Did You Swallow The Red Pill? Are you part of the incel community?
Bentleyspop
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Swallowing the Red Pill: a journey to the heart of modern misogyny
The online community hosted on Reddit is where men go to air their toxic views about women.
The online community hosted on Reddit is where men go to air their toxic views about women.
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Kind of an interesting article, so thanks for posting. On a technical level, I found his writing style a bit disjointed; he didn't seem to bring all his threads together.
I've heard of that "community", for lack of a better word, but haven't ever bothered to read it specifically. I doubt it has more in it than you can find in the comments section of almost any other news or social media site you care to look at; it's just gathered in one place.
The interesting question, indeed, is how close or how far apart are our anonymous online selves and our in person selves. I wonder about that often when I read this forum.
As an aside, I have found it somewhat amusing how surprised many men seem to be by the recent explosion of reports and allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault. Women, in general, aren't surprised at all. Maybe about the odd guy, who we all thought was one of the good guys, but in general, no.my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf0 -
Misogynists are some might creepy dudes. I would rather visit a cave full of rats on amphetamines than to visit that Red Pill site.
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small.....
Guessing they took the latter.0 -
The people ( I hesitate to use the word men) on that site also tend to be white supremacists, homophobes, and anti-Semitic in addition to being anti woman.brianlux said:Misogynists are some might creepy dudes. I would rather visit a cave full of rats on amphetamines than to visit that Red Pill site.0 -
On a related note, I remember reading an article recently in which a self-identied alt-right woman was complaining about how the alt-right men don't respect her opinions. She wanted to be free to make her own choices about her body and her life, to speak for herself.......
i shook my head at her stupidity, but it also made me a little angry. She expects rights and freedoms that other have fought and even died for, by denigrates the very ethos that won those freedoms.my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf0 -
No doubt! I'd rather hang with rattlesnakes on amphetamines than those creeps.Bentleyspop said:The people ( I hesitate to use the word men) on that site also tend to be white supremacists, homophobes, and anti-Semitic in addition to being anti woman.
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
Rattlesnakes on speed would be funbrianlux said:No doubt! I'd rather hang with rattlesnakes on amphetamines than those creeps.
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What made me think of the analogy was Truman Capote's story "Hand Carved Coffins". The images evoked in that story... yeow!Bentleyspop said:Rattlesnakes on speed would be fun
Mysoginistic racists not so much
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Absolutely... and TBH, I feel a little irked about this. I mean, women have been regularly telling everyone about this for ever... nobody gave a shit until they realized famous people were doing it too.oftenreading said:Kind of an interesting article, so thanks for posting. On a technical level, I found his writing style a bit disjointed; he didn't seem to bring all his threads together.
I've heard of that "community", for lack of a better word, but haven't ever bothered to read it specifically. I doubt it has more in it than you can find in the comments section of almost any other news or social media site you care to look at; it's just gathered in one place.
The interesting question, indeed, is how close or how far apart are our anonymous online selves and our in person selves. I wonder about that often when I read this forum.
As an aside, I have found it somewhat amusing how surprised many men seem to be by the recent explosion of reports and allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault. Women, in general, aren't surprised at all. Maybe about the odd guy, who we all thought was one of the good guys, but in general, no.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
https://medium.com/@swayze/7-signs-you-are-being-emotionally-swayed-for-political-and-financial-gain-1c34cf495803
Interesting read! The author gets into more detail, I copied the 7 points.7 Signs You are being Emotionally Manipulated for Political and Financial Gain
And what I’m seeing, as someone who doesn’t identify with any of the political parties, is that you are being manipulated like a puppet.
To prove it, I’ll give you 7 signs that you’re being manipulated. Remember folks, politics is marketing. The sooner you figure this out, the better equipped you’ll be to disengage from this process and resist those who want to do our country harm. (Whatever that actually means…)
Sign №1: Your opinions align with others of your ideological alignment more often than not.
Sign №2: You react to headlines predictably.
Sign №3: You have the same “enemies” as your group.
Sign №4: In arguments, you resort to ad hominem attacks more frequently than you notice.
Sign №5: You feel wounded when a member of your group deviates in thought and respect the individual less as a result
Sign №6: You seek to silence dissenting speech and openly advocate for action (anywhere from shaming and assaults on Twitter to physical violence).
