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You may have heard of the "Countering Violent Extremism" program under DHS.

They've deployed the tactics used to fight terrorists against domestic citizens. For example, incels. When I posted on the web forum incels dot is, I didn't know it was Department of Homeland Security operation against men who say they are romantically deprived. I didn't know I was interacting with larping feds who encourage extremist rhetoric. Consequently I was put on a watchlist and am subject to intrusive monitoring.

I share a lot of my experience here.

https://twitter.com/WrongedIncel

My question is, my computer is hacked by them and they are privy to my computer activity -- as in, right now, they're seeing me type this post. How can I get these rats out of my computer? I just run Windows 11.

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[–] MrHand 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay. How about this. Look at these papers.

https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/24162/Hoffman_2020_SCT_Assessingthreat_AAM.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371229307_Beyond_violent_extremism_A_3N_perspective_of_inceldom

These are "security researchers" calling on the government to treat incels just like I've been treated. There. Now are my claims more plausible? Of course, these people have their own biases and political prejudices, whether feminist, whether concerned about Trump, whether concerned about "is it good for the Jews." But for sure they have the ear of the government.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These are unpublished, unedited and non-peer-reviewed papers. Anybody can write a paper; that doesn't mean the papers are right.

[–] MrHand -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When you google "incels" at a place like google scholar, almost all the material is from globohomo type academics demonizing them and calling for their intrusive monitoring by the security sector. those two articles are but just two examples. because the war on terror has winded down, in incels wolfish feds see a bounty justifying their fed jobs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I see a trend of you demonizing most people except incels here