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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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Chad

Chad is a term referring to the archetypal "anti-incel:" a white, straight male with Aryan features and other "desirable" physical traits. Chads are simultaneously despised and revered by incels who believe that all women inherently desire these... Read more

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Fakecel

Fakecel is a term that refers to men whose romantic histories preclude them from incel status; they are voluntarily celibate and therefore do not fulfill the criteria. A fakecel can also be known as a "Volcel," or... Read more

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Femcels

A femcel is a woman who identifies with incel principles. However, the largely male incel community rejects the idea that women can be incels.

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JB pill

JB pill stands for "jail bait" and is a reference to pedophilia.

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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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"Gender Ideology"

“Gender ideology” (also known as “LGBTQ+ ideology”) is a conspiratorial phrase coined by anti-LGBTQ+ activists and extremists to characterize attempts to achieve LGBTQ+ rights or representation as an extreme ideology or even part of a nefarious left-wing... Read more

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Transgenderism

Originally an academic term for the phenomena of gender dysphoria, the term “transgenderism” has been co-opted by anti-trans activists to characterize being transgender as an ideology rather than an innate identity. By using the term “transgenderism” instead... Read more

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Normie

In the incel community, a "normie" is a someone of average attractiveness and/or intelligence. "Normies" are viewed by incels as superior and in the incel hierarchy, "Normies" fall between "Chads" and "incels."

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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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