Zizeksniffer [none/use name] to askchapo • 2 years agoHonestly afraid I am becoming an incel.message-squaremessage-square117 fedilinkarrow-up149file-text
arrow-up149message-squareHonestly afraid I am becoming an incel.Zizeksniffer [none/use name] to askchapo • 2 years agomessage-square117 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHoChiMaxh [he/him]hexbear5·2 years agoIt should be. We already have a word for misogynist. link
minus-squareteddiursa [she/her]hexbear4·2 years agoEvery single incel forum and community is misogynistic. It doesn’t mean involuntary celibate. The misogynists who identified with the term incel changed the meaning of the term. The term is referring to a specific misogynistic ideology. link
minus-squarewalletbaby [none/use name]hexbear1·2 years agoIncel literally means involuntarily celibate. link
minus-squarewalletbaby [none/use name]hexbear1·2 years ago"There's glory for you!" "I don't know what you mean by 'glory'," Alice said. Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't - till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you'!" "But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument'," Alice objected. "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more or less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be Master - that's all." -- Alice in Wonderland link
minus-squarewalletbaby [none/use name]hexbear1·2 years agoSo when I explain that words mean what they mean, and the powerful redefine them whenever they want... ...you respond by quoting the powerful who redefined words. OK. Incel is an abbreviation of "involuntarily celibate." THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS! link
It should be. We already have a word for misogynist.
Every single incel forum and community is misogynistic. It doesn’t mean involuntary celibate. The misogynists who identified with the term incel changed the meaning of the term. The term is referring to a specific misogynistic ideology.
Incel literally means involuntarily celibate.
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"There's glory for you!"
"I don't know what you mean by 'glory'," Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't - till I tell you. I meant 'there's a nice knock-down argument for you'!"
"But 'glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down argument'," Alice objected.
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more or less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be Master - that's all."
-- Alice in Wonderland
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So when I explain that words mean what they mean, and the powerful redefine them whenever they want...
...you respond by quoting the powerful who redefined words.
OK.
Incel is an abbreviation of "involuntarily celibate." THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!
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