Internet radicalization theory has no way to be true
Posted: 28 Jan 2026, 09:01
Simply because people who are observed by these scholars into sociology demonstrate they are aware they are observed and change behavior.
The biggest promoters of incel culture have been the media. If the incel forums were not discussed by podcasts and youtuber no incel would know about them.
The thing is that incel culture is super small. Its a niche thing. Its like in animation community we all know each other theres few people around and we end up we know one another. Incel community is like that. Its bunch of invisible obscure minor platforms scattered around the internet.
The majority of incels who self identify learned it from the media. They were following a podcast and they searched the term "incel" they find media that says "there is a group of online terrorists who glorifies mass murder and rape". So they subscribe to indians.is and start writing "i rape women I am an incel with dark energy on the internet".
Thats it. The only entity radicalizing these normies is the media. The terrorist s the media.
The biggest promoters of incel culture have been the media. If the incel forums were not discussed by podcasts and youtuber no incel would know about them.
The thing is that incel culture is super small. Its a niche thing. Its like in animation community we all know each other theres few people around and we end up we know one another. Incel community is like that. Its bunch of invisible obscure minor platforms scattered around the internet.
The majority of incels who self identify learned it from the media. They were following a podcast and they searched the term "incel" they find media that says "there is a group of online terrorists who glorifies mass murder and rape". So they subscribe to indians.is and start writing "i rape women I am an incel with dark energy on the internet".
Thats it. The only entity radicalizing these normies is the media. The terrorist s the media.