- 04 May 2018 19:51
#14911425
Recently, former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao tweeted that "incels" who work in Silicon Valley companies should be fired, or maybe just re-educated, it wasn't completely clear.
For those who don't know, "Incel" is apparently a portmanteau of "involuntary celibate." It's a disparaging term for men who can't get laid and apparently, far left groups have a problem with these people.
Since this is PoFo and the communists on here usually don't want to endorse more mainstream far leftism, I'll point out that Incels and MRO's are not strictly the same thing. Although there is probably some overlap, we can assume that when someone like Pao uses the term Incel she is also aware of MRO's and has chosen to use the term Incel for a reason, so she is not necessarily referring to Men's Right's Organizations.
I can see a few problems off the top of my head with this whole targeting Incels thing and I'm curious what other people would think of this.
First, I think it says something about how sex-obsessed leftist culture is. There seems to be a presumption that if someone can't get laid, they should be de-humanized and/or have their livelihoods attacked. I think that's probably wrong.
Second, a lot of the women who rant against men who are "Incels" would presumably be Incels themselves if they were males. It's just not a very classy thing to do, these are not the kinds of men that more attractive women appear to spend their time thinking about.
Third, it seems to be associated with a general increase in hostile far left rhetoric which (as I mentioned earlier) a lot of people who exist outside of those bubbles seem to have trouble coping with, accepting or owning, even if they routinely side with the far left.
Fourth, this seems like a logical extension of leftist misandry to me. If only Rei were still here, I'm sure we'd get a great explanation re: why Incels need to be exterminated
Let's hope that Pao actually explains herself honestly at some point since this is getting reported quite widely due to the various questions it raises.
For those who don't know, "Incel" is apparently a portmanteau of "involuntary celibate." It's a disparaging term for men who can't get laid and apparently, far left groups have a problem with these people.
Since this is PoFo and the communists on here usually don't want to endorse more mainstream far leftism, I'll point out that Incels and MRO's are not strictly the same thing. Although there is probably some overlap, we can assume that when someone like Pao uses the term Incel she is also aware of MRO's and has chosen to use the term Incel for a reason, so she is not necessarily referring to Men's Right's Organizations.
I can see a few problems off the top of my head with this whole targeting Incels thing and I'm curious what other people would think of this.
First, I think it says something about how sex-obsessed leftist culture is. There seems to be a presumption that if someone can't get laid, they should be de-humanized and/or have their livelihoods attacked. I think that's probably wrong.
Second, a lot of the women who rant against men who are "Incels" would presumably be Incels themselves if they were males. It's just not a very classy thing to do, these are not the kinds of men that more attractive women appear to spend their time thinking about.
Third, it seems to be associated with a general increase in hostile far left rhetoric which (as I mentioned earlier) a lot of people who exist outside of those bubbles seem to have trouble coping with, accepting or owning, even if they routinely side with the far left.
Fourth, this seems like a logical extension of leftist misandry to me. If only Rei were still here, I'm sure we'd get a great explanation re: why Incels need to be exterminated
Let's hope that Pao actually explains herself honestly at some point since this is getting reported quite widely due to the various questions it raises.
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