I've been saying this for a while, but the term "incel" is quickly going the way of "racist" and "Nazi".
What I've been saying for several years now is that such terms are 100 percent moral dominance attacks designed to destroy the moral agency of the accused. No one has to engage with any arguments a morally abhorrent person makes, or listen to what they have to say about anything, because they are a Bad Person™.
It is rhetorical terrorism, and the mark of a lazy and insecure mind.
It was never not a mere slur, except for the 5 minutes it was only used by a tiny internet subculture to refer to themselves.
What I've been saying for several years now is that such terms are 100 percent moral dominance attacks designed to destroy the moral agency of the accused. No one has to engage with any arguments a morally abhorrent person makes, or listen to what they have to say about anything, because they are a Bad Person™.
It is rhetorical terrorism, and the mark of a lazy and insecure mind.
Precisely.
They're effectively just calling people virgins.