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The mention of the [[SPLC]] article in the intro tries to make all incel communities seem like moral equivalents to the taliban or the KKK, even communities like [[Incelswithouthate]], [[Incelistan]], [[Braincels]], and [[Love-shy.com]]. This is political smearing of incels. The intro also makes it seem like most self-identified incels encourage violence, when this is a vocal minority of users on [[4chan]] related sites. There is a negative feedback loop where authors for incel pieces come to [[wikipedia]] first, get the notion that all communities advocate violence, write another piece, which [[wikipedia]] then cites again as another citation of evidence of incels advocating violence. This is also why anti-incels jumped so hard at the chance to re-write the involutary celibacy article, stuff the entire article with news against [[wikipedia]] policy, then move the page when they couldn't change it enough. | The mention of the [[SPLC]] article in the intro tries to make all incel communities seem like moral equivalents to the taliban or the KKK, even communities like [[Incelswithouthate]], [[Incelistan]], [[Braincels]], and [[Love-shy.com]]. This is political smearing of incels. The intro also makes it seem like most self-identified incels encourage violence, when this is a vocal minority of users on [[4chan]] related sites. There is a negative feedback loop where authors for incel pieces come to [[wikipedia]] first, get the notion that all communities advocate violence, write another piece, which [[wikipedia]] then cites again as another citation of evidence of incels advocating violence. This is also why anti-incels jumped so hard at the chance to re-write the involutary celibacy article, stuff the entire article with news against [[wikipedia]] policy, then move the page when they couldn't change it enough. | ||
Much of this problem with the page lies in the faulty assumption that "incel" is a subculture rather than a life circumstance. Because if it's a subculture than it can only be defined in it's relation to [[4chan]] and the [[PSL]] scene, when it's usage expands beyond [[4chan]] and the [[PSL]] scene. | Much of this problem with the page lies in the faulty assumption that "incel" is a subculture rather than a life circumstance. Because if it's a subculture than it can only be defined in it's relation to [[4chan]] culture and the [[PSL]] scene, when it's usage expands beyond [[4chan]] culture and the [[PSL]] scene. | ||
Ultimately, if something has been written about incels in an online magazine like the Huff Post that has an lead editor who still hasn't been fired for tweeting, "Kill all Men", it will be included in the incel article without much investigation. | Ultimately, if something has been written about incels in an online magazine like the Huff Post that has an lead editor who still hasn't been fired for tweeting, "Kill all Men", it will be included in the incel article without much investigation. | ||