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4Hanson,Wikipedia an American pop-rock boy band comprised of the titular Hanson brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac. They gained international fame for the 1997 bubblegum pop single "MMMBop", but this turned to infamy more than two decades later when the brothers' true colours emerged in an exposé of the Hansons' political views. To add further insult to injury, a Redditor took notice of a dogwhistle Instagram comment made by Taylor Hanson obliquely expressing his delight over Trump's (hollow) victory in the elections.
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4Propaganda Due,Wikipedia aka P2, an Italian Masonic lodge formed in 1877 within the tradition of Continental Freemasonry but was transformed by Worshipful Master Licio Gelli into a clandestine radical right criminal outfit, to the point that the Grand Orient of Italy wanted nothing to do with them and expelled P2 from their ranks. Has some shady links with both the CIA and the Mafia; the latter isn't surprising given how the Cosa Nostra took elements from Freemasonry and how some families allegedly forged connections with certain lodges such as P2.
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13Ferdinand MarcosWikipedia Currently just redirects to the Marcos dictatorship section of the Philippines article, he is an infamous enough figure to absolutely deserve an article of his own. A brutal dictator and kleptocrat who served as the 10th president of the Philippines, his 2 decade long regime was infamous for its nightmarish corruption and brutality. While undeniably having some positive impacts on the country, such as infrastructure and boosting franchises in the Philippine economy for many businesspeople, his authoritarian rule amongst the lower class and he and his family's theft of tens of billions of US dollars from the Central Bank of the Philippines makes him easily the most controversial politician in the country. While he is mostly (and rightfully) seen internationally as the dictator that he was, to this day, Marcos has an army of loyalists in the country who will defend the man and his family's legacy in what can be best described as the Filipino equivalent to Stalin apologetics. Though in terms of his economic impact on the country and how his supporting praise said aspect, he's best described as the Filipino Reagan.
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33Killing of Brian ThompsonWikipedia I mean come on it’s all over the news. The killing of the CEO of a health insurance company, two things commonly disliked by both left and right leaning people (except for corporate bootlickers), is a big deal, and got a huge amount of attention. There’s been a vast amount of support, memes related to the killing and the shooter. Some have also shared their personnal stories relating to being fucked over to save a couple of bucks for the higher ups over actual health. The common sentiment being the killing shouldn’t have happen but it’s not surprising as seeing how common it is to hear about some executives screwing over people (clients, patients, employees) to save a quick buck in their already immense hoard of money. To me this isn’t the last time a violent attempt will happen (see Trump). Some have joked about how X unlikable higher up is next or asking to give the name of someone in a higher up position behind a bad decision. There’s also been people like Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh getting backlash from their audience for defending the CEO and how some came to the realization that people like those at the Daily Wire are there to make other people hate each other. As for the suspect, there is some irony such as him praising people like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel whilst being against secularism, DEI and wokeism, seemingly failing to understand how people like Elon are a detriment to the common people and not (for example) a disabled man wanting equal opportunities of his non-disabled peers.
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8Jubilee,Wikipedia a YouTube channel and media company whose mission is to "Provoke understanding & create human connection". Their flagship series Middle Ground has gained criticism in recent years for promoting the balance fallacy and often featuring controversial guests such as Myron Gaines, Pearl Davis, and Blaire White. They also gained a fair bit of controversy in the run-up to the 2024 US election for frequently featuring far-right guests such as Charlie Kirk (his is one of the most viewed videos on the channel) and Ben Shapiro. Their affiliate channel, Nectar, primarily focuses on promoting healthy dating and relationships.
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20Jon StewartWikipedia, currently just redirects to The Daily Show; he's an interesting and notable enough progressive voice to deserve his own separate article. He's a highly popular comedian and news/political commentator known for The Daily Show. Stewart is very progressive and is renowned for his great comedic timing and effective mocking of conservative nutjobs and the Republican Party. He is not afraid, however, to criticize the Democratic Party for their flaws, such as their disastrous handling of the 2024 Biden and later Harris campaigns. His fierce, combative rhetoric yet extremely likable personality have many leftists hoping for him to be the Democratic nominee in the 2028 United States presidential election in an effort to combat the Trump administration's right-wing populist rhetoric which was one of the main reasons the latter won the 2024 election, as well as a way for leftists to mirror Trump's ascension by putting a non-career politician at the top of the ticket.
