• @TrickDacy
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    6 months ago

    There is a big difference in a virgin and someone who fathered children.

    And no I’m not defending him. He’s a total piece of shit. Just not involuntarily celibate even if he shares some views with those who are.

    I mean just as one example of how they’re different: level of sexual frustration.

    • @primrosepathspeedrun
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      36 months ago

      just because he’s fucked, doesn’t mean he’s gotten any better. doesn’t mean he doesn’t hate women any less. probably resents having to fuck one for his public image.

      • @TrickDacy
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        16 months ago

        And I never implied any of that. Just that it’s silly to call someone a thing with a literal meaning as though words don’t matter. And yes he’s not any better off, just different.

        • @primrosepathspeedrun
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          26 months ago

          brevity, especially in explicitly political messages, matters. nuance WILL be lost, communication has two sides, and sometimes you cannot convey perfect truth, you need to lose a little fidelity. so “JD vance is an incel” is true enough for literal government work.

          • @TrickDacy
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            36 months ago

            “JD Vance is a misogynist”

            Brief and accurate. Less confusing. Didn’t need to make up anything untrue or stretch any definitions to something they aren’t.

            • @primrosepathspeedrun
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              06 months ago

              incel is more poetic and gives more a sense of scale. ‘misogynist’ without elaboration feels smaller, less accurate.

              its a compression issue, dear. sorry.

              • @TrickDacy
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                26 months ago

                Ugh yeah I don’t agree that defying definitions of words makes something “poetic”. The fact is that this entire thread indicates the issue, and the upvotes I got indicate I’m not alone

                • @nomous
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                  26 months ago

                  I agree, to me “he’s an incel” is weak because to the not-terminally-online vast majority of people it’s easily proven false.

                  He’s married and has kids, he’s not any more “involuntarily celibate” than Trump is.