THOUGHTS ON the Great Feminist War On Nerds. “I live in a world where feminists throwing weaponized shame at nerds is an obvious and inescapable part of daily life.” Punch back twice as hard. Among other things, point out that the people calling you “gross,” “fat,” and “loser,” are, well. . . .

Plus: “Pick any attempt to shame people into conforming with gender roles, and you’ll find self-identified feminists leading the way. Transgender people? Feminists led the effort to stigmatize them and often still do. Discrimination against sex workers? Led by feminists. Against kinky people? Feminists again. People who have too much sex, or the wrong kind of sex? Feminists are among the jeering crowd, telling them they’re self-objectifying or reinforcing the patriarchy or whatever else they want to say. Male victims of domestic violence? It’s feminists fighting against acknowledging and helping them.”

Well, that’s because they’re horrible, damaged people who want to address their own problems by making other people suffer. When you recognize that, it all makes sense. When you point it out to them, they tend to go elsewhere.

UPDATE: I’ve linked it many times before, but I once again recommend this piece by Eric S. Raymond.