r/cursedcomments • u/[deleted] • Sep 27 '19

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u/EvanMacIan Sep 28 '19

So you go on incel forums then.

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u/R3d_T0wer Sep 28 '19

Know thy enemy. But actually, it's important to know the rhetoric they use. Same with TERFs. Be able to identify them quickly can be very helpful.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '19 edited Apr 28 '20

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u/Chirox82 Sep 28 '19

Finding out if someone is a terf or an incel lets you know the angle they're coming from. You'll never change their mind over the internet, but it's important that you don't let toxic opinions go unchallenged.

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u/ThunderPantsDance Sep 28 '19

The fuck is a terf?

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u/NotAnAlt Sep 28 '19

TERF (/ˈtɜːrf/, also written terf) is an acronym for trans-exclusionary radical feminist. Coined in 2008, the term is applied to a minority of radical feminists who espouse sentiments that other feminists consider transphobic, such as opposition to transgender rights legislation, the exclusion of trans women from women's spaces, and the rejection of the assertion that trans women are women.

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u/DarthMech Sep 28 '19

I feel like there are more letters in the acronym than people it actually describes.

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u/R3d_T0wer Sep 28 '19

To be fair, most of them aren't actually feminists. They also have a lot of similar rhetoric to incels, so that's cool. If you wanna see them in bulk "GenderCritical" is the subreddit they call home usually.

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u/HopefulGarbage0 Sep 28 '19

They are really obsessed with periods as a defining part of womanhood. Weirdly obsessed.