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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> | 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> | 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> if he was indeed motivated by narcissism 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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