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{{person|name=Elliot Rodger|occupation= | {{person|name=Elliot Rodger|occupation=Student|birthday=July 24th, 1991|ethnicity=Biracial (British and Chinese)|image=File:elliotrodger.jpg}} | ||
'''Elliot Rodger''' (July 24, 1991 | '''Elliot Rodger''' (Born July 24, 1991, died May 23, 2014) was a shy, high-functioning autistic [[HAPA]], [[standardcel]] of Chinese and British descent who hated [[MPUA]]'s, for-profit [[matchmaker]]s and [[dating]] gurus because he thought they were scams. Because he never stated that he attempted to approach women in an explicit romantic context, he doesn't meet the standard definition of [[inceldom]], and thus he is dubbed a [[volcel|voluntary celibate]] in the [[incel community|incel communities]]. | ||
His father (Peter Rodger) was a white British national | His father (Peter Rodger, a small time director) was a white British national and his mother (Ong Li Chin) was a Malaysian national of Chinese descent. He lived with his father and his Moroccan step-mother after his parent's divorce. In the time leading up to his rampage, he wrote the lengthy manifesto/autobiography ''[[My Twisted World]]'' and distributed it prior to the incident. Elliot's lack of female attention (partially ascribed to his [[shyness]]), sexual frustration, and fury at perceived mistreatment he claims to have suffered and what he saw as the injustices of society drove him to do the tragic 2014 Isla Vista massacre. The attacks were opportunistically seized upon by some members of the [[Mainstream_media|media]], and [[feminists]] to demonize men in general, and also to attack [[MRA|MRAs]] and members of the [[manosphere]], indicting these groups for inciting the attack.<ref>https://nypost.com/2014/05/26/killers-links-to-the-mens-rights-activist-movement/</ref>. | ||
==Online Activity== | |||
Elliot was a member of [[PSL|PUAhate]] which was not an incel forum (although Rodger may have mistakenly perceived it as one, he described as “a forum full of men who are starved of sex, just like me”<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/30/elliot-rodger-puahate-forever-alone-reddit-forumsM/</ref>) and his shooting thus resulted in [[PSL|PUAhate's]] closing soon afterwards, after the heated media coverage regarding the forum that ensued subsequent to the massacre. Rodger's manifesto never mentioned the word "incel" and out of thousands of posts across many websites he used the word [[incel]] only once or twice. He seemed to have spent most of his social time in the anti-pick-up artist culture, and other online forums which discussed the dating market. There are rumors he used the [[ForeverAlone]] subreddit, but these claims are unsubstantiated and likely false. | |||
==Massacre== | |||
He began his massacre by visciously stabbing his three Asian male roomates (one of which he had quarelled with previously, due to the roomate's alleged theft of his candles). Rodger's murderous rage and hatred of his roomates was made clearly evident by the fact that in the course of their murders, he stabbed one of them a total of 94 times.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150220034256/http://www.sbsheriff.us/documents/ISLAVISTAINVESTIGATIVESUMMARY.pdf</ref>. | |||
Rodger had the intent of luring people to his dormitory and using it as a torture chamber, fantasizing about torturing attractive and sexually successful individuals by flaying them alive and pouring boiling water on them. He abandoned this plan due to the unexpected resistance that was put up by his roommates, who foiled his attempt at killing them stealthily, resulting in the walls and floor of the dorm being soiled with their blood. After failing in his second and primary objective of conducting a "war on women" by killing all the members of a sorority (due to being blocked by the locked front door of the sorority house), he then proceeded to drive through the streets of Isla Vista, shooting people at random, mowing down pedestrians, and engaging in several gun battles with the police, killing three more people and receiving a gunshot to the hip after engaging in a final gun battle with three sheriff’s deputies. <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150220034256/http://www.sbsheriff.us/documents/ISLAVISTAINVESTIGATIVESUMMARY.pdf</ref> After mowing down a cyclist, he brought his murderous spree to its ultimate conclusion via a self-administered gunshot wound to the head. | |||
==Interests== | |||
He apparently enjoyed "swimming, hiking, reading, writing, going to the library and playing video games." His favorite video game was World of Warcraft, stating in his manifesto that at one time "World of Warcraft was the only thing I had left to live for". Rodger also enjoyed playing other videos games series such as Halo and Call of Duty. He apparently make an effort to [[looksmaxxing|improve his physical appearance]] prior to the massacre, engaging in calisthenics as a form of bodybuilding, and purchasing expensive designer clothing and sunglasses. He seems to have become more and more desperate in terms of the [[cope|coping mechanisms]] he employed prior to the massecre, attempting '[[Fapstinence|no fap]]' prior to the attack, and he also attempted to use the "law of attraction" to win the lottery in a last-ditch effort to attract women through [[LMS|acquiring money]]. | |||
