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She was born in Munich,<ref>[https://www.ventil-verlag.de/autor/1549/veronika-kracher Veronika Kracher on ventil-verlag.de]</ref> | She was born in Munich,<ref>[https://www.ventil-verlag.de/autor/1549/veronika-kracher Veronika Kracher on ventil-verlag.de]</ref> | ||
attended a single-sex school for girls<ref>Veronika Kracher: ''Incels. Geschichte, Sprache und Ideologie eines Online-Kults'', Mainz 2020, p. 190.</ref> and has a brother.<ref name="paulina"></ref> She is clinical depressive since she became 13 years old, because of an ongoing Weltschmerz regarding the "[[Patriarchy]]".<ref name="paulina"></ref> Because of this, she hurt herself as a teenager, has been suicidal, became a Punk, got [[Bullying|bullied]] in school and read about Critical Theory, eventually becoming a communist feminist.<ref name="paulina"></ref> She still calls herself a "depressive wreck".<ref name="paulina"></ref> She also claims she understands a lot of the feelings incels have because of her depression and that dealing with incels thoughts puts a particular psychological strain on her for this reason.<ref name="paulina"></ref> She studied sociology in Mainz and lives in Frankfurt. | attended a single-sex school for girls<ref>Veronika Kracher: ''Incels. Geschichte, Sprache und Ideologie eines Online-Kults'', Mainz 2020, p. 190.</ref> and has a brother.<ref name="paulina"></ref> She is clinical depressive since she became 13 years old, because of an ongoing Weltschmerz regarding the "[[Patriarchy]]".<ref name="paulina"></ref> Because of this, she hurt herself as a teenager, has been suicidal, became a Punk, got [[Bullying|bullied]] in school and read about [[Sexual revolution#Critical Theory|Critical Theory]], eventually becoming a communist feminist.<ref name="paulina"></ref> She still calls herself a "depressive wreck".<ref name="paulina"></ref> She also claims she understands a lot of the feelings incels have because of her depression and that dealing with incels thoughts puts a particular psychological strain on her for this reason.<ref name="paulina"></ref> She studied sociology in Mainz and lives in Frankfurt. | ||
She is in a relationship.<ref>Kracher, ''Incels'', p. 275.</ref> Her [[Antifa]] partner shares her political views, calling incels a "right-wing" movement.<ref name="fb-dm">[https://www.facebook.com/Bomberdomme/posts/3523433101073406 Facebook post from 14 November 2020 by him].</ref> | She is in a relationship.<ref>Kracher, ''Incels'', p. 275.</ref> Her [[Antifa]] partner shares her political views, calling incels a "right-wing" movement.<ref name="fb-dm">[https://www.facebook.com/Bomberdomme/posts/3523433101073406 Facebook post from 14 November 2020 by him].</ref> | ||
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== "Expert" == | == "Expert" == | ||
Despite her politically radical background, she is a frequent guest in the German [[Fakestreamer|mainstream media]] when it comes to incels. She says herself that this suprises her because her book is a | Despite her politically radical background, she is a frequent guest in the German [[Fakestreamer|mainstream media]] when it comes to incels. She says herself that this suprises her because her book is a communist paper and she would even be disappointed if people wouldn’t realize that.<ref name="rosa-luxemburg">Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzL1M9hRKC0 ''INCELS: Geschichte, Sprache und Ideologie eines Online-Kults. Buchpremiere mit Veronika Kracher.''], YouTube, 12 November 2020.</ref> | ||
Ironically, she is also very hostile against an executive organ of the state which depicts her as "expert" via public TV: The police. In April 2021 she wrote on Facebook: "Fuck the city of Stuttgart, the state of BaWü [Baden-Württemberg], the police", because the police allowed a demonstration of | Ironically, she is also very hostile against an executive organ of the state which depicts her as "expert" via public TV: The police. In April 2021 she wrote on Facebook: "Fuck the city of Stuttgart, the state of BaWü [Baden-Württemberg], the police", because the police allowed a demonstration of COVID measure opponents there.<ref name="fb-fp">[https://www.facebook.com/v.kracher/posts/5558367047538325 Facebook post from 4 April 2021 by her].</ref> In January 2022, she wrote: "The police is an authoritarian and institutionally racist male society, from whose ranks racist violence is committed again and again and the perpetrators cover each other."<ref name="fb-maennerbund">[https://www.facebook.com/v.kracher/posts/7046937785347903 Facebook post from 7 January 2022 by her].</ref> | ||
== On incels and men == | == On incels and men == | ||