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3Whatever, a former prank YouTube channel-turned-Manosphere podcast hosted by Bryan Atlas, with all the typical fare one would expect. Basically Fresh and Fit's whiter, West Coast counterpart.
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7Fresh and Fit Podcast,Wikipedia one of the most infamous Manosphere podcasts, hosted by Walter "FreshPrinceCEO" Weekes and Myron "Fit" Gaines. Guested similar assholes such as Andrew Tate, Nick Fuentes, Candace Owens, Pearl Davis, and Tim Pool. Only has a mention in the Sexuality Webshites page, so it's probably worth expanding on their antics given their infamy. (Draft is being worked on)
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7Kamen America, American super hero/magical girl comic book series created by the "NinjaInk" duo (writer Mark Pellegrini and illustrator Tim Lim), whom you might from their previous work "My Hero Magademia". Centering on buxom, all-womens superhero team, it's big gimmick is that it's unabashedly right-wing. And by "unabashedly right-wing" we don't mean just that its sexualized female leads represent "conservative values" or that many of its design choices are nods to concerns of The Fandom Menace (the main character is essentially "the old" Ms. Marvel, created in response to Kamala Khan and MCU's Brie Larson incarnations)... but also in a way that many of its plot points and "jokes" are nods to everything from alt-right glossary to right-wing conspiracies. For example it's main villain organization being analogue to "Woke Hollywood" discriminating against conservative talent in favor of DEI, it being cahoots with Evil Liberal Science Conspiracy that's involved in depopulation schemes and France having fallen to great replacement and being full of stereotypical Arabs,etc etc. Also it's issue 1 made "a choice" to feature the main character involved in a war orchestrated by Russians, released months before the Ukraine war started... not to mention the "slavic merc" opponent joining the main character's side in subsequent issues.
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4Nelk Boys,Wikipedia Canadian-American Youtube channel turned into minor media empire, which was originally known for prank videos before shifting to full-on right-wing shilling, including having been present on stage during Donald Trump's presidential campaigns in 2020 and 2024. They had also organized parties to openly defy the COVID-19 restrictions during the pandemic. Their channel has 8.3 million subscribers as of September 8, 2024.
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16Aniconism,Wikipedia the aversion to (religious) icons by some people. A number of Christian sects roll their eyes on Catholics' habit of keeping and praying to icons as they view it to be idolatrous, which is taken to the cranky extreme by at least some Muslims who not only view the visual depiction of Muhammad as haram, but also the depiction of living things in general, i.e. no TV, no movies, no works of fiction, nothing. The Taliban is notorious for such repressive practices as we all know. We have an article about iconoclasm or the destruction of religious iconography but not aversion to them in general.
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6Richard Saul, author of "ADHD Does Not Exist: The Truth about Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder." Appears to have legitimate credentials but still dabbled in denialism to some extent.
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4Madonna,Wikipedia American musician and actress who gained notoriety for her use of religious symbolism in her music which led to accusations of blasphemy and condemnations from the likes of the Vatican.
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34Bluesky,Wikipedia a social network that started as a fork of Twitter and founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Currently owned by software engineer Jay Graber, many former Twitter users migrated to the platform following Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election and many non-political/partisan Twitter uses migrated to Bluesky anyway simply because Twitter's been infested by bots and AI. It's grown a userbase of mainly left-leaning individuals leading to accusations from conservatives of it being a "liberal echo chamber" with there being several Twitter accounts dedicated to mocking certain users and posts on Bluesky.
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8GradeAUnderACreate draft, a reactionary YouTuber who started as the prototype storytime animator before devolving into a YouTube drama channel. In 2016, he tried his hand at political content where he criticized Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, endorsing neither and instead was a supporter of Bernie Sanders. He gained controversy for his COVID-19 denialism video that downplayed the virus entirely. He eventually came out as an open Trump supporter following the Donald's victory in the 2024 election.
