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posted by janrinok on Friday October 04 2019, @02:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the some-people-just-can't-take-a-joker dept.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-monitor-violent-online-threats-light-joker-premiere/story?id=66031356

The FBI has received tips of threatening posts on social media calling for "unspecific mass shootings" linked to the release of the new psychological thriller, "Joker," starring Oscar-nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix that will hit theaters this Friday, according to a joint intelligence bulletin obtained by ABC News.

These threats have been circling online platforms since at least May 2019, but give no information indicating specific or credible threats to particular locations or venues, the bulletin said.

Some of the threats did contain references to a primarily online group called the involuntary celibate community, or Incels, and a subset that refers to itself as "Clowncels." However, the intelligence community doesn't necessarily regard the group as a whole as a violent one.

"While many Incels do not engage in violence, some within the community encourage or commit violent acts as retribution for perceived societal wrongdoing against them," the bulletin said. "Some Incel attackers have claimed inspiration from previous mass shooters."


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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 05 2019, @02:42AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 05 2019, @02:42AM (#902914)

    If you like Joaquin Phoenix's joker, you're an incel. You should be watching Batwoman instead. And don't torrent like an incel. Real men pay for subscriptions to streaming services.

    Meanwhile, don't notice little nuances like the Wayne family's greed plunging Gotham into poverty. I read somewhere that Thomas Wayne is not shown in a good light in this film.

    So, it's actually worse than incels. It's OMG socialism. But let's talk about incels instead of the material conditions that create incels! What could possibly be accomplished? Well, for one, we will lend legitimacy to the paranoid delusions of the incel mindset. Meanwhile, access to healthcare for the majority of the population continues to deteriorate, guaranteeing an endless supply of incels. In fact, if you see a guy who hasn't had a girlfriend recently or especially ever, make sure to treat him like scum. Incels are worse than faggots, niggers, bathroom rapists, and all other categories of failed and inferior men; Chads of many primate species including humans know what to do.

    The punchline is that men remain collectively too stupid to realize the need for their own liberation from patriarchy.

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  • (Score: 1) by Arik on Saturday October 05 2019, @05:17AM

    by Arik (4543) on Saturday October 05 2019, @05:17AM (#902954) Journal
    "I read somewhere that Thomas Wayne is not shown in a good light in this film."

    He isn't, but it's subtle. Go watch it and see if you can figure it out.
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