Reports emerging that Toronto van attack murderer may have been an incel. Even if it turns that label is just a 4chan hoax this time, don’t let that confuse you as to whether this sort of thing is happening. Thread below details recent mass murderers who were radicalized onlinehttps://twitter.com/lizbutlerdidit/status/982330526634618880 …
It means “involuntarily celibate.” These folks lack social skills and wish to be sexually active with a partner but can’t find one. They congregate in incel boards on the Chans and (until reddit banned them last year) on Reddit. The ideology breeds misogyny.
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I know, I had to look it up ... seems like a uniquely self-defacing allegiance ... I remember a time when ppl were self-conscious about their shortcomings ...
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Interesting point. The notions of incel-dom are predicated on the logic that nothing about their situation is their own fault… All blame for their celibate state is shoveled off onto women. It’s incredibly sad, misguided and misplaces the locus of control for one’s own behavior
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