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-8Shipping discourse,Wikipedia major discourse in the fan fiction comunity around if taboo and abusive sexual content should be censored.
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342024 Election Fraud conspiracy theoriesCreate draft, Left wingers, mostly liberals, upset at Trump’s Fascism have started to believe that The Donald cheated again, this time with the help of Elon Musk’s Starlink. They are trying to start a movement to investigate and recount. This is best shown in the election denial subreddit r/somethingiswrong2024.
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29Donald Trump assassination attempt conspiracy theoriesEdit draft, Way past due, be they the pro Trump, or the anti Trump ones.
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224B movementWikipedia, a radical feminist movement started in South Korea, proponents refuse to date men, get married, have sex with men, or have children. Seen a recent interest gain in AMerica since Trump became president-elect.
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15Action4CanadaWikipedia, Canadian equivalent of Project 2025. Very anti trans, pro homeschooling (bc liberal education), anti immigrant, even showing a film of Tommy Robinson, notorious Islamophobe. Here’s their website.
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20Gamergate 2Wikipedia:A huge resurgence in anti-DEI outrage in gaming starting with the attempted takedown of the Sweet Baby Inc detected steam page by Sweet Baby Inc. They mostly target major game studios and consulting groups and played a part in the failure of multiple high profile triple-A games. Most of its supporters are on YouTube or twitter such as Grummz, Nerdrotic, Critical drinker and Asmongold.
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4Vote SwappingWikipedia: A non-binding agreement by which a would-be third-party voter in a swing state agrees to vote for one of the two major-party candidates, and in exchange two voters in a non-swing state agree to make protest votes for the swing-state voter's preferred candidate. Seen here.
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18American PsychoWikipedia: C'mon, you don't have an article on American Psycho. Seeing how despite being a satire of toxic masculinity, narcissism, and hyperconsumerism, the book's main character (Patrick Bateman) is now unironically used as a symbol by the same community he was meant to be a satire of.
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19TestosteroneWikipedia: Gets brought up a lot in our various bro-space and MRA/red pill pages. Go over what it is, what it does, what it doesn't do and what too much can do. Also about how so many are obsessed with T-levels and taking supplements.
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15Flip-flopWikipedia aka U-Turn: the act of suddenly changing of position on an issue. A flip-flopper is someone who frequently changes their opinions. It's often used to describe politicians who change their stances to go with the current popular sentiment.
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0Dave Greene (@GreeneMan6): alias “The Distributist”, a self-entitled reactionary gadfly of the dissident right, he is a vlogger with a relatively strong following, who explores the “problems of modernity, the issues of our late political and economic order.” Draws some 20k-70k with his Youtube videos, with his most popular being “A Gentle Introduction to Mencius Moldbug” at 238k. His relation to Marjorie Taylor Greene and Chad Felix Greene is unknown.
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21Exotic petWikipedia: Animals not normally thought of as domesticated being kept as companions by humans. Generally considered a textbook example of animal cruelty especially when the so-called "pet" is ill-suited to a suburban/urban life they're not accustomed to, e.g. the emergence of "otter cafes" and pet influencers in Japan where their critters spend their existence begging their owners for food and attention, giving people the impression that such practices are kawaii even when the poor creatures themselves aren't exactly happy.
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20Progress 2028Create draft, a fake Harris campaign counter to Project 2025, but is actually funded by many republicans including Elon Musk, who apparently funded 100 million dollars into it. Think of it like black propaganda, something made by someone against a group, pretending to be part of that group to make them look bad. Here’s an article on it. If it doesn’t deserve its own page, at least include it in Elon’s page.
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31The Anarchist CookbookWikipedia: Infamous paranoiac screed instructing people on how to make LSD, Molotov cocktails and other such nasties. Its contents have made it legally questionable if not illegal to possess in some countries, though both the Canadian government and the FBI notably dismissed calls for it to be banned out of free speech grounds.