He also is said to have enjoyed fantasy films and television shows. His favorite films included Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. He also enjoyed solitary walks and observing the sunset at scenic locations in Isla Vista prior to the massacre. | |||
The sheriff's report written after the incident, also records that he made a number of internet searches that indicated a strong interest in the Nazi Party and its leadership, such as the German dictator Adolf Hitler, the German propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels (who he seemingly suspected of being Jewish) and the Reichsführer-SS, Heinrich Himmler. | |||
==Initial Internet Reaction== | ==Initial Internet Reaction== | ||
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==Vlogs== | ==Vlogs== | ||
Rodger posted several videos about his loneliness on Youtube, and | Rodger posted several videos about his loneliness on Youtube, with titles such as "Why Don't Girls Like Me?". The disturbing content of these videos led to his mother informing police of her concern for his well-being, and they subsequently paid him a visit prior to the massacre. The deputies who visited him later described him as "shy, timid and polite", and after the visit, they left him alone, as they had no legal reason to detain him. In his final video, he promised, "On the day of retribution, I am going to enter the hottest sorority house at UCSB and I will slaughter every single spoiled, stuck-up, blond [[slut]] I see inside there" and then "take to the streets of Isla Vista and slay every single person I see there."<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-transcript-ucsb-shootings-video-20140524-story.html Transcript of the disturbing video 'Elliot Rodger's Retribution']</ref> The videos were taken down by YouTube as violations of their policy against violent threats; then undeleted; and then deleted again in 2018, after the [[Toronto van attack]].<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/hapas/comments/8fj51n/elliot_rodgers_youtube_channel_has_been_deleted/ Elliot Rodger's Youtube channel has been deleted after the latest incel terrorist. How do hapas feel about this?], r/hapas</ref> | ||
[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTTGuyDawTt5VIPJX9CYkmlYOYqoMv1OO Collection of his vlogs] | [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTTGuyDawTt5VIPJX9CYkmlYOYqoMv1OO Collection of his vlogs] | ||
== | ==Narcissism== | ||
Elliot Rodger's personal story is disproportionately cited by media because he exhibited [[narcissism|narcissistic]] traits and an unlikable personality and this fits with their narrative. | Elliot Rodger's personal story is disproportionately cited by media because he exhibited [[narcissism|narcissistic]] traits and an unlikable personality and this fits with their narrative. It has been claimed that Rodger's frustrated narcissism was a significant factor in his decision to undertake his murderous rampage, with this likely being a greater factor in contributing to the massacre than his autism<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359178916301744M</ref>, and that frustrated narcissism was also a factor in several other mass killings, as part of a theorised "path to intended violence" model, wherein narcissists seek violent revenge for the alleged insults they suffer in contravention to their elevated self-image, a purported example of such being the terrorist attacks committed by Anders Brevik, who was also diagnosed with autism. It is also important to note, that while it has been claimed that Rodger had [[Asperger's]] syndrome, he was never diagnosed with this, instead being diagnosed with PPNOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder not Otherwise Specified), another Autism Spectrum disorder. | ||
This, as compared to the previous incel murderer [[George Sodini]] (who Rodger mentioned in some of his online postings), who had no mental disorders and was (for most of his life) apparently pretty modest, kind, hard working, and normal. Similarly [[Alek Minassian]]'s personal story is rarely talked about, as he was a horribly bullied autistic special needs student, and talking about his story would possibly generate too much [[empathy]]. | |||
[[Category:Bad people]] | [[Category:Bad people]] | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[George Sodini]] | *[[George Sodini]] | ||
*[[Christopher Harper-Mercer]] | *[[Christopher Harper-Mercer]] | ||
*[[Tomohiro Kato]] | *[[Tomohiro Kato]] | ||
*[[r/HAPAS]] | *[[r/HAPAS]] | ||
*[[Narcissism]] | *[[Narcissism]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||