u/lyrenspalace

Why do some lonely men stick to the original definition of incel?

I've seen a lot of self-proclaimed incels in social media who want to stick to the original definition of "incel", which described people who were just lonely and struggling with finding romantic/sexual partners. When someone claims that the term "incel" describes a misogynistic subculture they claim it's misinformation, they start playing with semantics and say that incel just means being a virgin.

But incel groups are far, far away from that original definition, since the most popular incel spaces promote blackpill, hatred and don't allow anything that they consider "bluepilled" (cultish rules, y'know), and overall the hatred in those spaces outweighs any genuine support that could've been found there.

It is some kind of facade for these groups now?

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u/lyrenspalace — 4 days ago