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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE
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Nikolas Cruz
Nikolas Cruz is the perpetrator of the Parkland, Florida shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where he was a former student. He killed 17 people and wounded 17 others. Following the shooting it was revealed that... Read more
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No Race Mixing Symbol
White supremacists fear and hate the concept of multiracial couples, relationships or families, believing that such relationships "pollute" the "pure" white race. As a result, a fairly common white supremacist symbol depicts a multiracial couple or family... Read more
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Okay Hand Gesture (S…
In 2017, a 4chan trolling campaign falsely claimed that the okay hand gesture had been appropriated by white supremacists as a symbol meaning "white power." The campaign succeeded in convincing many people that it was, leading to... Read more
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Oklahoma City bombing
On April 19, 1995, anti-government extremist Timothy McVeigh detonated a truck bomb in front of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to retaliate against the federal government for its handling of the Branch Davidian standoff... Read more
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Pulse Nightclub Shoo…
The June 2016 shooting spree at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, by Omar Mateen—who killed 49 people and wounded 53 more—dwarfed in its lethality all other extremist-related murders in the decade. Mateen, who claimed his attack... Read more
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Parkland shooting
The Parkland shooting refers to a deadly February 14, 2018 shooting spree at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, perpetrated by Nikolas Cruz. 17 people and 17 others were injured during the shooting. Cruz was... Read more