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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Anti-government extr…

The term "anti-government extremism" refers to a specific set of right-wing extremist movements and groups that emerged beginning in the 1960s and that share a conviction that part or all of the U.S. government is not legitimate... Read more
Key Concepts / Definitions Anti-government
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Sovereign Citizen

The "sovereign citizen" movement is a loosely organized collection of groups, networks and individuals who have adopted a right-wing anti-government ideology originating in the theories of the 1970s group Posse Comitatus. Adherents believe that virtually all existing... Read more
Key Concepts / Definitions Anti-government
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Phineas Priesthood (…

The Phineas Priesthood (or Phinehas Priesthood) is a concept created in 1990 by Richard Kelly Hoskins, an influential figure within the racist and antisemitic religious sect Christian Identity. It refers to self-appointed "holy warriors" in the Christian... 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

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Black pill

The black pill represents nihilism to those on the extreme right -- a realization that the system is too far gone to change, and the powers that govern our lives are too deeply entrenched and too powerful... Read more
Key Concepts / Definitions Right-wing
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Race traitor

"Race traitor" is a term used by white supremacists to refer to people involved in multi-racial relationships, as well as other white people perceived by white supremacists to be acting against the best interests of the white... Read more
Slogans / Code words White supremacist
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Racial Holy War/RAHO…

RAHOWA is an acronym for "Racial Holy War" created by the Creativity Movement, a white supremacist pseudo-religion, as a rallying cry for the white supremacist cause.
Slogans / Code words White supremacist
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Red pill/Redpilling

The red pill, or redpilling, refers to almost any kind of political awakening. It is not always used in an extremist context, but when it is, it means one has bought into at least one trope of... Read more
Key Concepts / Definitions Right-wing
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Redemption Theory/St…

Redemption theory, also referred to as strawman theory, is a set of concepts within the sovereign citizen movement that became popular from 1999 onwards. Created by Roger Elvick, a long-time sovereign citizen guru, based on earlier ideas... Read more
Key Concepts / Definitions Anti-government
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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
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