Nope, it sure didn’t.
Last week, erstwhile college professor Hugo Schwyzer spilled his guts on Twitter, revealing an extensive history of using “sex and charm and whiteness” to manipulate his way into the worlds of academia and journalism. Needless to say, it didn’t go over well.
But just days after renewing his “pledge to leave social media,” the self-proclaimed “notorious bad-boy feminist” re-entered the Twitter ring once again, ostensibly to defend the media outlets who have published his work:
http://twitter.com/#!/hugoschwyzer/status/367125004804030464 http://twitter.com/#!/hugoschwyzer/status/367125691956867072 http://twitter.com/#!/hugoschwyzer/status/367126697092452352He certainly wasn’t shy about his state of mind:
http://twitter.com/#!/hugoschwyzer/status/367127105823195138He continued:
http://twitter.com/#!/hugoschwyzer/status/367127717344325632And while you’re at it, stop punishing progressives of pallor, too. Apparently, Schwyzer doesn’t approve of the way some feminists used his manic meltdown as a launchpad to highlight the hypocrisy of white liberal women.
http://twitter.com/#!/hugoschwyzer/status/367128558507790336Really? As a serial abuser himself, he’s not really in any position to pass judgment here.
http://twitter.com/#!/hugoschwyzer/status/367129843227308033If he insists that it’s “in his nature” to be dishonest and manipulative, can he truly feel sorry for what he’s done?
http://twitter.com/#!/hugoschwyzer/status/367130219733192706And his point is this:
http://twitter.com/#!/hugoschwyzer/status/367131101413650432 http://twitter.com/#!/hugoschwyzer/status/367131718039248896 http://twitter.com/#!/hugoschwyzer/status/367132511580585985Interesting that for a guy who eschews victimhood, he justifies all the disgusting, horrible things he has done by claiming he’s powerless to combat his natural tendencies. That may fly with The Daily Beast, who just wants to hear him out and make sure he’s OK, and with Feministe’s Jill Filipovic, who hopes we can move on from all of this and use it as a teachable moment for feminism:
http://twitter.com/#!/JillFilipovic/status/367337044579586049But to just about everyone else, it’s pure, unadulterated B.S.:
http://twitter.com/#!/createsomething/status/367236719126777856 http://twitter.com/#!/NewBlackWoman/status/367269281664630784 http://twitter.com/#!/CDisoriented/status/367316380049084416 http://twitter.com/#!/LaPajamas/status/367318024115982336