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6Real Raw NewsWikipedia: Farther than far-right news source that pulls news out of nothing. To see how insane they are, look at any of their articles. Here's a report by News Guard during the era where I think their nonsense was tamer. Apparently, it's owned by a dude named Michael Baxter who claims to be a journalist. Also, he states that it's satire, but in interviews, states that the website was only marked satire so the Deep State won't cancel it!
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30Conspiracy theories about tropical cyclones: Unsurprisingly, it's about conspiracy theories on tropical cyclones. This year has had way more conspiracy theories about tropical cyclones than it normally would, with Wikipedia making an article on Conspiracy theories about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane seasonWikipedia. Also if you have time, please include conspiracy theories on typhoons (shockingly very little sources covering this in English except this by Philstar on Typhoon Yolanda)
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4Mocha UsonWikipedia: Filipino former actress and singer who initially gained notoriety for her sexually charged performances as part of the group Mocha Girls (think Pussycat Dolls) but later gained further notoriety as a Duterte bootlicker and fake news propagandist. While she did have some stopped clock moments, in particular her support for reproductive health laws, she has nonetheless made scathing remarks and gestures on a number of groups, such as an ableist mockery of sign language and red-baiting of human rights groups among others.
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30Reality televisionWikipedia: Popular television genre presented as (ostensibly) rooted in reality, hence the name. Besides receiving criticism for its deceptive nature e.g. premediated scripting and allegations of rigging contest outcomes and scenarios (Big Brother and Pimp My Ride come to mind) as well as its generally low-brow, brain rot nature, producers of "reality" programming such as TLC and History Channel have also been complicit in enabling the antics of conservative and/or crank scumbags, such as Toddlers and Tiaras (child abuse and exploitation) and its spinoff Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo (cancelled when reports surfaced of a cast member was associating with a convicted child molester and registered sex offender), and 19 Kids and Counting (where cast member Josh Duggar was convicted for his extensive cp stash, including but not limited to the infamous Daisy's Destruction hurtcore video).
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50P Diddy,Wikipedia or Sean Combs, or Puff Daddy. Rapper who’s notorious for his accusations of sexual violence, as well as other violence (domestic, gun, etc), though some has been proven; leaked video footage shows him abusing his then girlfriend Cassidy in a hotel, to which he made a lazy public apology video (“YouTuber style”). He’s the Jeffrey Epstein of rap, with notorious phrases like “there’s nothing like a P Diddy party”, which are infamous for their drugs, and “freak offs”. He has many connections with many celebrities and having been recently arrested, put on suicide watch, the list of those that are complicit will soon be released, and we hopefully don’t get a repeat of Epstein and have everyone who has either participated in the crimes too or being complicit will be held accountable. He has a history of crimes. I do think he should have a page on here.
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24Herero and Namaqua genocideWikipedia: This was a genocide committed by the German Empire that, while it should be covered for its own sake, also served as a sort of forerunner to the later Holocaust, including with the governor of German Southwest Africa being the father of one Hermann Göring.
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7Mortal KombatWikipedia (I’m unsure if anyone suggested it before or if it fits in RW, better ask I guess) Multimedia franchise (games, movies etc) that was controversial ever since it’s first installement for its notable gore, and the eventual creation of the ESRB. It was one of boogeyman of the “video games cause violence”, though it often goes towards games featuring guns. Each mainline game to my knowledge has a “Controversy” section in their Wikipedia page, can be just which country has banned it to other related controversies such as workplace conditions, outfits etc. Speaking of other controversies in the franchise… The 2011 game (simply titled “Mortal Kombat”) had its female characters wearing obscenely sexual outfits (compared to their male counterparts) among many other concerns surrounding sexism. There’s also been concerns for racism as the main characters are Asian, but the franchise is made by Americans, which has lead to concerns to stereotypes, not just mere offensive, but poor representation, first that comes to mind is “Nightwolf”, a Native American character that hasn’t been well received by actual Native Americans, due to it being just a stereotype (this is even an issue “Mortal Kombat 11” which was released in 2019). As to workplace issues, one I can think of is for the 11th installement, some employees began suffering from PTSD due to the graphic material they had seen in order to create some of the gore in the game, if my memory is right there’s also issues of crunch time (which is unfortunately not uncommon in the gaming industry and probably deserves its own article).
