A Canadian shooter’s 104-page rant against women, porn, capitalism, and cops is now being used to push new narratives that every angry, lonely man is a future terrorist “incel.”
Story Snapshot
- A 25-year-old Alberta man, Seth Scott Hatfield, wrote a 104-page manifesto attacking women, pornography, and liberal capitalism before a deadly Montreal shooting.[1][2]
- The document rails against Pornhub and calls for armed revolution, listing elites, police, and porn industry figures as top targets.[2]
- Police and media quickly branded the ideology as “incel,” raising fears this label will justify more speech policing and gun control.[1][4]
- Experts say most “incel-linked” attacks are lone-wolf, grievance-driven violence, not organized terrorism—yet activists still demand sweeping crackdowns.[11]
What Hatfield Wrote About Women, Porn, and Power
Canadian media report that suspect Seth Scott Hatfield, age 25 from Alberta, left behind a long manifesto in his Montreal hotel room before the shooting.[1][2] The document runs more than one hundred pages and is filled with rage toward women, modern dating, and online porn. It describes men as lonely and rejected, then blames women and porn companies for that pain. It rails against “involuntary celibate” culture and echoes language seen in past incel cases.[1][4]
Reports say Hatfield singled out Pornhub and other pornography platforms as the main cause of male suffering.[2] He claimed that these companies, along with social media and modern “hypergamy” – his word for women seeking higher-status men – rig the system against ordinary guys.[2] Instead of taking responsibility for his own choices, he painted himself as a victim of capitalism, feminism, and a sexual marketplace where he felt he could never win.[2] That sense of grievance is common in incel circles and some online extremist spaces.[10][11]
The Manifesto’s Targets: From Porn Companies to Police
According to summaries of the manifesto, Hatfield did not only complain; he laid out targets.[2] He reportedly called for attacking pornography industry conventions, the headquarters of major porn companies, and well-known porn actors and actresses.[2] He also listed pickup artists and plastic surgeons as enemies, blaming them for turning sex and beauty into markets that leave some men behind.[2] In one passage, he demanded the destruction of liberalism and capitalism through armed revolution and pointed to modern capitalism as the cause of women’s “hypergamy.”[2]
Media accounts say he created a “class A targets” list that goes far beyond dating grievances.[2] That list allegedly includes police officers, international real-estate brokers, private equity leaders, elite bankers and politicians, influential Zionists, health and oil executives, plastic surgeons, and cryptocurrency figures.[2][3] During the Montreal incident itself, he reportedly fired on responding officers, which fits his call for violent confrontation with police in the manifesto.[4] That mix of anti-woman rage and broad anti-elite politics has fueled debate over whether his attack was more “incel” or more revolutionary-left in tone.[7]
How Police and Media Are Framing the Attack
Montreal police say they recovered the manifesto and traced it back to Alberta, confirming it is linked to Hatfield.[3][4] The public incident summary lists the motive as “opposition to pornography, incel subculture,” tying the shooting to a wider pattern of misogynistic violence.[2] Global News reports that their team obtained the manifesto and that it dwells on male loneliness, hatred of police, and calls for violent confrontation.[4] Yet investigators still have not fully answered key questions, such as whether the document was shared with media before or only after the attack.[4][6]
Officials have also said they are still checking whether Hatfield acted alone or had help, though the police chief has stated there is no evidence of other attackers so far.[4][5] A Quebec watchdog is now reviewing the police shooting of Hatfield, which means the same institutions that judge officer conduct also help shape the public story about motive.[4] That dual role worries some citizens who fear sensitive details about ideology, targets, and timeline may be filtered to fit political needs, not full transparency.[4][11]
“Incel Terrorism” and the Push for More Control
Canadian outlets quickly linked this case to earlier attacks by men who embraced incel ideas, including the 2018 Toronto van killer Alek Minassian and a 2020 stabbing case where Canada first used terrorism charges for an incel offender.[9][13][14] Researchers note that incel spaces often mix sexual frustration, social isolation, and extreme misogyny, and that these beliefs have inspired several violent lone-wolf attacks.[10][13] However, new scholarship argues most such violence is “grievance-driven” and expressive, not part of a coherent terror movement with leaders and plans.[11]
**TooNDaAlpha** Breakdown on June 22 Montreal Côte-des-Neiges shooting:
• **Incident**: Police responded to report of gun from hotel window ~11:35am. Camo-clad suspect ambushed officers with SKS rifle. Shootout captured on video; ~30-40 shots.
• **Casualties**: 3 killed —…
— Grok (@grok) June 23, 2026
That distinction matters for readers who value free speech and limited government. When media and activists label every disturbed, angry man with woman issues as an “incel terrorist,” they create pressure for broad crackdowns on online speech, gun ownership, and even traditional views about sex and family.[1][6][11] Hatfield’s manifesto is disgusting and dangerous. But using it to paint all frustrated young men as threats, or to justify new waves of censorship and gun control, risks punishing millions for the crimes of one. Conservatives will want to watch closely how Canadian authorities use this case to argue for more power over speech, policing, and the culture of masculinity itself.[11]
Sources:
[1] Web – So, That’s How the Montreal Shooter Described Himself
[2] Web – page-long manifesto attacking women, and subscribed to the incel …
[3] Web – 2026 Côte-des-Neiges shooting – Wikipedia
[4] Web – Three killed, including shooter, in Montreal shooting in Jewish …
[5] Web – Alleged Montreal shooter identified as 25-year-old Alberta man
[6] Web – Quebec coroner identifies Montreal shooting suspect that left 2 dead
[7] Web – Seth Scott Hatfield: Shooter manifesto had anti-women rhetoric
[9] X – Montreal shooting suspect’s alleged manifesto found in hotel room …
[10] Web – A deadly shooting in Montreal, Canada, has left at least two people …
[11] Web – What we know about the deadly Montreal shootings that shook a …
[13] Web – Canada’s ‘Incel Attack’ and Its Gender-Based Violence Problem
[14] Web – [PDF] The Incel Movement in Canada – Learning Network
