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 I refuse to stoop to calling people ‘incels’ solely because they express invective that I don’t like; it only reduces their value to a binary mechanism of whether or not they’ve had sex (generally irresponsibly) and I hate that about as much as my value is expressed by them as whether or not I have children or “have eggs.” It’s banal immaturity and it’s just not good for establishing a middle ground where we can actually communicate.

Granted, people focusing on staying bitter will generally not make the improvements necessary to carry on their bloodlines. Dialogue simply can’t be had with a lot of people, but not most people. But for now an exchange of ideas can take place.