Some discussions endorse suicide among incels , violence against sexually active women and more sexually successful men , and harassment of women , including activities such as catfishing . A subgroup of incels who frequent websites run by Nathan Larson , a perennial political candidate and active participant in incel communities , work deliberately to convince other incels that they are justified in raping women if they are rejected sexually . In some communities , it is common for posts to glorify violence by self-identified incels such as Elliot Rodger ( perpetrator of the 2014 Isla Vista killings ) and Alek Minassian ( 2018 Toronto van attack suspect ) , as well as by those they believe shared their ideology such as Marc Lépine ( 1989 École Polytechnique massacre ) , Seung-Hui Cho ( 2007 Virginia Tech shooting ) , and George Sodini ( 2009 Collier Township shooting ) . Rodger is the most frequently referenced , with incels often referring to him as their " saint " and sharing memes in which his face has been superimposed onto paintings of Christian icons . Some incels consider him to be the true progenitor of today 's online incel communities
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