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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Thomas Stockheimer

Thomas Stockheimer was an anti-government extremist and prominent Posse Comitatus leader in Wisconsin in the 1970s and 80s. He was also involved in an assault on an IRS agent in the 1970s as part of the tax... Read more

People Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

United Nations of Tu…

United Nations of Turtle Island (UNOTI) is a fictitious tribe created by sovereign citizen adherents trying to escape government jurisdiction. UNOTI is based primarily in east Tennessee, western North Carolina and northern Georgia, though it has "members"... Read more

Groups / Movements Anti-government

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.

Slogans / Code words Single-issue

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Border Vigilante Mov…

Part of the anti-immigrant extremist movement, border vigilantes conduct armed, sometimes paramilitary patrols along the U.S.-Mexico border, attempting to chase and detain migrants under the delusion that they are fighting drug cartels. Border vigilantes have attracted some... Read more

Groups / Movements Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

We Wuz Kangs

The phrase "We Wuz Kangs" is a racist term meant to attack African Americans by racist mockery of Afrocentric theories about Egyptian connections to sub-Saharan Africa.

Slogans / Code words Single-issue

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Branch Davidian Stan…

The Branch Davidian standoff, in the late winter and spring of 1993 in Waco, Texas, was a violent confrontation between federal law enforcmeent agencies (the ATF and FBI) and members of the Branch Davidian religious sect. The... Read more

Incidents / Events Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

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

Brent Johnson

Brent Johnson is a longtime figure in the anti-government movement, including the sovereign citizen movement. He has been host of the "American Sovereign" radio show and, with Lee Parker, director of Freedom Bound International, a "common law... Read more

People Anti-government

GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Bundy Ranch

The Bundy Ranch was the site of a large armed standoff between the federal government and extremist supporters of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy in 2014. The dispute began over Bundy's longstanding refusal to pay grazing fees for... Read more

Incidents / Events Anti-government

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