don’t say we didn’t see it coming. tens of thousands of men, if not more, have been radicalized via r/incels, which was banned last year (other subreddits like r/braincels have emerged in its place). so-called platform neutrality has real, serious consequences.https://twitter.com/danbilefsky/status/988909613268525056 …
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also i am awake because i had some awfully vivid dreams of a mass attack led by incels that eventually led to the society of the handmaid’s tale so that..... wasn’t fun
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a lot of this conversation brings me back to
@polotek’s recent thread—why aren’t white people worried about this frightening trend? why is there so little cultural awareness of it as a problem that even exists, much less discussion about how to fix it?https://twitter.com/polotek/status/988248352029487104?s=21 …Show this thread -
elliot rodger killed six people and injured fourteen. he is now upheld as a god to a LOT of frustrated young men. that’s not normal. that’s not to be ignored. alek minassian, who killed ten more people, will not be the last if we keep treating incel culture as a fluke.
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some background on the origin of the incel movement—it was a term started by a woman who wanted to create an inclusive community for people who are lonely and unable to find love and sex. which, in itself, is a worthy goal!https://www.elle.com/culture/news/a34512/woman-who-started-incel-movement/ …
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@aceattorney1234 offered some valuable insight on how the incel community (as it was intended) helped him but then got coopted by misogynists, stigmatizing the term and what it symbolizes.pic.twitter.com/MtCemj9q09
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no one is entitled to love or sex from anyone else, but i think any decent person can be worthy of it, and it is natural and human to want that and need a community to discuss struggles with it. but unfortunately now it’s been warped beyond recognition, which is bad for everyone.
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