• @GrammarPolice
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    15 hours ago

    Oh please. Using Wikipedia as a source while knowing entries are provided by individuals. Here’s all of Wiktionary’s definitions of the word:

    A member of an online subculture of people (mostly men) who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one.

    (rare) An individual who is not sexually active despite having such a desire.

    (uncountable, seduction community, informal) “Involuntary celibacy”: the state of being not sexually active despite wishing to be.

    Incel is not a gendered word. Even females can be incels.

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        13 hours ago

        Clearly you’re the one who lacks reading skills if you didn’t see that 1). The involuntary celibacy project was started by a woman, and 2). It was initially meant for lonely people struggling to find love. Any other meaning attached to the term is a matter of stereotype.

        This is like saying feminism = misandrist because a lot of people that identify with the term hate men. Cmon man, do better.

        • @[email protected]
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          -19 hours ago

          Careful there, you’re gonna run out of straw. The woman who started the project also denounced it because it became a breeding ground for bitter, virgin men resentful of women that turned their anger into misogyny. You really don’t seem to know how language works. Grow up.

          • @GrammarPolice
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            29 hours ago

            🤦

            You haven’t even disagreed with my point. Denouncing it doesn’t change the original intent of the incel movement. If you go back and read the definitions i provided, it is clear that women can be incels as well, so saying it’s a misogynistic group is oxymoronic. Like i said, it would be akin writing off feminism as misandrism because many feminists hate men.

            It’s about the origins of the term and not what it has come to be associated with.

            • @[email protected]
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              17 hours ago

              Women can be misogynistic, you absolute muppet. I don’t need to disagree with your point because you don’t have one, you just don’t understand how language works.

              • @GrammarPolice
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                16 hours ago

                you just don’t understand how language works.

                Ironic considering my username. I guess we’ll agree to disagree 🤝