Incelerated
A Candian terrorist attack—yes, really, it's terrorism—comes down to not enough women wanting to lay some guy, and in the moment, we, south of the border, are verging on another potential American Incel moment.
The NBC News↗ headline runs, "After Toronto attack, online misogynists praise suspect as 'new saint'". Earlier today, Associated Press↗ was even more cautious°: "Online post suggests rampage suspect may have resented women". It is almost as if the idea makes people squeamish.
Journalist Arshy Mann↱ offered up a tweet-thread primer covering basics he picked up while "working on a piece about Toronto's relationship to the alt-right, especially the 'manosphere'", including a nod to David Futrelle [¡content warning!]↱, who managed to capture some of the cultish reaction among online incel communities after a man with an attitude problem about women decided to take out his sexual frustration on the rest of the world:
That warning comes after the bit about mass acid attacks, but before the part about mass rapes.
The continuing romanticization of Elliot Rodger↗ ought to make some point, like declaring a #NewRule that incels need to get personalities worth knowing, and one of the first things about that is to stop using the word "incel", while the next thing on the list is something akin to stop acting like that.
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Collins, Ben and Brandy Zardozny. "After Toronto attack, online misogynists praise suspect as 'new saint'". NBC News. 24 April 2018. NBCNews.com. https://nbcnews.to/2Fer9YB
Futrelle, David. "Incels hail Toronto van driver who killed 10 as a new Elliot Rodger, talk of future acid attacks and mass rapes". We Hunted the Mammoth. 24 April 2018. WeHuntedTheMammoth.com. 24 April 2018. http://bit.ly/2HpBFyc
Mann, Arshy. "For the past little while, I've been working on a piece about Toronto's relationship to the alt-right, especially the 'manosphere.'" Twitter. 24 April 2018. Twitter.com. 24 April 2018. http://bit.ly/2Feffhr
Noronha, Charmaine and David Crary. "Online post suggests rampage suspect may have resented women". Associated Press. 24 April 2018. APNews.com. 24 April 2018. http://bit.ly/2HXDvHL
A Candian terrorist attack—yes, really, it's terrorism—comes down to not enough women wanting to lay some guy, and in the moment, we, south of the border, are verging on another potential American Incel moment.
Self-described incels congregate mostly online, meeting in forums and message boards like Reddit and 4chan, and its offshoot site 8chan, to discuss their hopelessness with women in posts that are peppered with racist and misogynistic rants. "Chads" are incel-speak for good-looking men, who incels believe can't be one of them. "Stacys" are the women who find "Chads" attractive.
The Facebook message also refers admiringly to Elliot Rodger, who killed six people in Isla Vista, California in 2014, and left behind a manifesto and videos detailing his sexual frustration as the motivation for his violence.
Rodger has since emerged as a source of inspiration among the incel community.
"Private (Recruit) Minassian Infantry 00010, wishing to speak to Sgt 4chan please. C23249161. The Incel Rebellion has already begun! We will overthrow all the Chads and Stacys! All hail the Supreme Gentleman Elliot Rodger!" Minassian allegedly posted.
The Facebook message also refers admiringly to Elliot Rodger, who killed six people in Isla Vista, California in 2014, and left behind a manifesto and videos detailing his sexual frustration as the motivation for his violence.
Rodger has since emerged as a source of inspiration among the incel community.
"Private (Recruit) Minassian Infantry 00010, wishing to speak to Sgt 4chan please. C23249161. The Incel Rebellion has already begun! We will overthrow all the Chads and Stacys! All hail the Supreme Gentleman Elliot Rodger!" Minassian allegedly posted.
The NBC News↗ headline runs, "After Toronto attack, online misogynists praise suspect as 'new saint'". Earlier today, Associated Press↗ was even more cautious°: "Online post suggests rampage suspect may have resented women". It is almost as if the idea makes people squeamish.
Journalist Arshy Mann↱ offered up a tweet-thread primer covering basics he picked up while "working on a piece about Toronto's relationship to the alt-right, especially the 'manosphere'", including a nod to David Futrelle [¡content warning!]↱, who managed to capture some of the cultish reaction among online incel communities after a man with an attitude problem about women decided to take out his sexual frustration on the rest of the world:
Many in the media and in politics are unwilling to label attacks driven by misogynistic ideology as terrorism—often declaring them to be simply the result of "mental illness," as many did in the case of Elliot Rodger's murders (ignoring his hundred page manifesto), and as the authorities are already doing in the Toronto attacks.
But misogyny is not mental illness; it's hate. And what [Incel BPP] is talking about here is essentially the dictionary definition of terrorism—"[t]he unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims." The tactics he suggests are an explicit attempt to subject "normies" to "constant fear"—that is, terror—in all areas of their lives, in order to advance [Incel BPP's] goal of "black pilling" the world and intimidating those who criticize incels into silence.
Following his link back to the older thread, one quickly discovers that it is even more disturbing. In it, [Incel BPP] sets out what he sees as the virtues of various terroristic strategies, from acid attacks to mass rape to vehicle attacks like the one we saw yesterday. (If you are feeling at all fragile you may wish to stop reading this post right here.)
But misogyny is not mental illness; it's hate. And what [Incel BPP] is talking about here is essentially the dictionary definition of terrorism—"[t]he unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims." The tactics he suggests are an explicit attempt to subject "normies" to "constant fear"—that is, terror—in all areas of their lives, in order to advance [Incel BPP's] goal of "black pilling" the world and intimidating those who criticize incels into silence.
Following his link back to the older thread, one quickly discovers that it is even more disturbing. In it, [Incel BPP] sets out what he sees as the virtues of various terroristic strategies, from acid attacks to mass rape to vehicle attacks like the one we saw yesterday. (If you are feeling at all fragile you may wish to stop reading this post right here.)
That warning comes after the bit about mass acid attacks, but before the part about mass rapes.
The continuing romanticization of Elliot Rodger↗ ought to make some point, like declaring a #NewRule that incels need to get personalities worth knowing, and one of the first things about that is to stop using the word "incel", while the next thing on the list is something akin to stop acting like that.
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Notes:
° It further seems worth noting that, according to Bitly, the slug for the AP article was, at some point during markup, "Motive elusive after van driver kills 10 on Toronto sidewalk".
Collins, Ben and Brandy Zardozny. "After Toronto attack, online misogynists praise suspect as 'new saint'". NBC News. 24 April 2018. NBCNews.com. https://nbcnews.to/2Fer9YB
Futrelle, David. "Incels hail Toronto van driver who killed 10 as a new Elliot Rodger, talk of future acid attacks and mass rapes". We Hunted the Mammoth. 24 April 2018. WeHuntedTheMammoth.com. 24 April 2018. http://bit.ly/2HpBFyc
Mann, Arshy. "For the past little while, I've been working on a piece about Toronto's relationship to the alt-right, especially the 'manosphere.'" Twitter. 24 April 2018. Twitter.com. 24 April 2018. http://bit.ly/2Feffhr
Noronha, Charmaine and David Crary. "Online post suggests rampage suspect may have resented women". Associated Press. 24 April 2018. APNews.com. 24 April 2018. http://bit.ly/2HXDvHL