There's a disgusting inversion going on right now where people try to justify incel behavior by saying men are lonely. This makes people feel bad about pushing back on this, because it sounds like you're a callous person that doesn't care about the very real pain of loneliness?
No. This is a nonsense trap.
Women get lonely. Black people get lonely. Loneliness is a real problem.
But loneliness is not justification for *checks notes* becoming a literal nazi and electing a racist dictator.
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Loneliness, combined with an extreme sense of entitlement, leads people to believe that they should be able to be terrible people, and yet somehow not lonely. It doesn't work that way.
And a lot of that loneliness is self-imposed!
White US toxic masculinity is a prison where you are your own warden. There are all these silly rules that keep white men in the US lonely and unhappy. Like seriously, we have news anchors telling men not to enjoy ice cream because that's not "manly?" Really?
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Show me a happy white man in the US, and I'll show you a man that rejects most of these rules. "π§π»ββοΈWho made that a rule? Who says I have to follow it? LOL! No. ππ¦"
But then we've got other men:
π§π»ββοΈMen suffer so much! The loneliness is real! No one cares about our mental health!
π©πΌThat sounds hard! Therapy helped me --
π§π»ββοΈNo!
π©πΌOK... well talking to friends also --
π§π»ββοΈNo!
π©πΌOK... wow. Well, helping others can build a sense of community --
π§π»ββοΈNo!
π©πΌWhat do you think will help you?
π§π»ββοΈ Trump!
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And yes, there are Black incels and manosphere podcast bros, as well.
White US men do not have a monopoly on using "loneliness plus entitlement" to justify mistreating women.
The twisted thinking is the same.
A better way to deal with loneliness, is to understand why you are lonely, and then to address that. Maybe it's depression or another very real mental health issue. Maybe it's your living situation. But I promise you, the cause is never "Not enough fascism in the world!"
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I wear Crocs, because they're the only shoes that fit my giant feet. I pick fun ones, because they amuse me.
At least once a month, some dude says something about them and my masculinity.
I look them in the eye and say quietly, "I have no doubt I'm a real man."
They wither and flee. Every time.
I go back to enjoying my ice cream.
@mwl I never really thought about Crocs and masculinity.
I despise Crocs, because they were the assigned footwear when I was incarcerated. I don't like being reminded of the prison industrial complex.
Admittedly, Crocs aren't unique in this regard. There were other "upgraded" footwear individuals who had copious amounts of commissary funds could purchase. I also despise seeing those footwear.
But, an attack on masculinity? At least any time I was locked up, gender segregation was still a thing, they seem very, perhaps excessively, masculine given that I was incarcerated with other men.
Anyway, if they fit your feet, more power to you!
The real solution to being triggered from PTSD from the prison industrial complex isn't about changing footwear anyway, it's about abolishing prisons.
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@teajaygrey @mwl @mekkaokereke
Crocs are also straight-up plastic pollution landfill, if you need more reasons to hate them.
They're also a terrible employer. & suppliers to the prison industrial comples.
I would love to see them yeeted into the sun.
@teajaygrey @mwl @mekkaokereke
But also: abolish prisons π
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