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During the police interview, Minassian boasted about being in contact with BOTH [[Christopher Harper-Mercer]] and Elliot Rodger.<ref>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59j83n/everything-we-know-about-alek-minassian-the-alleged-toronto-van-attacker</ref> He claims he contacted Harper-Mercer on r9k and Elliot Rodger on Reddit a few days before the 2014 Isla Vista massacre perpetrated by the latter. This claim of Minassian's is of dubious validity and probably represents an attempt by Minassian to portray himself as a leader in a burgeoning 'movement'. Elliot Rodger's [[Elliot Rodger's online posts|comprehensively stalked]] online activity did not provide any evidence of Elliot Rodger browsing Reddit, and Harper-Mercer was a nobody before he carried out his own massacre. This point of view was also echoed by the presiding judge in the case.<ref>https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/what-did-the-minassian-verdict-tell-us-about-terrorism/</ref> | During the police interview, Minassian boasted about being in contact with BOTH [[Christopher Harper-Mercer]] and Elliot Rodger.<ref>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59j83n/everything-we-know-about-alek-minassian-the-alleged-toronto-van-attacker</ref> He claims he contacted Harper-Mercer on r9k and Elliot Rodger on Reddit a few days before the 2014 Isla Vista massacre perpetrated by the latter. This claim of Minassian's is of dubious validity and probably represents an attempt by Minassian to portray himself as a leader in a burgeoning 'movement'. Elliot Rodger's [[Elliot Rodger's online posts|comprehensively stalked]] online activity did not provide any evidence of Elliot Rodger browsing Reddit, and Harper-Mercer was a nobody before he carried out his own massacre. This point of view was also echoed by the presiding judge in the case.<ref>https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/what-did-the-minassian-verdict-tell-us-about-terrorism/</ref> | ||
== | ==Minassian and terrorism== | ||
Alek was ''not'' charged with the crime of terrorism, or 83.1 of the Canadian criminal code. Experts in terrorism such as popular terrorism-subject podcaster Phil Gurskie say that he was probably not charged with terrorism because incel is not an ideology, but rather a life circumstance.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTx39aqEwFo</ref> Minassian's [[Facebook]] post was largely a [[shitpost]], a.k.a posts made insincerely. In Minassian's case, the insincere part being his pretending being [[incel]] is being part of a political movement. During the course of the trial, it came out that Minassian admitted to several asessors that he claimed to be part of an 'incel movement' in an effort to increase his own notoriety.<ref>https://globalnews.ca/news/7672444/alek-minassian-trial-verdict-toronto-van-attack/</ref> | Alek was ''not'' charged with the crime of terrorism, or 83.1 of the Canadian criminal code. Experts in terrorism such as popular terrorism-subject podcaster Phil Gurskie say that he was probably not charged with terrorism because incel is not an ideology, but rather a life circumstance.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTx39aqEwFo</ref> Minassian's [[Facebook]] post was largely a [[shitpost]], a.k.a posts made insincerely. | ||
In Minassian's case, the insincere part being his pretending being [[incel]] is being part of a political movement. During the course of the trial, it came out that Minassian admitted to several asessors that he claimed to be part of an 'incel movement' in an effort to increase his own notoriety.<ref>https://globalnews.ca/news/7672444/alek-minassian-trial-verdict-toronto-van-attack/</ref> | |||
He had hoped that the attack he carried out would have a very high 'kill count' that would seal his reputation as an infamous mass killer, which is further evidence of a drive for recognition being foremost in his motivation for carrying out the attack. This is in line with evidence that links narcissistic insult and narcissistic drive for recognition to mass killings in general.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0002764217739660</ref> As Minassian was reported as being 'very shy' in general<ref>https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-facebook-post-connected-to-suspect-in-van-rampage-cites-incel/</ref> it is likely that his narcissistic tendencies trend more towards the vulnerable or covert narcissist type.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Dark_triad#Vulnerable_narcissism</ref> | |||
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