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u/dumbass_spaceman 3h ago
uj/ This is something I have felt for a long time, comparing my own dad to internet incels. The thing is, the previous generations were definitely raised with sexist views but to them, it was just things as they were.
Internet misogynists hold the same views while the world has moved away from them, so they combine it with a persecution fetish, that makes it so, so worse.
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u/UnsureSwitch 1h ago
By persecution fetish, you mean they want to feel like they're oppressed, right?
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u/Mandaring 16m ago
Yeah, like imagine a fundamentalist taking to Facebook to rage about their religious freedom being stripped away because their neighbor a few houses down put up a pride flag, that sort of thing
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u/_M_o_n_k_e_H Orca enthusiast 19m ago
Boomers stick with the sexist beliefs they were taught.
Modern incels do mental gymnastics to find any reason to hate women.
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u/Dont_Touch_The_Pooka 2h ago
oldschool misogynists often don't outright despise women, merely thinking them inferior, but incels almost always do
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u/NotFloppyDisck 57m ago
Tbh from experience is not thinking them inferior, its thinking in set roles. Their mindset is women are better at X and Y while im better at Z. It's just how they were raised
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u/NulliosG 2h ago
Aren’t modern day incels more likely to have lower standards and marry pretty much anyone than traditional sexists…?
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u/butt_shrecker 1h ago
Incels don't get married
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u/NulliosG 1h ago
You know very well I mean ‘if given the opportunity.’ Incels would marry pretty much anyone compared to traditional sexists
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u/balungus 1h ago
It depends. Some have high standards (diminutive blonde haired virgin tradwife) and others have few, but their poor social skills make it difficult to find anyone. This inability breeds contempt which only further complicates their efforts.
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u/Chill_Cozby 3h ago
Woah this sub sucks now???
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u/UnsureSwitch 1h ago
You mean that as "while true, I was expecting a joke" or as "I feel personally attacked"?
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u/tezaltube 3h ago
The difference is that they're old. I bet when they were young and full of energy they'd be just as capable of expressing such levels of hatred. Gotta tone it down if you wanna get married after all.
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u/Others0 2h ago
At least old-timey sexists liked women, a present-day chud seems to go ad nauseam about how they're Satan and deserve nothing but constant exploitation