Well, someone on r/sex asked why people find people of r/wgtow insane, cause it was just a fetish sub. (Troll post) I had no idea what wgtow was, so went to check. Got rather taken aback by how they seem to think the vast majority of men are bad people, and couldn't help but ask wtf that was about, in the most diplomatic language I could come up with. Cause I'm genuinely curious how you manage to be so unfair with people....
Well, there's a lot of men going into subs like /r/twoxchromosomes and commenting even though they're not women and things like that so I thought you were brigading.
Basically, going into a sub you're not the target audience of and commenting. Could be trolling, could be trying to give unsolicited advice or chiming in with your unwanted opinion.
Example: a man goes into a feminist subreddit and keeps asking "what about men's rights?"
Well, I guess that's exactly what I was doing. It takes some willpower to not do so, but I came across it by accident, so to speak. After a tiny bit of discussion, I figured it was best I left it alone. I wasn't likely to get anywhere.
"I'm not crazy, I know there are good men out there, but it's one in a hundred thousand" I'm quoting by memory here. How can I read that and not itch like crazy to speak sense to the person...
... it's happening again... I'm gonna just breathe in and breathe out and let it go again.
Usually people get upset when outsiders come in and ask them reasonable questions they weren't prepared for. in wgtow they like to assume every reader will already agree with "gas all men tbh" and didn't want to defend it
When groups of people from another group start to come to the first group. When the first group puts out a comment which is interesting but contrasting to another group, but the other group posts it and starts commenting because it is interesting. If the first groups finds the opinions of the second group contradictory to their own, it can cause insecurity and defensiveness.
The feelings caused by cognitive dissonance are not pleasant, and can be interpreted as attacks rather than simple communication.
Also, if someone posts something looking for sympathy, but gets serious responses instead, they may feel insecure and attacked.
Or, when someone simply get's a larger negative response than they were expecting, when expecting a small positive response.
It's often that brigading is perceived as a coordinated attack, rather than a group of individuals acting on their own in the same manner. Brigading is often viewed as censorship, just as anti-brigading actions are.
EG: Your post to WGTOW a few days ago regarding 'awful...stories' was linked to from MGTOW. Rather than accept comments/downvotes from MGTOW members, WGTOW locked the thread. Whether brigading or not....
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1 TSwizzlesNipples 2017-08-22
Wow...what a bunch of miserable, bitter people. Should gas the whole sub tbh.
1 ThatMormonMike 2017-08-22
WGTOW and MGTOW should be put on an island surrounded by sharks.
1 TSwizzlesNipples 2017-08-22
That's a reality show I'd watch.
1 AlphaOmegaSith 2017-08-22
Oh fuck the hell yes
1 Mirawenya 2017-08-22
The fucked up thing is they don't even realise how similar they are.
I'm happy in the real world where there are good and bad on both sides. I avoid the bad, and hang out with the good. It's nice.
1 lifesbrink 2017-08-22
The real question is, do you like sharks?
1 Mirawenya 2017-08-22
Well, given I'm having my period more often than not due to new contraception, I'm gonna say....no?
1 lifesbrink 2017-08-22
Big if true
1 CucksLoveTrump 2017-08-22
/u/infuriated you have to leave the house in order to meet people. Male cats don't count as "men"
1 OniTan 2017-08-22
/u/Mirawenya if you have a boyfriend why the FUCK are you posting on a subreddit for lonely hags?
1 Mirawenya 2017-08-22
Huh?
Well, someone on r/sex asked why people find people of r/wgtow insane, cause it was just a fetish sub. (Troll post) I had no idea what wgtow was, so went to check. Got rather taken aback by how they seem to think the vast majority of men are bad people, and couldn't help but ask wtf that was about, in the most diplomatic language I could come up with. Cause I'm genuinely curious how you manage to be so unfair with people....
1 OniTan 2017-08-22
Well, there's a lot of men going into subs like /r/twoxchromosomes and commenting even though they're not women and things like that so I thought you were brigading.
1 Mirawenya 2017-08-22
What is brigading?
1 OniTan 2017-08-22
Basically, going into a sub you're not the target audience of and commenting. Could be trolling, could be trying to give unsolicited advice or chiming in with your unwanted opinion.
Example: a man goes into a feminist subreddit and keeps asking "what about men's rights?"
1 Mirawenya 2017-08-22
Well, I guess that's exactly what I was doing. It takes some willpower to not do so, but I came across it by accident, so to speak. After a tiny bit of discussion, I figured it was best I left it alone. I wasn't likely to get anywhere.
"I'm not crazy, I know there are good men out there, but it's one in a hundred thousand" I'm quoting by memory here. How can I read that and not itch like crazy to speak sense to the person...
... it's happening again... I'm gonna just breathe in and breathe out and let it go again.
1 ashent2 2017-08-22
Usually people get upset when outsiders come in and ask them reasonable questions they weren't prepared for. in wgtow they like to assume every reader will already agree with "gas all men tbh" and didn't want to defend it
1 randarrow 2017-08-22
When groups of people from another group start to come to the first group. When the first group puts out a comment which is interesting but contrasting to another group, but the other group posts it and starts commenting because it is interesting. If the first groups finds the opinions of the second group contradictory to their own, it can cause insecurity and defensiveness.
The feelings caused by cognitive dissonance are not pleasant, and can be interpreted as attacks rather than simple communication.
Also, if someone posts something looking for sympathy, but gets serious responses instead, they may feel insecure and attacked.
Or, when someone simply get's a larger negative response than they were expecting, when expecting a small positive response.
It's often that brigading is perceived as a coordinated attack, rather than a group of individuals acting on their own in the same manner. Brigading is often viewed as censorship, just as anti-brigading actions are.
EG: Your post to WGTOW a few days ago regarding 'awful...stories' was linked to from MGTOW. Rather than accept comments/downvotes from MGTOW members, WGTOW locked the thread. Whether brigading or not....