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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

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

Conspiracy Theories Non-extremist

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Robert Spencer

Robert Spencer is a leading anti-Muslim bigot and conspiracy theorist who heads the organization Stop Islamization of America, and runs the conspiratorial Islamophobic website Jihad Watch. Spencer claims that Muslims want to impose Sharia Law (Muslim religious... Read more

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Syringe Swastika

The syringe swastika (sometimes referred to as a “vaccine swastika”) is a symbol used by some anti-vaccine activists to express opposition to vaccine mandates, likening such policies to the oppressive and genocidal policies of Nazi Germany. The... Read more

Numbers / Symbols Non-extremist

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Rodney Coronado

Rodney Coronado is a longtime spokesperson for the extremist environmental and animal rights movements in the United States. Coronado was involved in the firebombing of an animal research laboratory at Michigan State University (MSU) in 1992 and... 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

Key Concepts / Definitions Non-extremist

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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

Key Concepts / Definitions Non-extremist

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Ropefuel

Ropefuel refers to topics that feed depressive or suicidal ideations among incels. The use of the word "rope" refers to the suicidal method of hanging oneself. The opposite of "ropefuel" is "lifefuel."

Key Concepts / Definitions Single-issue

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Roy Den Hollander

Roy Den Hollander is a self-described "anti-feminist lawyer" and Men's Rights Activist who carried out a fatal shooting at a New Jersey federal judge"s home before killing himself.

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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

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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

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