We need to be clear what is meant when someone says 'incels.' Are we talking abt individuals who get together online & plan & celebrate violence against women? If so, of course, we must regard them as dangerous ideologically-motivated criminals/potential criminals/collaborators
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Are we talking about groups of misogynists who post hateful messages about women being evil but do not plan violence? Then we should treat them with the same mixture of pity and contempt as groups of misandrists who do the same thing.
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Are we talking about men who have complex political beliefs about societies being gynocentric and women being shallow & only interested in certain men? Treat them with the same open-minded skepticism as those who talk about patriarchy, beauty myths, objectification & fatphobia
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Are we talking about all men who are involuntarily celibate? Treat them and women in the same position with sympathy and supportiveness if they seek it, with dignity & minding your own business if they don't.
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What is essential is not conflating all of these individuals into greater or lesser manifestations of the same thing as is so commonly seen now and instead saying precisely what you mean.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
You’re such a careful and considered thinker. This is why I love your account!
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