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Roxane Gay

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1007 total appearances

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

And you know that when it happens, those men of ICE are, because it is a vocational program for men, they are probably so irritated.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

And that brings me a small amount of, I don't think joy is the word, but satisfaction.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

No.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

It isn't.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

They just have a new way of gathering.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

The manosphere has always existed.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

Congress...

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

It's everywhere.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

And the army.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

The White House.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

Truly.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

That's just off the top of my head.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

It has always existed.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

What is particularly troubling and unique about the current moment is that they have such easy access to one another and that there are no limits.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

because they tend to find themselves on these forums where there is no moderation, where they are openly allowed to talk about really virulent misogyny, which whatever, but then also violence against women, violence against people they disagree with.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

They have created their own vernacular to be able to better communicate amongst themselves about their anxieties and their grievances.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

And so they have more reach than before.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

And they are really good at finding the disaffected and disillusioned young men or not so young men who have nowhere to put feelings and who don't have the tools to cope with feelings and who don't have the personal ability to deal with accountability of

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

you know, take a shower, brush your teeth, learn to talk to other people, and then listen to what is being said to you, learn to ask questions.

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Roxane Gay on the Myth of Civility

You know, so much of this is just basic sort of human 101.