Are we going to declare incels terrorists or not yet? How many more homicides and rapes to start doing it?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/22/incels-rape-murder-study/
Do you think we should declare “terrorists” all people who practice a certain religion, of a certain sex, within a certain age bracket, of a certain nationality, or who espouse a certain political ideology — just because they are overrepresented in stats about homicide and rape, compared to other religion, the other sex, younger/older people, other nationalities, or other political views?
@tripu That's not what I said at all. Please, read the article.
The problem is not belonging to any of the demographics you mention, the problem is them public and shamelessly threatening with violence. And then following up on that threat with real violence.
“The problem is them public and shamelessly threatening with violence.”
To put it another way: my issue is with that “them” above. Who is “them”? All self-declared involuntary celibates? Just those in the US? Only users of that forum? Female ones, too? What about the ones who are explicitly against violence?
How many are there in each of those categories above?
We shouldn’t paint with too broad a brush and label thousands or millions of people as “terrorists” like that. It’s a very serious accusation.
