This is the only unjustified claim and I think (also) the unstated assumption at the crux of differences in how people treat "incels" and other groups like them:
"Being sympathetic or nice might have an outside chance (however small) of reforming a few bad actors; we wouldn’t expect the same results from a stony lack of empathy."
This is the only unjustified claim and I think (also) the unstated assumption at the crux of differences in how people treat "incels" and other groups like them:
"Being sympathetic or nice might have an outside chance (however small) of reforming a few bad actors; we wouldn’t expect the same results from a stony lack of empathy."
I think it's justified, but that's mostly because I looked at the situation and went "yup, it looks a lot like that's why incels exist in the first place". I do think it's a hard thing to prove one way or the other - it may seem like incels are bad because they only place they can go is bad, but it might be worse if the sympathy encouraged them or something.
Thanks for writing such a thoughtful post!
This is the only unjustified claim and I think (also) the unstated assumption at the crux of differences in how people treat "incels" and other groups like them:
"Being sympathetic or nice might have an outside chance (however small) of reforming a few bad actors; we wouldn’t expect the same results from a stony lack of empathy."
I think it's justified, but that's mostly because I looked at the situation and went "yup, it looks a lot like that's why incels exist in the first place". I do think it's a hard thing to prove one way or the other - it may seem like incels are bad because they only place they can go is bad, but it might be worse if the sympathy encouraged them or something.