"Incel" was a term actually coined by a queer Toronto woman in the 90s to give a name to how she was feeling at the time. It morphed into something horrific. "I can't uninvent this word, nor restrict it to the nicer people who need it." https://www.elle.com/culture/news/amp34512/woman-who-started-incel-movement/ …
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Incels & the broader manosphere are an important component of what we've come to think of as the alt-right (depending on your definition of that term). Misogyny is the most common gateway drug to other forms of hate.https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/12/14/13576192/alt-right-sexism-recruitment …
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There's a lot more to say on this topic, and we still don't have all the information about yesterday's attack, so I'll just end with a few recommendations for further reading.
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To better understand the rise of these toxic masculine online subcultures & how they interface with one another & the rest of the alt-right, @AngNagle's book "Kill All Normies" is an invaluable resource. https://www.amazon.ca/Kill-All-Normies-Culture-Alt-Right/dp/1785355430/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1524591601&sr=8-1&keywords=kill+all+normies …
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4chan & the "ironic-but-not-really" brand of hatred it created is a big part of the incel story. For a primer on how that platform evolved, read
@DaleBeran's essay.https://medium.com/@DaleBeran/4chan-the-skeleton-key-to-the-rise-of-trump-624e7cb798cb …Show this thread -
To really understand incels & the manosphere, you have to dive into the archives of "We Hunted the Mammoth."
@DavidFutrelle has been following this stuff for years.http://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/Show this thread -
For a more crowdsourced approach to understanding incel culture specifically, take a look at r/inceltears.https://www.reddit.com/r/IncelTears/
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Only because women and normies have terrorized them all day, everyday. Even as an incel sleeps, they dream of watching all the happy people laughing and pointing at them whilst they all have Earth-shattering sex just to spite them.
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How sad that some ppl think that women are "terrorizing" them simply by existing. Most grown-ups learn that if they didn't grow up to become "desirable" to others, then find a purpose in life that fulfills you without hurting, & perhaps--heres a thought--actually helping others.
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They aren't lone wolves if they have a community of thousands radicalizing them to commit terror.
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who knew 4chan would morph into terrorism amirite
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right? the defense for the subculture is that they’re not really they’re just kidding- well half kidding- to shock normies pay no attention to the white supremacy style guidepic.twitter.com/KaVMaRhHkm
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Thank you! Couldn’t believe Mark Saunders, the Toronto Chief of Police, said he wasn’t a terrorist. Free pass for white dudes to run people over?
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It's terrorism, plain and simple, though the law defines "terrorism" as being driven by politics or religion. But I'd say offing women is terrorism at its finest.
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Canada's definition of terrorism also includes furthering ideological goals, so - if the reports about the motivation of the Toronto attack are true - then it definitely qualifies.
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I'm intensely curious about the 'blood on hands' concept. A million little shoves from forum/reddit postings, "news articles", memes and yt clips, from tens of thousands of strangers, collaborated to make a monster. Our society needs to grow into one that can abate the shove.
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Yes, I agree with this statement. The Incel movement is dangerously in the realm of ideals with those of terrorist groups. Do they promote harm with no remorse? Terrorist.
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Terrorism is needs to have a political motivation-
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100% and thank you for this "extra alot" feed. You did great
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