I think the Toronto attack is the most recent case to underline to me the importance of a concept I don't think has been discussed enough - violence in the public sphere.
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The copy-cat phenomenon means this is anything but newhttps://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/12/the-media-needs-to-stop-inspiring-copycat-murders-heres-how/266439/ …
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In a weird and perverse way, I feel like analysing these attacks (Toronto but not just) as sick type of engagement with the public sphere might be more helpful than the traditional frames of mental illness/ideology commonly mobilised.
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I mean I hate even writing this, but the whole "incel" community are "subaltern" in that they feel and consider themselves excluded from the hegemony (even if this is a self-imposed exclusion).
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It seems he was actually inspired by Elliot Rodger who's apparently some incel leader And he also killed pedestrians with a vehicle in 2014 in California.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/world/canada/incel-reddit-meaning-rebellion.html …
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