Whenever I hear someone declare themselves as logical/rational, I get pretty leery about them, especially if they say it like they think they deserve a fucking medal. It’s usually a pretty good sign that they’re firmly entrenched in the most toxic parts of geek culture, where rationality is practically worshiped by people whose egos depend on feeling like the smartest person in the room.
Asshole nerd guys have bought hard into the idea that masculinity means being logical instead of emotional, so they turn everything related to demonstrating rationality into a hypercompetitive genital-measuring contest. You see it with the guys who turn even those minor discussion into their hill to die on because they refuse to admit they’re wrong about anything, or the ones practically salivate at the thought of rubbing their atheism into the face of some irrational religious person and engaging them in debate. It’s all just a way to demonstrate their status to a culture that values intelligence above all else.
It also gives them an excuse to declare themselves as superior rational beings compared to women, because if logic is a masculine quality then women must not have a lot of it, right? It’s the same reason they love to condemn their opponents, especially women, as being motivated or affected by emotion (”Did I hurt your fee-fees?”/”Are you triggered yet?”/”Angry feminists!”/”Tumblr Hugbox!”), often in the breath that they criticize male opponents for their lack of masculinity (”Beta male!”/”SJW cuck!”/ -insert generic homophobic slur-”).
(Angry pseudo-rationalists don’t have a monopoly on anti-sjw dickery, but they sure as hell built it into what it is today)
In other words, it’s the same sneering toxic masculinity you see everywhere else, just interpreted by nerds instead of some other group like jocks or rich kids. It has the same potential to turn confused, frustrated, insecure boys in to hateful, frustrated, insecure men, just ones with different hobbies.
