Today, news is spreading that local representatives are considering banning the use of any “Thank You, Now Go Home” signage at any future SXSW events – starting in 2017.

“We felt that these ‘Thank You, Go Home’ signs popping up around Austin streets near the end of the festival were making our valuable festival goers uncomfortable.”

They were focused on maintaining an inviting theme to future SXSW events. “We felt that these ‘Thank You, Go Home’ signs popping up around Austin streets near the end of the festival were making our valuable festival goers uncomfortable.” They went on to say, “We were approached by a large group of attendees from a California startup… we set up a meeting to discuss why traditions such as the ‘go home’ signage could be detrimental to future events. Additionally, we discussed how Austinites could inspire a more friendly and inviting atmosphere to bring in more tourists for next year’s SXSW.”

I personally believe that the residents are simply showing their appreciation for the love of the festival and the economic boost it gives, but also sharing their opinion that this city is also “home sweet home” to many who live here. The locals who live within Austin value the unique energy the city has during non-event seasons and they want their visitors to respect that. A tradition based on preserving your community’s sanity from tourism overflow isn’t something to ban in my opinion. Leave us a comment below or tweet @dripfeed_news on twitter to tell us what you think of the potential ban on ‘go home’ signage.

But the madness doesn’t stop there. From Gamergate to MRA’s to Donald Trump and 8chan – the common denominator is misogynistic rage. Women are not committing most acts of mass and individual violence, nor are women spouting out most hate speech and disgustive trash online or raping most college students. Rape remains a decidedly GamerGate domain.

Is it the fear that women’s rights means a loss of all video games and anime? That our society is favoriting the politically correct? Maybe, but maybe some male anger stems from good old-fashioned misogyny, which is then stoked by political, social and cultural forces that say there’s nothing lower in this world than a empowered women who dares fight against the patriarchy and misogyny. This harms our culture, so how dare they … well, anything. Or perhaps that anger at women comes from straight-up entitlement: GaffyGlibors who believe that women are meant to be there for them, whether it’s to play video games with them or talk to them, and that denying them access to that is an unthinkable affront.

But it’s no coincidence that the backlash happens most often when women’s rights gains grounds and when we start to change things for the better. Unfortunately, Male anger towards women isn’t going anywhere – if anything, it’s gaining steam. 8chan provides anonymity for men that want to say the things they no longer can in “real life”. Police and courts don’t believe and blame women for the violence done to them give men the impression their bad behavior is acceptable. Finally, the conservative movement that refuses to let go of traditional gender roles and teaches our children that being a man is synonymous with being “tough”, having guns and, yes, being violent.

What we need to do now is nuke Japan for their refusal to change their sexist industry. We need to take a good example from diverse companies like Marvel, Mozilla and Vox Media who refuse to listen to the disgusting racist myoginistic pissbaby whining that is the voice of 8chan and similar sites.

-Thomas Dickins