What a Freak Show

Nov 26, 2005 02:23

And herein I am referring more specifically to: http://web.bcnewsgroup.com/portals/monday/

and to the profile of Denis Oliver at the bottom.

His 238 votes were fewer than half as many as the next-to-last finisher.

What I want to know is, who were the 238 people who voted for Oliver in the last city election? 238 people are walking around in the City of Victoria, population 148,000, who support the following:

One candidate in the Victoria municipal election describes himself on the British Spanking website as "a life-long patriarchist seeking a permanent live-in slave." In a profile published on the fetish site, Denis F. Oliver says, "I believe that females exist to serve males."
Oliver, who is running for a seat on the Victoria city council, uses his full name on the site and includes his 1956 birthday as well as his location in Victoria. His list of interests includes, "patriarchy, politics, the environment . . . computers, bicycling, physical fitness."

He has also posted to at least three other sex or fetish sites, including rating videos using "Denis F. Oliver's spanking scale."
Asked about his online activities, Oliver says, "I'm an anti-feminist. I'm a patriarchist. I think feminism is detrimental to mankind."
In a later e-mail he elaborates, "I believe that the place for women and girls is in the home performing housekeeping and childcare duties. Although this may cost me votes, I won't lie or be deceitful."
It's not as though Oliver is likely to have a whole lot of votes to give away. Well-known as a counter-protester at Take Back the Night marches, he ran in 2002 and finished last out of 24 people. His 238 votes were fewer than half as many as the next-to-last finisher.
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