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Incel violence and the Montreal shooting
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On Monday morning, a 25-year-old man opened fire in Montreal, leading to a shootout that left three people dead.
A few hours later, police found a manifesto written by the shooter. It contained a laundry list of grievances but, more than anything, it bore the telltale signs of someone who had spent a lot of time immersed in the world of incels.
The incel, or involuntary celibate, movement was born online but has occasionally inspired real world violence. Elle Reeve is a correspondent for CNN and the author of Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics.
She joins the show to explain why young men are drawn to this movement – and why it keeps leading to violence.
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