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Kyle Chapman

Kyle Chapman, aka "Based Stickman," is a former member of the Proud Boys who was denounced by the group after he launched a failed coup in the fall of 2020 seeking to make the Proud Boys a... Read more

People White supremacist

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Ayman al Zawahiri

Ayman al Zawahiri is a Salafi-jihadist terrorist and the current head of Al Qaeda. Born in Egypt in 1951, Zawahiri originally trained as a physician before becoming involved in the Muslim Brotherhood. After the Egyptian government executed... Read more

People Islamist

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Lavoy Finicum

Robert "LaVoy" Finicum participated in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters, which began in eastern Oregon on January 2, 2016, and lasted for 40 days. Finicum was ultimately shot and killed by state... Read more

People Anti-government

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Looksmaxxing

Looksmaxxing refers to any attempts made by incels to improve upon their physical appearance. These strategies range from haircuts and new clothes, taking steroids and going to the gym all the way up to cosmetic surgery.

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Majid Khan

Majid Khan is an Al Qaeda member who worked with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and participated in several high-profile operations. In 2003, he transported $50,000 from Pakistan to an Al Qaeda affiliate which was eventually used in the... Read more

People Islamist

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Manosphere

The manosphere is a primarily online space of misogynistic factions, including Pick Up Artists (PUA), Men"s Rights Activists (MRAs), Incels (Involuntary celibates) and others who perpetuate misogyny and a toxic iteration of masculinity.

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Marc Lepine

Marc Lepine massacred 14 women at École Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989, and left behind a suicide note in which he blamed feminists for "destroying his life." He was dubbed an incel postmortem.

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Media Jihad

"Media jihad" refers to an ISIS innovation in the Islamist terrorist sphere heavily emphasizing online media and appealing propaganda as a means of recruiting foreign fighters and spreading its message. To this end, ISIS recruiters often emphasize... Read more

Tactics Islamist

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Men Going Their Own …

MGTOWs are gender separatists who generally do not pose a direct physical threat to most women. The primary threat posed by MGTOWs comes from their dangerous and disingenuous antifeminist rhetoric, including lies about the nature and consequences... Read more

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"Gender Ideology"

“Gender ideology” (also known as “LGBTQ+ ideology”) is a conspiratorial phrase coined by anti-LGBTQ+ activists and extremists to characterize attempts to achieve LGBTQ+ rights or representation as an extreme ideology or even part of a nefarious left-wing... Read more

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