Incels are very soft targets. The hard work of unlocking the larger masculinities that lead to these niches of toxic growth is a lot more difficult. The Elams and Molyneux of this world are only creating models of the world that resonate with people's life experiences.
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Replying to @mountainmoss
A lot of takes have boiled down to "Engage with incels? LOOK AT THIS [objectively horrific] REDDIT POST!" All fine and well, but the conversation stops there. It's punch-a-Nazi-but-do-nothing-about-systemic-societal-racism.
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It's a tricky line, tbh. It's like the "We visit Trump County" pieces. Closer examination can slip into sympathy, discounting the (often significant) role that personal choices to be arseholes can play.
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Replying to @mountainmoss
Unfuckable "with that attitude" ( a distinction). But yeah, the characterisation as neckbeards and nerds is pretty unhelpfully shallow
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I think to take on the mantle of Incel is of itself refusing awkwardness as an explanation for your sex life.
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