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Incels are not part of an “extremist ideology”. You make it sound as if they’re organized criminals or terrorists, which is ridiculous. I have yet to see any e
by subjectsigma 3y ago
Incels are not part of an “extremist ideology”. You make it sound as if they’re organized criminals or terrorists, which is ridiculous.
I have yet to see any evidence that there is any set of unified beliefs among incels whatsoever. Certainly nothing resembling an impactful call to organize or act. For the most part they’re young boys with mental illnesses, social problems, and too much time on the Internet unsupervised.
The reason that incels are presented as a movement is primarily to drive clickbait. Secondarily, to cover up the fact that nobody gives a fuck about the mental health of men, especially not in America. We would rather imagine grand conspiracies that admit to ourselves that there’s a growing mental health crisis.
- flerchin 3y agoIncelism is one of the causes of terrorism. We do see mass shootings in the US attributed to it. Granted, not all incels.
- bitwize 3y agoElliot Rodger had serious psychological issues besides incelism (and was a handsome kid, might not have been an incel but for those psychological issues). His manifesto had numerous passages about how frustrated he was that everyone (not just girls) didn't bow down and worship him like the god he thought he was. Certainly narcissistic to a profound degree, and possibly a sociopath. No wonder girls didn't like him.
- subjectsigma 3y agoI just don’t see a strong association. It’s like saying environmentalism is a cause of terrorism because of the Unabomber. Technically correct, but it seems weird to group it in the same category as things like white supremacy, jihadism, etc.
- Mordisquitos 3y agoThe researcher does address that. Here's a quote from the article: > He said: "If you look at incels who have committed extreme acts of violence, a lot of the time when you scratch beneath the surface, they tend to either be pretending that they're incel, or it's not the number one factor motivating their actions."