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petrus4  ·  3851 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is "The Red Pill?"

Feminism and the TRP/MRA scene are both composed largely of pathological vermin, as far as I am concerned. I don't hate women as people, but I don't entertain too many illusions about the possibility of my engaging in a decent relationship with one of them, either; although to be fair, that is as much because of my own issues as it is because of theirs.

As for Stormfront, they have both pros and cons, to be brutally honest. Yes, as fascists and white supremacists, they have some deeply sick ideas; but the different between the average Stormfag and the average redditor, is that I can disagree with the Stormfag, and he won't try and remove my ability to speak entirely, whereas a Reddit user will.

The hard Right actually care a lot more about genuine freedom of expression than the Reddit demographic do, in my experience. Reddit has an enforced consensus, and if you step outside of that, they will generally either use attempts at censorship, or various forms of psychological warfare to bludgeon you back into compliance. The fact that I got sick of that, and started looking for alternatives, was actually what led me here.

Back on topic; the way to deal with TRP is to passively marginalise and ignore them. Attempting to engage in activism against them won't stop them, and all it will do is make them feel vindicated, and even more certain that they are right. They are a small and pathological minority; and feminism has made sufficient inroads that there is no danger of them spreading, if left to their own devices.