A 27-year-old far-right leader admitted on national television that he’s never had sex, after claiming women shouldn’t have the right to vote.
Nick Fuentes, the leader of the far-right group ‘The Groypers’, is a holocaust-denying white supremacist who claims the Republican party is ‘run by Jews, atheists and homosexuals’.
He’s also a confessed virgin and incel.
Speaking to Piers Morgan on his ‘Uncensored’ show, Morgan asked Fuentes: ‘Are you actually attracted to women?’
Morgan played a clip of Fuentes going on a misogynistic rant, where he said women get ‘fat, old’ and ‘talk too much’, before asking the question.
Fuentes said he was, before confirming he wasn’t gay. He added, ‘But I will say, women are very difficult to be around.’
He grilled Fuentes, asking if women should have the right to vote. When the far-right commentator said no, Morgan laid into him.
‘So basically, you’re just a misogynist old dinosaur, aren’t you? For a young guy, I mean, have you ever had sex?’
‘No, absolutely not,’ Fuentes replied.
A clip of Fuentes claiming that women ‘want to be raped’ was also shown on television, and he doubled down on that claim, saying ‘studies show’ it to be true.
Fuentes laughed as Morgan showed the clip, adding that ‘women are getting a little fat’.
‘I am an incel,’ he admitted.
‘Incel’ is short for ‘involuntary celibate’ – ie people (usually men) who can’t find sex. People who identify as incels gripe about their inability to find sexual relationships with women – and often blame feminism for their predicament, like Fuentes appears to have done.
What is a ‘Groyper’, the ‘movement’ Fuentes founded?
Groypers emerged in 2019 as a far-right political movement under Fuentes. They characterise themselves as ‘American nationalists’, and have similar beliefs to white supremacist and alt-right groups.
They believe white Americans are under threat and the US should close its border. Groypers also oppose feminism, LGBTQ+ rights and argue that both Trump and Charlie Kirk were not right-wing enough.
Fuentes even declared war on Trump’s presidential campaign and opposed his support of Israel.
Groypers are named after a racist version of the ‘Pepe the Frog’ meme, which has become affiliated with the alt-right.
Groyper is often depicted as a green, frog-like creature, often sitting with its chin resting on interlocked fingers.
The dangerous rise in incel behavior
Incels blame them for their perceived failures to receive what is ‘rightfully owed’ in life.
A study on incels published on the UK government’s website identifies them as men in their mid-20s, heterosexual and childless.
The number of people self-identifying as incels in the UK is still unclear. A report from CCDH in September stressed the network has a small but active membership ‘at risk of suffering harm and harming others, but poses a threat to a wider audience of visitors as well’.
Although surveys suggest over 80% of incels are between 18 and 30, two that Metro spoke to joined at just 12; a shockingly young age to even be thinking about involuntary celibacy.
They are also disproportionately likely to face mental health challenges. Many appear to have poor body image and develop fixations with their weight, height, cheekbones or stature. In addition, up to 75% experience depression or anxiety and 20% report daily suicidal thoughts.
Combined, these data suggest mental health is a major factor in who is most vulnerable to incel ideology – especially since many members report short-term benefits.
Today, most incels swallow the red pill. Taking its name from The Matrix, it supposedly means seeing the world for what it really is.
Attacks linked to incel culture
In 2021, Jake Davison, obsessed with the incel culture, murdered his mother with a pump-action shotgun at their Plymouth home.
In a killing spree that lasted eight minutes, the 22-year-old killed five people – a girl, two women and two men before turning the gun on himself.
One of the most famous crimes committed by an incel was that of Elliot Rodger, who went on a killing spree in 2014.
After killing six people in Isla Vista, California, and at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Rodger took his own life.
The gruesome plot was revealed in his manifesto, a 141-page document that detailed Rodger’s plan to exact revenge on the women who had rejected him.
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