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49Generative AIWikipedia Not just deepfakes but more so centered on art. It’s ethics, how it impacts artists (which was a big part of the SAG-AFTRA strikes), job stability, and AI 'artists', its defenders (companies and people thinking this helps individuals). How big companies are pushing them out much to the dismay of artists and video game developers (EA’s CEO claims that developers are eager to use AI, this came after mass layoffs, which the surge in layoffs in the gaming industry could be an article in it of itself) as well as ordinary gamers who are affected by GPU manufacturers' shift towards AI processing at the cost of video cards becoming increasingly inaccessible to the mass market (entry level and midrange options are becoming more and more pathetic as a result). The lawsuits and the future of it all.
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9Ajit VadakayilCreate draft Former Indian merchant navy captain and conspiracy blogger. Probably the biggest conspiracy theorist in the Indian blogosphere. Sends his followers to spam various online websites. Don't wanna say much here because he likes to threaten people with lawsuits. Google him for more info. He traffics in the usual antisemitism, but there are so many more layers they will make your brain melt.(he thinks even Hitler was Jewish)
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8Alaina HicksWikipedia Formerly/also known as "Bonnie Rotten." This might be a long shot and farfetched idea. She's an ex-porn actress turned gun rights enthusiast. Recently suggested on Xitter that teachers in schools should be armed, smugly mocked those who voiced opposition to her idea. Alex Jones was a guest at her wedding. In 2020 she went on a QAnon lite tirade on social media about how the adult industry is "full of libs."
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17There you go againWikipedia The phrase St Ronnie Raygun used in the 1980 debate & thereafter to deflect any criticism of him. Even the many legitimate ones.
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32Pro-natalismWikipedia The opposite of anti-natalism. The philosophy that having more babies (or at least certain babies) is good regardless of concerns over poverty, the environment, or the status of women. Underpins the fecundity of many fundamentalist/traditionalist religious movements (Quiverfull, Tradcaths, Chabad Jews) and some modern ones (Rastafarianism). It's also the proposed solution to racist anxieties over "The Great Replacement" or "white genocide." And it comes up with pro-eugenics weirdos like Elon Musk who believe rich/smart/(white) people can save humanity by breeding.
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40BlackRockWikipedia A behemoth of an investment management firm. Has some skeletons in their closet regarding their inconsistent ESG, but is also a regular scapegoat for the far-right and conspiracy theorists alike.
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40 Springfield, Ohio, pet-eating hoaxWikipedia: Prominent example of disinformation and racism.
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26 Ashley MadisonWikipedia: Dating site for married people seeking affairs. Has been controversial since its founding in 2002 and was subject to a widely-reported data breach in 2015. Missional due to the questions of privacy and sexual morality its existence raises. Several prominent conservatives (including Josh Duggar and Christopher Rufo) have been linked to Ashley Madison accounts through the data breach.
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23 Popular MechanicsWikipedia: Long-running American pop science rag whose recurring topics include cars, DIY and the latest in tech and military/aerospace porn. The magazine did roast 9/11 "truthers" in a 2005 issue, though it has also slanted towards sensationalism (e.g. their gushing praise of Harley-Davidson in a November 1998 issue) and woo-ish topics such as UFOs.
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7 Commission on Human Rights (Philippines)Wikipedia: Human rights board whose mandate is ostensibly to protect the dignity and civil rights of everyone regardless of age, sex or creed. They have come under Duterte's crosshairs because why would he be letting opposition run rampant anyway? However, their drive towards dignity and civil rights for all has also led to at least some genuine criticism like when Apollo Quiboloy's mugshots were censored by the local police under the CHR's mandate.
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5 Power (social and political)Wikipedia: It's a regular part of nearly every aspect of human life and is the main driving force behind much of the news, yet we don't have an overall article on the general concept of political and sociological power and the effects it has on humanity.
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12F.A.T.A.L.Wikipedia is at least somewhat missional for RationalWiki due to its sexist and racist content. We don't need to go anywhere near as in-depth about why it sucks as 1d6chan does (in fact, we could probably defer readers over there for more detail), but we should at least give shit like "Armor of Nigrous Nincompoopery" and "Armor of Jewy Jewbacca" the mockery it deserves.
