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Incels.me commenters agree: Mass murder is a “humanitarian” act, and those repulsed by it should be arrested

By David Futrelle Incels.me — one of the most active online hangouts for self-identified “involuntary celibates” —  is such a cesspool of misogyny and rage that I could probably write ten posts a day based on the hair-raising stuff I find there and never run out of material. Thing is, I don’t have the stomach…

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Sady Doyle’s examination of the roots of incel violence is required reading

By David Futrelle If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you owe it to yourself to give Sady Doyle’s excellent examination of the roots of the hateful, violence-obsessed incel subculture a thorough read. She expertly traces the intricate connections between various factions of the manosphere — from MRAs to pickup artists to incels —…

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Unrepentant and unreflective, incels celebrate their favorite murderer on “St. Elliot’s Day”

By David Futrelle In case you thought that all the mainstream media attention they’ve been getting lately might lead some of the internet’s so-called “involuntary celibates” to reflect upon and maybe even reconsider their hateful beliefs, the answer so far seems to be a huge “no.”

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Incels embrace Jordan Peterson after he calls for “enforced monogamy”

By David Futrelle The “involuntary celibates” who congregate on the Incels.me forum have previously celebrated such lovely fellows as Toronto van killer Alek Minassian, a self-described incel who murdered ten pedestrians in a symbolic attack against sex-having “Chads and Stacies,” and Elliot Rodger, the incel “saint” whose 2014 murder spree in Isla Vista California helped to…

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Incels debate Texas school shooting: Is Dimitrios Pagourtzis too handsome to be /ourguy?

By David Futrelle In the wake of today’s school shooting in Santa Fe — which left ten dead and another ten wounded — the mood on Incels.me is unusually subdued. On the highly active forum for self-described “involuntary celibates,” school shooters and other mass murderers are celebrated as heroes, with Elliot Rodger, who killed six…

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Check out my post on The Cut about incel mass murderer Elliot Rodger’s cult following

By David Futrelle Check out my piece on The Cut exploring incel mass murderer Elliot Rodger’s weird and creepy cult following.

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Incels hail Toronto van driver who killed 10 as a new Elliot Rodger, talk of future acid attacks and mass rapes [UPDATED]

UPDATE: The CBC has confirmed with Facebook that Minassian’s post declaring himself an incel and hailing Elliot Rodger is real.  By David Futrelle As I write this, it’s still not completely clear if Alek Minassian, the alleged driver of the van that killed ten pedestrians in Toronto yesterday in what appeared to be a very deliberate…