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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Alek Minassian

Alek Minassian is a violent incel (Involuntary celibate) who killed ten people and injured sixteen in a vehicular attack in Canada in 2018. Minassian was motivated by embarrassment over sexual rejection and self-identified as an incel. He... Read more

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Andrew Tate

Andrew Tate is an American-British misogynist influencer. In 2023, he was arrested and indicted in Romania on charges of rape and sex trafficking. The former kickboxer and reality television star has millions of social media followers, including... Read more

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Hannah Pearl Davis

Hannah “Pearl” Davis is an American far-right podcaster and anti-feminist provocateur based in the UK. She is often referred to by critics and fans alike as the “female Andrew Tate” and, like Tate, is celebrated within the... Read more

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Jerry Vlasak

Jerry Vlasak is a former trauma surgeon who co-founded the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, which shares information and statements from extremist cells that commit criminal activity. Vlasak serves as one of the primary spokespeople for... Read more

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Looksmaxxing

Looksmaxxing refers to any attempts made by incels to improve upon their physical appearance. These strategies range from haircuts and new clothes, taking steroids and going to the gym all the way up to cosmetic surgery.

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Marc Lepine

Marc Lepine massacred 14 women at École Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989, and left behind a suicide note in which he blamed feminists for "destroying his life." He was dubbed an incel postmortem.

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Pamela Geller

Pamela Geller is an anti-Muslim bigot who often exploits concern over terrorism to promote anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant conspiracy theories. She runs the website Geller Report and is one of the leaders of the group Stop Islamization of... Read more

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Black Bloc Tactics

Black bloc tactics are often employed by militant antifa adherents at protests. Participants dressed in all black will operate as a unified force. Tactics include arming themselves with riot shields and positioning themselves at the front while... Read more

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Robert Spencer

Robert Spencer is a leading anti-Muslim bigot and conspiracy theorist who heads the organization Stop Islamization of America, and runs the conspiratorial Islamophobic website Jihad Watch. Spencer claims that Muslims want to impose Sharia Law (Muslim religious... Read more

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Rodney Coronado

Rodney Coronado is a longtime spokesperson for the extremist environmental and animal rights movements in the United States. Coronado was involved in the firebombing of an animal research laboratory at Michigan State University (MSU) in 1992 and... Read more

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