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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Scott Paul Beierle

Scott Paul Beierle was a violent incel who targeted a Florida yoga studio in 2018, killing two people and wounding four others before killing himself. He made a series of racist and misogynistic YouTube videos revealing his... Read more

People Single-issue

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Sharia/Shariah/Shari…

Sharia is the term for Islamic religious law based on the Quran and hadiths. The term has become a catch-all phrase used by anti-Muslim bigots to stoke fear about the so-called Islamization of America, claiming that Sharia... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Single-issue

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Stacy/Stacey

Stacy or Stacey is a term used within the incel community to describe beautiful, hyperfeminine women who can partner with any man they choose, but are only interested in Chads (attractive, hypermasculine men). This term is used... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Single-issue

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Remigration

"Remigration" [sic] is an extremist and anti-immigrant term that arose in Europe in the mid-2010s, promoted by Identitarian groups such as Generation Identity. "Remigration" refers to the concept of forced repatriation of immigrants, especially non-European and/or... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Single-issue

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Volcel

Also known as "fakecel," the term "volcel" is used within the incel subculture to describe a person who is voluntarily celibate and therefore does not fit the criteria to be an incel.

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Neo-Confederate

Neo Confederate, in its most serious incarnation, refers to a person or group seeking to create an independent Southern nation, like the original Confederates sought, and, in its lesser incarnation, those who glorify, whitewash and romanticize the... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Right-wing

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Brigitte Gabriel

Founder and head of ACT for America, the country"s largest anti-Muslim organization. Gabriel's years-long campaign of Islamophobia includes stating that every practicing Muslim is a radical Muslim, that any woman wearing a hijab must be an extremist... Read more

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Scamdemic

“Scamdemic” 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 as a ruse to enslave humanity... Read more

Conspiracy Theories Non-extremist

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Reverse dog pill

The "reverse dog pill" is the response to the dog pill, which claims that women would rather sleep with dogs than incels, meaning that incels will start sleeping with dogs instead of women. There is debate over... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Single-issue

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Grooming/Groomers

Grooming refers to behaviors used by abusers to build relationships and trust with children or young people to aid in manipulating, exploiting and abusing them. The term has been appropriated and weaponized by anti-LGBTQ+ bigots who falsely... Read more

Slogans / Code words Single-issue