• whithom
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    3 days ago

    The sphere isn’t just men, it’s maga.

    It’s not just the men/man/male influencers/manosphere, it’s the magasphere.

    The magasphere has allowed people to feel more comfortable saying trash in public.

    Edit: really gotta spell it out for the masses.

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        4 days ago

        I don’t really think I have expectations for them. I imagine the worst thing possible, and they always trump it.

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          It’s not really semantics. The manosphere is a specific group of influencers, not men in general. It only seems like semantics if you don’t know what the manosphere actually is.

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        And what do you think that means?

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          A specific ring of misogynistic male influencers. Not men in general. If you generally struggle with nuance, maybe this example will help: all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares. Same with the manosphere. All are men, but not all men are part of it.

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            Let me rephrase it so you can better understand simple sentences.

            It’s not just the men/man/male influencers/manosphere, it’s the magasphere.

            I forget how people online need to have everything spelled out for them.

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              What are you talking about? The manosphere is a distinctly separate collection of people composed of influencers and their followers who obsess over manliness and macho stereotypes.

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                These are the same people. Good job.