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You can view some of the more... repostable incel content here: https://old.reddit.com/r/IncelTears/top/?sort=top&t=month https://old.reddit.com/r/IncelTears/to
by orf 7y ago
You can view some of the more... repostable incel content here: https://old.reddit.com/r/IncelTears/top/?sort=top&t=month https://old.reddit.com/r/IncelTears/top/?sort=top&t=month
Seems like this is the natural progression of the "kneckbeard" stereotype, when mixed with more extreme online content and teenage sexual angst. Not sure how you can combat this kind of ideology.
- HeWhoLurksLate 7y agoFrom the mods on a post: > Comments are locked because I got 10 reports of seperate people calling each other “fags” come on guys. We aren’t 12 anymore be an adult and stop using homophobic insults. Everyone who used a homophobic slur was banned for 30 days. Stop that. Wow. Apparently the moderation team is pretty important in deciding the path a sub goes down.
- allovernow 7y agoOr there's a sizable minority attached to this subject with legitimate concerns but an opinion which runs very counter to what is socially acceptable on Reddit. If you start paying attention, you can already tell which articles on Reddit are likely to be locked for this reason. Reddit is practically designed to amplify dogma into an echo chamber - that goes for how power among mods and admins is distributed and how the voting algorithm determines comment ordering and visibility. Incels are the new nerds. They're safe targets for ridicule, even though their lot ultimately sucks for reasons not entirely within their control. Telling someone who has trouble dating to learn to date is like telling a socially awkward, uncoordinated teenager to just "learn to play sports".
- pmoriarty 7y agoIncels aren't simply people who have trouble dating. Most people who have trouble dating don't turn in to bitter, hateful trolls who glorify in violence against the people they desire.