Would you feel comfortable to describe a group of women as losers, on a public forum?
That’s an interesting question—I actually can’t think of any group where that would be an accurate description, so I don’t really have a good answer here. Sorry about that.
If not, then what would be the proper way to describe a subculture of women who are not satisfied with how society works now, who feel their options are limited by the society, who discuss endlessly on their blogs about how the society should be changed, and use some keywords as their badge of honor?
People who may or may not be on to something? Sure, lots of folks blame the failings of society for their comparative lack of success, and that’s sometimes unhelpful. But even that is a lot better than just complaining about how all other people—most specifically including women as well as ‘alpha male’ other guys—are somehow evil and stupid. That’s called sour grapes, and IMHO it is a highly blameworthy attitude, not least since it perpetuates and deepens the originally poor outcomes.
I actually can’t think of any group where that would be an accurate description
No real group, or even an imaginary group? I mean, take the “misanthropic losers” you described (and for the sake of debate, let’s assume your description of them is completely accurate), and imagine exactly the same group with genders reversed. Would it be okay to call those women publicly “losers”?
Or perhaps “loser” is a gendered slur. (Something like the word “slut” that you can use to offend women, but if you try it to describe a sexually adventurous man, it somehow does not have the same shaming power.) In which case, saying that the “Red Pill” readers are losers contains almost as much information as saying that they are men.
Sure, lots of folks blame the failings of society for their comparative lack of success, and that’s sometimes unhelpful. But even that is a lot better than just complaining about how all other people—most specifically including women as well as ‘alpha male’ other guys—are somehow evil and stupid.
Complaining achieves nothing, and people who complain without achieving anything are, yeah, losers.
How about a group that achieves real results? For example, there is a controversial movement, in an obscure part of the “manosphere”, behind a blogger Valentine Solarius, often criticized by feminists for writing things like “to be female is to be deficient, cognitively limited”; “the female is completely egocentric, trapped inside herself, incapable of empathizing or identifying with others, or love, friendship”; “her intelligence is a mere tool in the services of her drives and needs”; “the female has one glaring area of superiority over the male—public relations; she has done a brilliant job of convincing millions of men that women are men and men are women”; “every woman, deep down, knows she’s a worthless piece of shit”. -- He writes a lot about his desire to kill women. Actually, he attacked and almost killed one woman for not responding to his e-mail, but she survived so he only spent three years in prison. He seems to be a popular person among some men politically influential in the Republican party… so, let’s assume that his friends really succeed to create a political movement, change the way society perceives women, change the laws as they want to have them, etc. Then, they would no longer be losers, would they? Now, would that be better than merely blogging about the “Red Pill”? (See his blog for some more crazy ideas.)
No real group, or even an imaginary group? I mean, take the “misanthropic losers” you described (and for the sake of debate, let’s assume your description of them is completely accurate), and imagine exactly the same group with genders reversed. Would it be okay to call those women publicly “losers”?
Well, we can imagine anything we want to. It’s not hard to think of a possible world where some loose subculture or organized group of women could be fairly characterized as “losers” on a par with redpillers. You could basically get there if, say, radical feminism was a lot more dysfunctional than it actually is. No such luck, though.
How about a group that achieves real results?
Perhaps you’re missing the point here? By “achieving real results”, I obviously don’t mean committing assault. Even successfully influencing politics would be a dubious achievement, as long as their basic ideology remains what it is. However, it is indeed a stylized fact in politics and social science that such nasty subcultures and movements generally appeal to people who are quite low either in self-perceived status/achivement, or in their level on Maslow’s scale of human needs.
Your quotes from the Manosphere blogger were quite sobering indeed, but I’ll be fair here—you can find such crazies in any extreme movement, so perhaps that’s not what’s most relevant after all. If most redpillers stuck to what they might perhaps be said to do best, e.g. social critiques about the pervasive influence of feminized thinking, the male’s unrecognized role as an economic provider and the like, as well as formulating reform proposals (however extreme they might be), I don’t think they would be so controversial. Who knows, they might even become popular in some underground circles who are quite fascinated by out-of-the-box thinking.
That’s an interesting question—I actually can’t think of any group where that would be an accurate description, so I don’t really have a good answer here. Sorry about that.
People who may or may not be on to something? Sure, lots of folks blame the failings of society for their comparative lack of success, and that’s sometimes unhelpful. But even that is a lot better than just complaining about how all other people—most specifically including women as well as ‘alpha male’ other guys—are somehow evil and stupid. That’s called sour grapes, and IMHO it is a highly blameworthy attitude, not least since it perpetuates and deepens the originally poor outcomes.
No real group, or even an imaginary group? I mean, take the “misanthropic losers” you described (and for the sake of debate, let’s assume your description of them is completely accurate), and imagine exactly the same group with genders reversed. Would it be okay to call those women publicly “losers”?
Or perhaps “loser” is a gendered slur. (Something like the word “slut” that you can use to offend women, but if you try it to describe a sexually adventurous man, it somehow does not have the same shaming power.) In which case, saying that the “Red Pill” readers are losers contains almost as much information as saying that they are men.
Complaining achieves nothing, and people who complain without achieving anything are, yeah, losers.
How about a group that achieves real results? For example, there is a controversial movement, in an obscure part of the “manosphere”, behind a blogger Valentine Solarius, often criticized by feminists for writing things like “to be female is to be deficient, cognitively limited”; “the female is completely egocentric, trapped inside herself, incapable of empathizing or identifying with others, or love, friendship”; “her intelligence is a mere tool in the services of her drives and needs”; “the female has one glaring area of superiority over the male—public relations; she has done a brilliant job of convincing millions of men that women are men and men are women”; “every woman, deep down, knows she’s a worthless piece of shit”. -- He writes a lot about his desire to kill women. Actually, he attacked and almost killed one woman for not responding to his e-mail, but she survived so he only spent three years in prison. He seems to be a popular person among some men politically influential in the Republican party… so, let’s assume that his friends really succeed to create a political movement, change the way society perceives women, change the laws as they want to have them, etc. Then, they would no longer be losers, would they? Now, would that be better than merely blogging about the “Red Pill”? (See his blog for some more crazy ideas.)
Well, we can imagine anything we want to. It’s not hard to think of a possible world where some loose subculture or organized group of women could be fairly characterized as “losers” on a par with redpillers. You could basically get there if, say, radical feminism was a lot more dysfunctional than it actually is. No such luck, though.
Perhaps you’re missing the point here? By “achieving real results”, I obviously don’t mean committing assault. Even successfully influencing politics would be a dubious achievement, as long as their basic ideology remains what it is. However, it is indeed a stylized fact in politics and social science that such nasty subcultures and movements generally appeal to people who are quite low either in self-perceived status/achivement, or in their level on Maslow’s scale of human needs.
Your quotes from the Manosphere blogger were quite sobering indeed, but I’ll be fair here—you can find such crazies in any extreme movement, so perhaps that’s not what’s most relevant after all. If most redpillers stuck to what they might perhaps be said to do best, e.g. social critiques about the pervasive influence of feminized thinking, the male’s unrecognized role as an economic provider and the like, as well as formulating reform proposals (however extreme they might be), I don’t think they would be so controversial. Who knows, they might even become popular in some underground circles who are quite fascinated by out-of-the-box thinking.