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The term "incel" was actually created by a woman and she was referring to herself. I guess social media and/or MSM liked it more as a derogatory term for men. But women can definitely fall into the same toxic mentality that men can.
It's generally safer to hate on men it seems
Men are more likely to commit acts of violence, so…
I’m a man, for context. I despise violence.
That's immaterial to the statement you're replying to - Women are more likely to cheat in relationships, so I guess it's fair game now?
How the fuck does cheating compare to violence? If women incels talk shit and men incels shoot people, one is clearly worse than the other. I have no stats to back this up because I'm not terribly interested in this topic. However, I do defend my position that men are more likely to commit violence based on my own passive observations of news articles / headlines.
You're batting 1 for 4 in sentences there bud.
Where did I say that?
Yeah I agree, but that doesn't mean that either are relevant to the conversation.
Your apathy is apparent.
Correct, men are more likely to commit acts of violence. Would love to know where I disagreed with this.
Let me give you a quick recap of the thread so far:
You see the problem here? Black people in the US commit more acts of violence than white people in the US. That doesn't mean we should use that as justification for being needlessly derogatory towards Black people. Also, you should probably reflect on that whole "I don't care about this" thing. Have a good one, I'm muting replies.
Derogatory term? I thought people who considered themselves painfully involuntary celibate used it as a self descriptor and formed harmless communities initially. It has now become affiliated with an extreme ideology a certain violent offshoot that has overtaken the use of the term.