Rodger is among several attackers who are regularly praised by members of incel communities . The perpetrator of the 2009 Collier Township shooting , George Sodini , has been embraced by some of these communities . After the 2017 Las Vegas shooting by Stephen Paddock ( a man with unclear motive ) , some of the involuntarily celibate community celebrated the shooter , who they felt was a hero who was targeting " normies " . The trend has since continued — after the 2018 Toronto van attack , a poster on a website created to supersede / r/incels wrote about suspected perpetrator Alek Minassian , " I hope this guy wrote a manifesto because he could be our next new saint . " After the 2018 Danforth shooting , posters on an incel message board expressed excitement with the possibility that the perpetrator might be an incel , although no motive has been identified
2009 Collier Township shooting
2009 Collier Township shooting
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