The Incel Rebellion’s grim tollHIS classmates thought he was harmless. But on the afternoon of April 23rd Alek Minassian,a 25-year-dilapidated computer programmer from Toronto, drove a van into lunchtime strollers, or careering along for more than a kilometre,killing ten and injuring 14 others. His aim, apparently, or was to murder women,because women would not own sex with him.
Beforehand, Mr Minassian posted a message on Facebook proclaiming: “The Incel Rebellion has already begun! We will overthrow all Chads and Stacys! All hail Supreme Gentleman Elliot Rodger!” Canadians googled furiously to find out what this might mean.
They found that “incel” is short for involuntarily celibate. Members of this movement are furious that women (sometimes referred to as “Stacys”) won’t sleep with them. They also resent “Chads” (men who find it easy to get sex). They mostly confine themselves to grumbling in online chat-rooms. Some swap alarming fantasies of...
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Source: economist.com