Hi, can everyone please stop calling them "incels"? It's a name that validates their resentment and woman-hating. How about if we just call them what they are, which is self-entitled, angry misogynists.
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Replying to @HadleyFreeman
I think it’s valid because it’s a particular flavour of entitled, angry misogyny.
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Replying to @PennyRed
Repeating their furious cry that they are "involuntarily celibate" perpetuates the idea that if women just shagged them this anger wouldn't exist, these tragedies would not have happened. Just call them chatroom misogynists, or whiny women-haters. The options are endless.
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Replying to @HadleyFreeman
I see what you’re saying but I do think it’s a useful point of distinction, and a logic to carry on directly opposing. If it were a term they were proud of, I’d agree totally.
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Replying to @PennyRed
But they are proud of it - it's their identity, and it's how they find teach other online. Just call them - as per Marc Maron - unfuckable hate nerds. They don't get to define how we define them, and they don't get to diagnose their problem.
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Unfuckable hate nerds. Love it! My new go-to phrase. I’m with Hadley on this but I do think it’s important to use the word incel at the moment because so many don’t seem to know what it means. More easily searchable.
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