Well if they really were "pick up artists" then they can't be "incels" at first place.
It sounds to me like they're talking about the people in the community, not the leaders.
So it makes sense. The people who felt they needed to becoming "pick up artists" did not start out being successful with women. So there's going to be plenty of overlap between "PUA" and "incel" communities, and most people won't have the discipline to make PUA stuff work for them, and will thus remain incels.
So, yeah, it's kind of a stupid title, but not as contradictory as it seems; the people who tried to be pick up artists, failed, and gave up, then started identifying as/with incels.
It sounds to me like they're talking about the people in the community, not the leaders.
So it makes sense. The people who felt they needed to becoming "pick up artists" did not start out being successful with women. So there's going to be plenty of overlap between "PUA" and "incel" communities, and most people won't have the discipline to make PUA stuff work for them, and will thus remain incels.
So, yeah, it's kind of a stupid title, but not as contradictory as it seems; the people who tried to be pick up artists, failed, and gave up, then started identifying as/with incels.