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Incel is a subculture.[1]

The point is that virgin men or single men get called "Incel", because of how it stings as an insult, not because they are part of a subculture or have the mindset of that subculture.

Imagine being lumped in with crystal meth addicts because your friend gave you a cigarette once.

I want to be excruciatingly clear: Andrew Tate is a sex trafficker that tells millions of impressionable boys they are owed sex and that women should not be permitted to vote or hold positions of influence, and that they cannot have platonic relationships with women.

The word incel, on the other hand, describes men who are disgustingly behaved and as a result are unable to have romantic relationships.

These are not, in any way, the same thing. This is NOT an example of horseshoe theory.

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