Toronto van killer was an fedora-wearing misogynist
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 6:46 am
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43883052
Toronto van attack: Alek Minassian praised 'fedora-wearing misogynist' killer
A van driver accused of killing 10 people in Toronto posted to Facebook minutes before the attack to praise killer Elliot Rodger and refer to the misogynistic "fedora-wearing misogynist" Reddit group.
Alek Minassian, 25, was charged on Tuesday with 10 counts of murder and 13 counts of attempted murder.
Police say he appeared to intentionally strike pedestrians after mounting a busy pavement in a rental van.
He was arrested several blocks away after a tense standoff with police.
Mr Minassian's Facebook post, which the social network has confirmed as real, praised Elliott Rodger, a 22 year old from California who killed six people in a shooting rampage through Isla Vista, California in 2014 before turning the gun on himself.
It read: "The fedora-wearing misogynist Rebellion has already begun! We will overthrow all the Chads and Stacys! All hail the Supreme Gentleman Elliot Rodger!"
The term "fedora-wearing misogynist" refers to a now-banned group on the message site Reddit, used by Rodger, where young men discussed their lack of sexual activity and attractiveness to women - often blaming women for the problem.
"Chads and Stacys" refers to attractive men and women who are perceived as better than or unavailable to "fedora-wearing misogynists", which is short for "involuntary celibate".
Toronto van attack: What's an fedora-wearing misogynist?
). Steroetypically pale pasty hate filled little mouth breading neckbeards. "I want to have sex with people, but no one will touch me with a barge pole. Clearly it's everyone else's fault". 
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