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25Reagan (2024 film):Wikipedia Conservative movie with lots of red-baiting, starring everyone's favorite fundie: Kevin Sorbo! Received tons of negative reviews from critics, due to the historical inaccuracies, the constant commiesdidit, how Communism is evil, etc... and tons of positive reviews from Wingnuts, because why wouldn't they?
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41Hachette v. Internet ArchiveWikipedia: since they’ve lost the appeal I think this more than fits the site mission. With how much this is not a good thing.
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25Bilibili:Wikipedia China's own Youtube with more than 332 million members. Has been in some shitty situations such as having their source code leaked on GitHub, one of their own staff members working himself to death due to China's 996 work schedule for the internet industry and renting illegal servers in Taiwan.
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31Superman curse:Wikipedia Series of misfortunes that befell the cast and crew of various Superman media throughout the years.
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51Dave Chappelle:Wikipedia I'm not sure if he has been suggested yet, but for the past 5 years he's kinda gone off the edge with his netflix specials.
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6Tribel:Wikipedia Apparently the newest social media network on the block, stumbled upon from an Occupy Democrats post on Twitter. This social media network promises that it's "pro-democracy", among other things, but those claims might be dubious if it uses the same old algorithms that other social media sites (Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, etc.) use that draw people further and further into echo chambers. It also claims that Facebook and Twitter are trying to suppress it, which reeks of Galileo gambit and persecution complex.
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53Tech BrosWikipedia: I mostly got the idea after thinking of how much i think tony blair has become one. But I think it could apply to everyone (Mush, Bezos etc) and I think it fits the site's mission perfectly. Update: I'm hoping this will be a category. But I can't figure out how to put up a category vote here.
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42SAG-AFTRA labor strikesWikipedia: Series of labour strikes by members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) in 2023 to the present, initiated over concerns about the use of deepfakes and large language models potentially replacing human creative labour (and studios greedily exploiting it at the expense of those whom they replicated) and the usual contractual disputes between them and Hollywood studios.
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20CREDO Mobile:Wikipedia Progressive-leaning mobile virtual network operator, started off as Working Assets Wireless in 1985. The company's shift towards progressive advocacy apparently led to the inception of its wingnut counterpart Patriot Mobile.
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20Can't believe there's no Steven GundryWikipedia page here. Lindy West recounts a story in The Witches are Coming about when she attended a Gwyneth Paltrow Goop event how Gundry told the crowd of gullible women they shouldn't eat plants native to North America, like corn and potatoes, because humans aren't native to North America; "they're only native to Africa, Europe, and Asia."
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42RumbleWikipedia: BitChute clone with a few exceptions. It has less ads, but more fundie shit. It was founded 2013, 4 years before BitChute and it doesn't look like it was made with Microsoft Publisher. While not entirely filled with right-wing content, as apolitical channels like Lofi Girl appear there after all, it has been extremely popular with conservatives and the alt-right.
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16DLive:Wikipedia Imagine if Twitch was run by Neo-nazis, Alt-righters, Nutjobs & The Cult Of Q™.
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44Imane Khelif,Wikipedia a female Algerian amateur boxer who participated in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She's been the target of misinformation and a harassment campaign by conservatives that falsely accused her of being a trans woman or a man due to supposedly having high levels of testosterone in her system.
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12Robby Starbuck,Wikipedia conservative extremist, conspiracy theorist, and failed US House candidate from Tennessee who has used social media to pressure big corporations to eliminate their DEI initiatives.
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36Kim Dotcom,Wikipedia German-Finnish IT specialist and entrepreneur. Had an extensive criminal record in his native Germany for hacking and gained further notoriety for Megaupload, a file-sharing service seized by US authorities in 2012 amid accusations of copyright infringement; in the years following his arrest Dotcom styled himself as a conspiracy theorist, crying persecution from the US government and Hollywood for stifling his business, and went full vatnik when he expressed support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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6Lance WallnauWikipedia: The face of the NAR on the Internet who hosts his own show, and a major threat to both US national security as well as global security. Currently only mentioned on pages related to the NAR.
