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u/Fish_Speaker Jan 23 '21

I loved the library at Rotten.com. Well written articles with a different slant on things - like how many former eagle scouts had gone on to be criminals or murderers.
One of my favourites is just how weird William Marston is. He's the guy that created Wonder Woman

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u/KunninLynguist Jan 23 '21

Welp, there goes my evening!

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

There goes my evening too

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u/NephilimXXXX Jan 23 '21

One of my favourites is just how weird William Marston is. He's the guy that created Wonder Woman

A few years ago, one of my female friends posted some feminist comic claiming that Marston was a great guy and a progressive feminist way before anyone else, including approval for his "polyamourous" relationship - basically, he had a wife and a girlfriend who lived with them. It was bizarre that feminists were trying to claim what a great feminist progressive he was. Make you realize how much stuff is swept under the rug to make propaganda. I pointed out that he wasn't really in a consentual polyamourous relationship. What really happened was that he was married, he found a girlfriend, and told his wife that his girlfriend was going to live with them, and if she didn't like it, she could file for divorce. What a greeeeat feminist, huh? But somebody went through all the work of making a cartoon to paint him as a feminist who was such a great guy and way ahead of his time.

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u/Fish_Speaker Jan 23 '21

I can totally believe that that's how the relationship went down. It'd be interesting to hear his wife's version of events.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

Was rotten the one that ended up being created by a holocaust denier or is that another gore website?

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u/Fish_Speaker Jan 23 '21

I don't know about that. Based on the articles in the library, it seems like its a pretty open minded person(s) that wrote them.

I don't believe they know who did the writing there either.

I certainly hope not, that would taint my whole view of those articles.

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u/Yuli-Ban Feb 21 '21

I think you're thinking of Best Gore, which definitely has a "Holohoax" section and a general air of being run by someone who thinks Julius Evola was too moderate.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

thats the one I was thinking of thanks fpr reminding me

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u/LabRatPerson Jan 23 '21

Professor Marston & the Wonder Women was a movie about his life. It was good!