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Glossary of Extremism and Hate

This database provides an overview of many of the terms and individuals used by or associated with movements and groups that subscribe to and/or promote extremist or hateful ideologies.

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Harold "Hardy" Carro…

Harold "Hardy" Carroll Lloyd is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based white supremacist who leads "Church of Ben Klassen," a faction of The Creativity Movement. Lloyd has a long criminal history and has been incarcerated for a variety of... Read more

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Great Replacement / …

"The Great Replacement" conspiracy theory made significant headway into the mainstream in 2021. The theory alleges that people of color are "replacing" white people through immigration, birth rates and other economic, social and political means. While the... Read more

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E. Michael Jones

E. Michael Jones

E. Michael Jones is a longtime antisemite and traditionalist Catholic writer born in 1948. Jones promotes the idea that Jews are responsible for perpetrating attacks against the Catholic Church, as well as against moral standards, social stability... Read more

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Neo-Nazi

Neo-Nazis are one of the main segments of the white supremacist movement in the United States and many other countries. They revere Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany and sometimes try to adopt Nazi principles to their own... Read more

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Stew Peters

Stew Peters

Stew Peters is a Florida-based antisemitic conspiracy theorist, radio show host and self-proclaimed “Christian nationalist.” He also regularly promotes anti-LGBTQ+ and white supremacist beliefs on his show and social media, and he has engaged in Holocaust denial... Read more

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National Organization for Vital Action (NOVA)

National Organizatio…

The National Organization for Vital Action (NOVA) is a relatively small, but growing, white supremacist group that seeks to serve as a networking hub for white supremacists to build a more unified movement. NOVA shares many of... Read more

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Turning Point USA (T…

Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is an Illinois-based right-wing student organization founded by Charlie Kirk in 2012. The organization's stated mission is to "identify educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of freedom, free markets, and... Read more

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Noticing

Around 2019, antisemitic and extremist users online began using the concept of “noticing” to describe when people finally “notice” and assert that Jews are ostensibly all-powerful or nefarious, or when they “notice” that someone in a position... Read more

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Juice (🧃)

Antisemites sometimes use the word “juice” as a code word for “Jews” or “Jewish,” allowing them to espouse demonizing rhetoric about the Jewish people while evading content moderation. Some use images of a juice box — such... Read more

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GLOSSARY Never Lose Your Smile NLYS

Never Lose Your Smile

“Never Lose Your Smile,”  sometimes abbreviated to NLYS, is a phrase and a meme that originated from a popular image that shows the words “NEVER LOSE YOUR SMILE” above the bottom half of a skull and crossbones... Read more

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