Opinion: Incels want to make Dec. 6 a day of celebration. It’s everyone’s job to prevent that
www.theglobeandmail.com
The anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre is a national day of remembrance to fight violence against women, but there are some men who disturbingly call it ‘Saint Marc Lépine Day’

Dec. 6 is the anniversary of Marc Lépine’s misogynistic assault on École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1989. On that day, Mr. Lépine entered a classroom armed with a semi-automatic rifle. He asked all the men to leave and then opened fire. He murdered 14 women and wounded another 14 people before taking his own life.

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The day before the anniversary, Mr. Rochefort posted an altered photo depicting Mr. Lépine with an assault rifle in front of a group of women, telling his readers that Dec. 6 “should be a day when we remember the first counterattack against the femin*zis’ war on men.” In August, 2022, he was convicted of inciting hatred toward women.

Some incidents of incel violence have started to be treated as acts of terrorism, and the Canadian governemtn IIRC has recently considered treating the incel "movement" as a domestic terrorism threat.

  • OrionsMask [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Oh I see, you're probably right in the sense that it was likely coined by people who are too online, but I think the phenomenon far predates the coining of the term. I think it goes hand-in-hand with the concept of the cult of personality. Being obsessed with celebrity culture is mainstream though, when we say "parasocial," we don't refer to having imagined bonds with musicians, actors or politicians, we mean YouTubers and Twitch streamers. Yet I'd argue the former is also parasocial if you feel a need to jump through hoops to excuse blatant reactionary behaviour from someone just because you like their music, for example.

    • RonJeremyCorbyn [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      oh no no no mr. orion, i said the struggle session will occur later.

      but i condemned and still condemn his behavior, so you'll need to insinuate something more substantial at the appropriate time.

      • OrionsMask [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah, that's the thing, you did condemn him with quite a lengthy disclaimer, didn't you? At the same time, you called yourself a "big Kanye apologist." I hand waved the idea of a struggle session on the topic because I didn't think it was worth one for "this person now represents something I despise but they've made some bangers tho" but now my curiosity is piqued at the possible nuanced angle you could come at this with. Maybe I was too quick in my hand waving, guess we'll see. I'll look forward to reading this at the appropriate time.