
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Wait. What. https://t.co/sHLtCAeZso
— Lola Salem (@SalemLola) September 22, 2018
I don't want to work anywhere like this ever. https://t.co/XX6f7iBTSo
— Queen of Imaginary Island (@ScarilyCheerful) September 22, 2018
What she said. Hard pass.
These are not men. https://t.co/rPfH0rNOf9
— Impératrice Suzanne Elizabeth ⚜ (@Suz_Eliz69) September 22, 2018
Those aren't real men. https://t.co/HBWlpvbHff
— Marlena (@reallyraisin) September 22, 2018
If they've consented to letting you throw things at them, then they aren't men. https://t.co/ksjzFmpfE9
— ᵀᵁᴿᴮᴼzerker ? THE ONE TRUE CHAOS GOD!!!! (@realBearzerker) September 22, 2018
"men" https://t.co/1bS2L5132H
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) September 22, 2018
"Betas Of HuffPost" https://t.co/S8n99ajzyR
— WIBoatWaxer (@WIBoatWaxer) September 22, 2018
Beta-palooza https://t.co/o9IbipgSvg
— YupItsMe (@Thomasdiscerns) September 22, 2018
"Men"
Truly embarrassing. https://t.co/2mhFVTl4Ad
— Jets Masochist ن (@SEYankee) September 22, 2018
These are not 'men' you're throwing things at. The women are also petulant children if true. https://t.co/2ll0v4Ly0w
— Wrong Think (@On_Blocks) September 22, 2018
There are no men working for Huffington Post https://t.co/5ALhj7AUtv
— Full Semi-Automatic With An Extended 'Clip' (@PaleFacedDemon) September 22, 2018
You're touched by men allowing women to assault them?
Good to know. https://t.co/IbDCs0x9ps
— Beyonce ain't no Queen (@TwtercideLives) September 22, 2018
Yay for being passive when acts of violence are performed against your person, I guess? https://t.co/GLtpgkGdOe
— Jeremy Tregunna ? (@jtregunna) September 22, 2018
LMAO imagine being such a self-hating loser you're just ok with people literally assaulting you https://t.co/IbkAPDodJL
— boneitisVEVO (@AustinBraymen) September 22, 2018
"Women can do anything men can do!" Anything but go through life as a winner not a victim. Why should women get to throw things at men? An equal wouldn't. Why do you make yourself less by playing the victim? https://t.co/CHDRqNs6j9
— The Sampo (@GoldSaltFlour) September 22, 2018
This sounds like a perfectly normal way for adult men and women to interact. https://t.co/AwEbWR7qIc
— nuPlissken (@nuPlissken) September 22, 2018
They're only doing it to score points for they wish to redeem for sexual favours.https://t.co/IHTPJrYJ8F
— Phreakopz (@phreakopz) September 22, 2018
Every day, new peaks of insanity are reached. https://t.co/NX8WJ7WWAR
— Aviram A (@AmorphousSponge) September 22, 2018
A few lawsuits will fix this stupidity in a hurry. https://t.co/kBT2iZpbKG
— GrizzlyFederalist (@RichardJSunkle) September 22, 2018
I hate 2018. https://t.co/NjWARWhfv4
— It wasn't meh (@RightAllTheTime) September 22, 2018
Fart noise. https://t.co/ERYGx3Te9y
— Buttload the Usurper (@MetricButtload) September 22, 2018
Related:
WTF? HuffPost editor says Sarah Jeong's racist tweets help expose "deeply troubling trend" (just GUESS where) https://t.co/6H7nT3eUOs
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 2, 2018
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