The term “incel” has been around about as long as the internet, but in recent years the label is unfortunately becoming more common. Online incel communities appear to have started as sort of support groups for men who felt like they couldn’t get laid or loved by women, but they have morphed into hate groups in their own right.
People who consider themselves involuntary celibates have increasingly been connected with violent crimes and murder. One of the most horrific of these was the 2018 shooting at a Tallahassee hot yoga studio by 40-year-old Scott Beierle. The US Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) released a report on the Tallahassee murders this week that sheds some light on the dangers that incels pose.
