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Due to the frankness of Houllebecq, [[incelphobe]]s assert that reading to much into Houllebecq is a fools game, and assert (without any evidence and without challenging the ideas) that because the arguments are contained in fiction, that they cannot be taken seriously. For example, here on Twitter we see a sex author named Jarryd Bartle say that Houllebecq was simply "mocking incels",<ref>https://twitter.com/JarrydBartle/status/1209035839453315073</ref>, and not taking them seriously. Adam Kirsch, writing in the New York Times, would beg to differ, stating:<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/books/review/michael-houellebecqs-sexual-distopia.html</ref> | Due to the frankness of Houllebecq, [[incelphobe]]s assert that reading to much into Houllebecq is a fools game, and assert (without any evidence and without challenging the ideas) that because the arguments are contained in fiction, that they cannot be taken seriously. For example, here on Twitter we see a sex author named Jarryd Bartle say that Houllebecq was simply "mocking incels",<ref>https://twitter.com/JarrydBartle/status/1209035839453315073</ref>, and not taking them seriously. Adam Kirsch however, writing in the New York Times, would beg to differ, stating:<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/books/review/michael-houellebecqs-sexual-distopia.html</ref> | ||
{{Quote|"Lacking in looks as well as personal charm [..] I don’t in the least correspond to what women are usually looking for in a man,” the narrator confesses. Houellebecq has always seen himself as speaking for and to such men"|Adam Kirsch in the New York Times}} | {{Quote|"Lacking in looks as well as personal charm [..] I don’t in the least correspond to what women are usually looking for in a man,” the narrator confesses. Houellebecq has always seen himself as speaking for and to such men"|Adam Kirsch in the New York Times}} | ||