She usually describes incels as right-wingers. Even [[Ethnicel]]s are considered as such by her, because they "internalized" | She usually describes incels as right-wingers. Even [[Ethnicel]]s are considered as such by her, because they "internalized" white supremacy and "blatant racism" by adopting [[JBW]].<ref name="hasi">hasi: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM3QflFoDAM ''Veronika Kracher über Incels – Zur Sprache und Ideologie eines Online-Kults''], YouTube, 27 September 2020.</ref><ref name="baf">Bildungsstätte Anne Frank: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hx1AWTqmI ''TuesdayTalk #19: "Incels" mit Veronika Kracher''], YouTube, 1 December 2020.</ref> In her book, she dedicates two pages to Germany’s most prominent self-identified incel and JBW advocate: [[Hamudi]].<ref>Kracher, ''Incels'', p. 202-203</ref> In a booklet published by the leftist, government funded Amadeu Antonio Foundation, in which Incels are linked to right-wing extremism, she even calls him a "German",<ref name="aas">Veronika Kracher: [https://www.amadeu-antonio-stiftung.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/FrauenhassOnline_Internet.pdf ''Frauenhassende Online-Subkulturen. Ideologien – Strategien – Handlungsempfehlungen''], Berlin 2021, p. 26.</ref> although Hamudi himself never said he is one, neither by ancestry nor by passport. | ||
According to her, world affairs are governed by the oppression of the feminine by the masculine, which she calls "[[Machismo|Hegemonic masculinity]]", referring to transsexual Feminist Raewyn Connell.<ref name="ondreka">Lukas Ondreka: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGNUmRh7Rkw ''#78 "Incels sehen sich als Untermenschen, ihren Hass richten sie gegen Frauen" - Dissens''], YouTube, 24 June 2020.</ref> According to this mindset, men play a role similar to that of capitalists within Marxism while women are the proletariat, hence masculinity itself should be abolished. Men who don’t fit into the standards of "Hegemonic masculinity" are regarded as marginalized if they ally with Feminism.<ref name="ondreka"></ref> Incels, however, are not recognized as being marginalized but as accomplices of the "Patriarchy" because they don’t ally with Feminism.<ref name="ondreka"></ref> Incels therefore play a role within this mindset which is comparable to that of the [[Lumpenproletariat]] within Marxism. She frequently criticizes incels for not becoming feminists, since she regards Inceldom as being merely caused by "patriarchal" expectations towards men, like being able to have sex. Therefore, she even claims Feminism would liberate Incels from their suffering.<ref name="plymouth">Veronika Kracher: [https://www.belltower.news/incel-anschlag-in-plymouth-die-toedliche-ideologie-der-frauenhasser-120111/ ''Podcast: Incel-Anschlag in Plymouth: Die tödliche Ideologie der Frauenhasser''], Belltower.News, 19 August 2021.</ref> She does, however, not explain how this would solve the problem of loneliness experienced by Incels, making the extent of her ability to empathize with them questionable. Incels even managed to blackpill her on this, showing her that even men who are bullied because they lack masculinity don't turn into feminists.<ref name="rosa-luxemburg"></ref> She calls this circumstance a "double down", "grueling experience" and "bitter realization".<ref name="rosa-luxemburg"></ref> Because of the sparse success of this strategy, she also says she is tired of trying to convince men of becoming Feminists by showing them its alleged benefits for them.<ref name="baf"></ref> Instead, she expects men to support Feminism out of solidarity with Feminists now and considers to regard those who don't as "political enemy".<ref name="anschlaege.at">[https://anschlaege.at/die-ursache-des-ganzen-mists/ ''Die Ursache des ganzen Mists''], Interview with Veronika Kracher by Linda Peikert, anschlaege.at.</ref> Typical for a SJW, she is also supportive of speech regulation against incel forums<ref name="anschlaege.at"></ref> and openly argues in favor of [[Cancel Culture]] against opinions that are different from hers: "Finally give me this Cultural Marxist opinion dictatorship that they all are always talking about."<ref name="fb-3">[https://www.facebook.com/v.kracher/posts/4929059200469116 Facebook post from 14 November 2020 by Veronika Kracher].</ref> | According to her, world affairs are governed by the oppression of the feminine by the masculine, which she calls "[[Machismo|Hegemonic masculinity]]", referring to transsexual Feminist Raewyn Connell.<ref name="ondreka">Lukas Ondreka: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGNUmRh7Rkw ''#78 "Incels sehen sich als Untermenschen, ihren Hass richten sie gegen Frauen" - Dissens''], YouTube, 24 June 2020.