r/circlebroke Nov 07 '17

/r/Incels has been banned

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '17

Did you not google elliot rodgers? He was that subs ultimate hero. You say they couldn't or wouldn't carry out the violence they preach, but you're wrong.

Those guys don't need your charitable assessment. They need therapy.

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u/freejosephk Nov 08 '17

I know who Elliot Rodgers was. (He's dead, right?). But he's one person. And he was a rich, entitled person with means and whatever baggage he was carrying. He's not representative of the character of the rest of the incels. If he was, there'd be more incidents like his. Pointing to Rodgers as somehow the actual paragon rather than the imaginary paragon of the incels isn't correct.

They need therapy. They need a moment of self realization. They need to be understood. They don't need more bullying, though. That's part of the reason they're like that in the first place.