MI5 officers told an influential committee of MPs “there is a growing synergy between Incel and ERWT (Extreme Right Wing Terrorism) ideologies.”
The Intelligence and Security Committee’s report (pdf) said, “Most Involuntary Celibates (Incels) are non-violent or criminal and their activity would not meet MI5 terrorism thresholds.”
But MI5 pointed out that Elliot Rodger—who shot and stabbed six people in Isla Vista, California, in 2014 before turning his gun on himself—was an example of Incel terrorism because his crime “was aimed at societal change.”
Rodger left a 137-page manifesto in which he vowed “to punish everyone who is sexually active,” but also went into detail about why he wanted to start a “war on women.”…