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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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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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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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Russia Imperial Move…

Russia Imperial Movement is an ultra-nationalist group in Russia that invited American white supremacists to Russia for paramilitary training. The United States designated RIM as a terrorist group in April 2020.

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Sacco Vandal

Sacco Vandal, formerly known as Scott Wurgler, hosts an alt-right radio show. He also created a website and wrote a book with his twin brother, Vanzetti Vandal, to promote white supremacist militant nationalism.

People White supremacist

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Samuel Francis

Samuel Francis was an influential intellectual white supremacist. He was also a writer and former columnist for the Washington Times. After being fired from the publication for racist remarks he made at an American Renaissance conference in... Read more

People White supremacist

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Saxon Knights

The Saxon Knights is a large, Indiana-based white supremacist prison gang formed in 1995. Their patch is a shield tattoo superimposed over a sword, warhammer and battleaxe. The shield has four sections, two of which include the... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Scott Rhodes

Scott Rhodes is a white supremacist who runs Road to Power, a white supremacist and antisemitic broadcasting outlet based in Sandpoint, Idaho. Rhodes is known for for distributing white supremacist propaganda, as well as robocalling communities nationwide... Read more

People White supremacist

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Screw your optics

"Screw your optics, I'm going in," is believed to be Robert Bower's final social media post prior to allegedly opening fire on Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018. The "optics" debate is a major point of... Read more

Slogans / Code words Right-wing