Toy Soldiers: These aren’t the nerds you’re looking for

YetAnotherCommenter · 2014-11-26T04:38:29+00:00

Great article, and I've submitted it over at /r/KotakuInAction

Its interesting how Brand describes nerds as being devoid of the capacity to socialize - in reality, nerds are simply socially atypical. They have a different style and method of socialization, which is not the same method/style which is used by the "norm."

Noah Brand assumes that the normal way of socializing is the "correct" way - which is akin to assuming that there is only one "correct" language (there are more common and less common languages, sure, but that doesn't mean a less common language is wrong).

Don't SJWs claim to defend the right to deviate from norms? Don't they claim to believe in many different-yet-equally-valid ways of being? Brand, in this case, is literally defending the "oppressive normativity" which SJWs typically claim to oppose (or maybe I'm confusing SJWs with Queer Theorists? If so, my mistake).

Druk0ziz · 2014-11-26T06:07:22+00:00

Unleashing Noah Brand on the world is the worst thing Ozymandias (of the former What About The Menz blog) ever did.

Title	Toy Soldiers: These aren’t the nerds you’re looking for
Author	johnmarkley
Upvotes	33
Comments	5
Date	November 26, 2014 12:57 AM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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