Sign №7: You share this post with friends of similar political ideology, perfectly sure that none of these apply to “your side”.
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Hmm. You are being manipulated if your opinions tend to match the opinions of those who tend to have the same opinions as you. Golly.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
I don't know who this Lynn Swayze is, but here's Psychology Today. Recognize anything?JC29856 said:https://medium.com/@swayze/7-signs-you-are-being-emotionally-swayed-for-political-and-financial-gain-1c34cf495803
Interesting read! The author gets into more detail, I copied the 7 points.7 Signs You are being Emotionally Manipulated for Political and Financial Gain
And what I’m seeing, as someone who doesn’t identify with any of the political parties, is that you are being manipulated like a puppet.
To prove it, I’ll give you 7 signs that you’re being manipulated. Remember folks, politics is marketing. The sooner you figure this out, the better equipped you’ll be to disengage from this process and resist those who want to do our country harm. (Whatever that actually means…)
Sign №1: Your opinions align with others of your ideological alignment more often than not.
Sign №2: You react to headlines predictably.
Sign №3: You have the same “enemies” as your group.
Sign №4: In arguments, you resort to ad hominem attacks more frequently than you notice.
Sign №5: You feel wounded when a member of your group deviates in thought and respect the individual less as a result
Sign №6: You seek to silence dissenting speech and openly advocate for action (anywhere from shaming and assaults on Twitter to physical violence).
Sign №7: You share this post with friends of similar political ideology, perfectly sure that none of these apply to “your side”.
1. Home Court Advantage2. Let You Speak First to Establish Your Baseline and Look for Weaknesses3. Manipulation of Facts4. Overwhelm You with Facts and Statistics5. Overwhelm You with Procedures and Red Tape6. Raising Their Voice and Displaying Negative Emotions7. Negative Surprises8. Giving You Little or No Time to Decide9. Negative Humor Designed to Poke at Your Weaknesses and Disempower You10. Consistently Judge and Criticize You to Make You Feel Inadequate11. The Silent Treatment12. Pretend Ignorance13. Guilt-Baiting14. Victimhood0 -
What’s interesting is that often people who claim to not identify with being a liberal or conservative can be more rigid in their adherenceto being an ‘independent’ or whatever they self identify as. They can be as quick to judge, reject, and feel superior to both groups as anyone else.0
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The red pill guys are woman hating white supremacists0
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how do you take this tact here yet you find a .gif of a convicted rapist grabbing a woman on the street to be funny in another thread? not trying to be a dick just honestly curious.PJ_Soul said:Absolutely... and TBH, I feel a little irked about this. I mean, women have been regularly telling everyone about this for ever... nobody gave a shit until they realized famous people were doing it too.0 -
I never saw a gif of a convicted rapist grabbing a woman. I saw a really hilarious gif of a wacky waving arm inflatable tube man with a cartoon face of Cosby photoshopped onto it collapsing on a woman. Very funny!!pjhawks said:how do you take this tact here yet you find a .gif of a convicted rapist grabbing a woman on the street to be funny in another thread? not trying to be a dick just honestly curious.
(seriously man, your failure to grasp the difference here, or to separate the joke from the reality, makes me unable to even come close to knowing how to explain it to you so that you'll understand)
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
unfortunately for at least 60 or so women (reportedly and probably many more) reality was not much separate from the joke. that's why it's not funny to me. obviously your sense of humor is different than mine.PJ_Soul said:I never saw a gif of a convicted rapist grabbing a woman. I saw a really hilarious gif of a wacky waving arm inflatable tube man with a cartoon face of Cosby photoshopped onto it collapsing on a woman. Very funny!!
(seriously man, your failure to grasp the difference here, or to separate the joke from the reality, makes me unable to even come close to knowing how to explain it to you so that you'll understand)
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I'm pretty sure Bill Cosby drugging and raping them feels VERY separate from a gif actually. I know for a fact that I would feel very different about my own sexual assaults compared to a joke gif about them too.pjhawks said:unfortunately for at least 60 or so women (reportedly and probably many more) reality was not much separate from the joke. that's why it's not funny to me. obviously your sense of humor is different than mine.
Anyway, I couldn't care less if you think it's funny or if you think I shouldn't.
Post edited by PJ_Soul onWith all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0
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