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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Mujahid/Mujahideen

Mujahid is the Arabic term for someone undertaking jihad. Many Islamist extremists will refer to themselves as the mujahideen (the plural of mujahid) to evoke religious meaning to their violence. In particular, this term is used to... Read more
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Optics debate

The optics debate refers to a debate among white supremacists about whether it is better to promote their white supremacist ideology via overtly National Socialist symbolism (swastikas, for example), or with less overtly racist imagery (including American... Read more
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The Occidental Quart…

The Occidental Quarterly, first published in 2001, is a sister publication to The Occidental Observer and is edited by retired antisemitic professor Kevin MacDonald. It is a racist and antisemitic print publication that mimics academic journals to... Read more
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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Unz Review, The

The Unz Review is an online publication founded by Ron Unz in 2013. It serves as a platform for antisemites and white supremacists to attack Jews and Israel, promote Holocaust denial and spread conspiracy theories.
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Hebrews to Negroes
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Hebrews to Negroes

The 2018 film Hebrews to Negroes, based on director Ronald Dalton Jr.’s book series of the same name, attempts to “prove” the Black Hebrew Israelite (BHI) belief that Black people are the true descendants of the biblical... Read more

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Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism
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Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism

Anti-LGBTQ+ extremism is a form of single-issue extremism whose adherents focus on demonizing, attacking or otherwise intentionally targeting individuals, communities or institutions based on their real or perceived identification with or support for a sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression... Read more

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Pureblood/Pure Blood

“Pureblood” (or “pure blood”) is a term some anti-vaxxers, QAnon adherents and conspiracy theorists use to refer to themselves and others who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19. The term draws upon unfounded beliefs that COVID-19 vaccines... Read more

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Plandemic

“Plandemic” is a popular conspiratorial term used by some conspiracy theorists, extremists and anti-vaccine activists to describe their belief that the COVID-19 pandemic was deliberately “planned” and “orchestrated” by global elites and the government as a ruse... Read more

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Black Swan Event

A black swan event refers to an unforeseen event that results in severe and widespread negative consequences that seems avoidable in hindsight. The term is commonly used in the finance world and was popularized by former Wall... Read more

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Hate Symbol

A hate symbol is a symbol, logo, image or meme, acronym, number, coded word or term or short slogan or phrase intended to 1) invoke hatred, anger or fear towards people of certain racial, ethnic, religious or... Read more

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