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“Incel”

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Scribblegirl · 24/04/2018 18:29

Just come across this horrific phrase in the context of the Canadian attacks. I’ve always thought I was relatively aware but this completely passed me by.

Does anyone have any background resources they can share on the phrase/“movement”? Not sure I can face some of the murkier sites my first searches found.

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olderthanyouthink · 24/04/2018 19:11

I've spent a fair bit of time reading one of their forums since they were banned from Reddit. Not nice or happy people.

They are angry, mostly young, men who can "get" a woman to have sex with them so they often feel like women should be distributed evenly among men so every man can have a hole to stick his penis into.

They are often racist and advocate rape, acid attacks, mass shootings, suicide etc.

Wanderabout · 24/04/2018 19:10

Many of them work for FB

That is particularly worrying given FB's increasing role in policing language online:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3230739-Facebook-policing-free-speech

Ereshkigal · 24/04/2018 18:59

Yes a lot of them are very tech savvy, like TRAs. There are parallels and overlaps between them IME. But I wouldn't underestimate the hatred these young men have for women, or their sense of rage and entitlement.

thebewilderness · 24/04/2018 18:47

Many of them work for FB.

thebewilderness · 24/04/2018 18:46

There is a long history in the MRA blogs, like A Voice For Men, of involuntarily celibate men wanting women provided for their use. They call themselves incel and suffer from aggrieved entitlement.
E Rogers is a perfect example because he never made any effort to meet women. He wanted them to come to him and offer themselves. When they did not he decided to punish them by murdering them.
Porsick weasels every one of them.

RedToothBrush · 24/04/2018 18:44

4chan was also referenced by Alek Minassian.

Ereshkigal · 24/04/2018 18:41

On Reddit the incel community was closed down. It was awful.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/08/reddit-incel-involuntary-celibate-men-ban

Talith · 24/04/2018 18:39

I don't think it's a huge movement, more a niche of (young) angry men who've found a community of others who are similarly lonely and lacking in social skills. I've noticed a few incel/red pill boards on Reddit. It's probably brewed on there and 4chan. It is of course ridiculous but generally they clearly appear to be bonkers so not taken seriously by anyone other than their own community.

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Scribblegirl · 24/04/2018 18:37
  • eresh, sorry
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Scribblegirl · 24/04/2018 18:36

Thanks Erish. No idea how I managed to miss the term.

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RedToothBrush · 24/04/2018 18:35

Yes, and he now appears to have a fan club Ereshkigal.

Ereshkigal · 24/04/2018 18:34

Elliott Rodger.

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Scribblegirl · 24/04/2018 18:33

Sorry - had been searching ‘incel rebellion’. Seems there are more legitimate links when just searching for incel.

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