A short THREAD about a guy I knew who became incel. White. Middle class. Straight. He wasn’t a virgin, but became incel, like a born-again Christian, but shittier. We were all angered by his Trumptastic POVs before Trump, and after the election, he grew louder and more confident.
After his incel “announcement”, he seemed more alien to everyone. He was ancillary to his incel-lous-ness. The red pill had dissolved in his stomach. He declared sexuality evil and that women were perverting the ultimate capacity of men.
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After calling me a faggot on election night for being terrified of Trump’s victory, I decided I needed to know what and why he believes what he believes. Imagine a Jerry Seinfeld “Who are these people?” tinged with the fear of losing our democracy.
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I discovered he debates like Ben Shapiro; false straw men, uncheckable Snapple facts, and purposeful exaggeration under the guise of intellectuality. He calls taxes ‘theft’ and welfare ‘racist’. He likes Milo a lot.
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Months passed. He found small points to disagree with Trump. He no longer referred to Trump as ‘the second coming’, that ‘the world will change’ and ‘those who disagree with Trump will get what’s coming’. It was around this time he began dating again.
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All that critical red pill crap started to fade. Hes back to his regular bs. It’s containable. He walked back from the edge. Ppl still know hes heavily prejudiced & disillusioned, but he no longer blames women for his pain. It’s back to “the liberals”. Bc he found love again.
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It all happened because a woman broke up with years prior. That’s it.
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There are many failings in raising boys. Mainly, we're not always taught to deal w/ emotion, that its ok to feel & express pain, to admit fault, be okay w/ our shortcomings, to focus on growth. That depression doesn't mean you're alone, that anger/mania should never be weaponized
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I think about him more than I should bc his story is a microcosm of how Trump got elected, and while we need to make sure that racist nativism doesn’t seep into our political realm more than it has, we need to raise boys w/ the tools they need to become healthy loving men.
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That is the grass-root support our nation needs. Thank you for reading, A liberal on a soapbox* *blue apron box
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