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Glossary of Extremism and Hate

This database provides an overview of many of the terms and individuals used by or associated with movements and groups that subscribe to and/or promote extremist or hateful ideologies.

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Harold "Hardy" Carro…

Harold "Hardy" Carroll Lloyd is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based white supremacist who leads "Church of Ben Klassen," a faction of The Creativity Movement. Lloyd has a long criminal history and has been incarcerated for a variety of... Read more

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Great Replacement / …

"The Great Replacement" conspiracy theory made significant headway into the mainstream in 2021. The theory alleges that people of color are "replacing" white people through immigration, birth rates and other economic, social and political means. While the... Read more

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E. Michael Jones

E. Michael Jones

E. Michael Jones is a longtime antisemite and traditionalist Catholic writer born in 1948. Jones promotes the idea that Jews are responsible for perpetrating attacks against the Catholic Church, as well as against moral standards, social stability... Read more

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Neo-Nazi

Neo-Nazis are one of the main segments of the white supremacist movement in the United States and many other countries. They revere Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany and sometimes try to adopt Nazi principles to their own... Read more

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Stew Peters

Stew Peters

Stew Peters is a Florida-based antisemitic conspiracy theorist, radio show host and self-proclaimed “Christian nationalist.” He also regularly promotes anti-LGBTQ+ and white supremacist beliefs on his show and social media, and he has engaged in Holocaust denial... Read more

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Nationalist Network

The Nationalist Network is a small, Arizona-based white supremacist group. Formed in the spring of 2022, the group’s primary activities include livestreaming and soliciting donations from followers while their members speak about and engage with bystanders on... Read more

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Bishop Richard Williamson

Bishop Richard Willi…

Bishop Williamson was an English traditionalist Catholic bishop who, for decades, shared antisemitic beliefs and denied the Holocaust. He died in January 2025 at age 84. Williamson described Jews as “God’s enemies” and praised prominent Holocaust... Read more

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Robert Faurisson

Robert Faurisson

Robert Faurisson (1929-2018), a French Holocaust denier, was an associate Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of Lyon, France. His Holocaust denial emerged in 1974 when he wrote a letter to Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Memorial... Read more

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Trinity White Knights

Trinity White Knights

Trinity White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (TWK) is a small Kentucky-based Klan group founded by William Marcus Bader in 2012. In 2023, the group reemerged after several years of inactivity, gaining media attention after distributing... Read more

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