This guy thinks that what he says is acceptable because in his community, 15-25 year old males with low self-esteem and low confidence find solace in the fact that other people in their community are similarly in possession of low self-esteem and low confidence.
The reason this guy thinks that it's ok to be misogynistic is because his community has deemed that linguistic behaviour as normal. By thinking'[he] can say what [he] want[s]', he's merely reenforcing his community's position on acceptable linguistic behaviour.
Some Linguists in the 70s (Lesley and James Milroy) did some work on speech communities and social networks, and found that close-knit speech communities (like the ones that can be found in arcades) have strict linguistic codes with associated attitudes and vocabulary (such as 'Yeah, rape that bitch!'). They also found that a speech community's attitudes, behaviour and vocabulary became less exclusive, less incendiary and more 'normal' as the community widened.
Basically, as a greater variety of people join a community- here, the arcade community- the levels of acceptance towards those groups will increase.
...so all I'm saying Rea is good job, you're making the world a better place just by being involved!
Peace and Love x
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