</ref> According to this mindset, men play a role similar to that of capitalists within Marxism while women are the proletariat, hence masculinity itself should be abolished. Men who don’t fit into the standards of "Hegemonic masculinity" are regarded as marginalized if they ally with Feminism.<ref name="ondreka"></ref> Incels, however, are not recognized as being marginalized but as accomplices of the "Patriarchy" because they don’t ally with Feminism.<ref name="ondreka"></ref> Incels therefore play a role within this mindset which is comparable to that of the [[Lumpenproletariat]] within Marxism. She frequently criticizes incels for not becoming feminists, since she regards Inceldom as being merely caused by "patriarchal" expectations towards men, like being able to have sex. Therefore, she even claims Feminism would liberate Incels from their suffering.<ref name="plymouth">Veronika Kracher: [https://www.belltower.news/incel-anschlag-in-plymouth-die-toedliche-ideologie-der-frauenhasser-120111/ ''Podcast: Incel-Anschlag in Plymouth: Die tödliche Ideologie der Frauenhasser''], Belltower.News, 19 August 2021.</ref> She does, however, not explain how this would solve the problem of loneliness experienced by Incels, making the extent of her ability to empathize with them questionable. Incels even managed to blackpill her on this, showing her that even men who are bullied because they lack masculinity don't turn into feminists.<ref name="rosa-luxemburg"></ref> She calls this circumstance a "double down", "grueling experience" and "bitter realization".<ref name="rosa-luxemburg"></ref> Because of the sparse success of this strategy, she also says she is tired of trying to convince men of becoming Feminists by showing them its alleged benefits for them.<ref name="baf"></ref> Instead, she expects men to support Feminism out of solidarity with Feminists now and considers to regard those who don't as "political enemy".<ref name="anschlaege.at">[https://anschlaege.at/die-ursache-des-ganzen-mists/ ''Die Ursache des ganzen Mists''], Interview with Veronika Kracher by Linda Peikert, anschlaege.at.</ref> Typical for a SJW, she is also supportive of speech regulation against incel forums<ref name="anschlaege.at"></ref> and openly argues in favor of [[Cancel Culture]] against opinions that are different from hers: "Finally give me this Cultural Marxist opinion dictatorship that they all are always talking about."<ref name="fb-3">[https://www.facebook.com/v.kracher/posts/4929059200469116 Facebook post from 14 November 2020 by Veronika Kracher].</ref> | ||
She believes that inceldom can be prevented if boys receive a Feminist education, e.g. [[Bluepill|being taught to express emotions and not be tough]].<ref name="hannover">Kritik und Subversion Hannover: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oscG7Cfer0A&list=FLFb1kmqOLoZFigSlx_UYVww ''Interview über Incels und toxische Männlichkeit - mit Veronika Kracher und Kritik & Subversion''], YouTube, 2 September 2020.</ref> She believes this would work, because she views sex roles as [[Social constructionism|socially constructed]] and rejects evolutionary psychlogy/biology. According to her, | She believes that inceldom can be prevented if boys receive a Feminist education, e.g. [[Bluepill|being taught to express emotions and not be tough]].<ref name="hannover">Kritik und Subversion Hannover: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oscG7Cfer0A&list=FLFb1kmqOLoZFigSlx_UYVww ''Interview über Incels und toxische Männlichkeit - mit Veronika Kracher und Kritik & Subversion''], YouTube, 2 September 2020.</ref> She believes this would work, because she views sex roles as [[Social constructionism|socially constructed]] and rejects evolutionary psychlogy/biology. According to her, preference for [[Dominance hierarchy|alpha men]] among many women is not caused by biology but by education, since many women "internalized" "patriarchal perceptions".<ref name="47-48">Kracher, ''Incels'', p. 47-48</ref> Therefore, she explicitly opposes the [[Scientific Blackpill]]<ref name="47-48"></ref> and views feminist theories as superior to natural science. She even compares evolutionary psychology/biology to National Socialism, since it also argued with biology.<ref name="168-169">Kracher, ''Incels'', p. 168-169.</ref> She also opposes [[Jordan Peterson]], whom she calls "kind of a pop star among these reactionary scientists".<ref name="168-169"></ref> However, she isn’t that consistent concerning her own views when it comes to the emotions of [[Elliot Rodger]] within his manifesto, calling him a "whiny, narcissistic, spoiled snotty brat".<ref>Kracher, ''Incels'', p. 65.</ref> | ||
== COVID-19 == | == COVID-19 == | ||