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27Mr. Birchum:Wikipedia Imagine if Family Guy was written by Benny Boy. Conservative cartoon that was, indeed, produced by Ben Shapiro to stop the "wokeness" in cartoons. Fun fact, some Conservatives think this cartoon is "too woke" for them.
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25Yasuke,Wikipedia Japanese historical figure of African descent who by some accounts is considered the first Black samurai. He recently became the subject of a shitstorm by reactionaries who negatively reacted to Ubisoft's depiction of him as one of the playable protagonists in Assassin's Creed: Shadows, which brought up discussions over his life and subsequent career in Japan, of which very little reliable information is known.
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33Kaspersky Lab,Wikipedia Russian cybersecurity provider and antivirus firm. Was recently sanctioned by the US especially in light of the Ukraine invasion, where the Department of Commerce ordered a ban on the sale and support for Kaspersky products in the States, especially given Eugene Kaspersky's connections with the Kremlin.
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46Order of the Nine Angles.Wikipedia Currently, this is just a section on our Satanism article, but given the 764 scandal and the fact that they're actively targeting minors on social media, I'd argue that they deserve their own article.
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25Lighthouse (British scam / cult)Wikipedia As exposed by a BBC investigation last year. Half a mentoring scam, half Scientology-esque cult (minus aliens).
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25Siege mentalityWikipedia — Also known as bunker mentality. A hyper-defensive state of mind that forms around the belief that someone's being relentlessly attacked and oppressed.
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11Daniel Defense:Wikipedia Gun company founded by outspoken GOP supporters infamous for its AR-style assault rifles being implicated in school shootings such as the Uvalde elementary school massacre which led to the horrific deaths of several grade-school students. Known for its cavalier attitude towards gun control supporters and what amounts to peddling firearms to impressionable youths much like what Big Tobacco does to kids with Joe Camel and the like, and has been sued alongside Call of Duty series publisher Activision by relatives of those killed in the school attack.
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26Briahna Joy Gray,Wikipedia former staffer for Bernie Sanders. Has boosted misinformation concerning Israel's war in Gaza on Xitter. Recently fired from The Hill for rolling her eyes at an Israeli hostage.
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22"Dr" Dawn MichaelCreate draft counsellor and sex therapist who has moved on to COVID denial and has been retweeted by Donald Trump. Has no medical degrees, and according to her old website, she obtained her PhD from "IASHS". That is, the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, which was shut down by the California Department for Consumer Affairs for being a diploma mill! As a pseudo-medical huckster, Trump orbiter, and minor TV personality, she fits rationalwiki's remit perfectly. As the information about her qualifications (or lack thereof) is no longer readily available, a rationalwiki page with details and links could do at least some damage prevention for people who might be fooled by the two letters she puts in front of her name.
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35Barron Trump,Wikipedia Donald Trump's third and youngest son. We know very little about him, but QAnoners have been circulating bizarre time travel conspiracy theories about him because an obscure and unrelated series of novels from the 1800s with the same name exists.
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62AfrocentrismWikipedia - Currently it is a section under the Black supremacy article, but the topic is notable enough that it deserves its own topic. We have a fair share of articles on Black supremacists, so an article about this would not be odd. Afrocentrists usually claim that Ancient Egyptians, Ancient Greeks, Romans, Europeans in general, Native Americans, Arabs, and more were actually Black. Afrocentrists are racist to White people by comparing them to Neanderthals and are racists to Native Americans by calling them "Five Dollar Indians". We have an article about Eurocentrism, so an article about Afrocentrism which debunks its claims would be needed.
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44Terrence HowardWikipedia former Actor, now fringe crank, "1x1=2" pseudomath, also appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience to PIDOOMA a bunch of other bullshit including claiming he can "kill gravity" etc.
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43AsmongoldWikipedia: Gamer and YouTube/Twitch streamer who has also done sociopolitical commentary, typically of the right-wing variety. To be fair he did express his opposition to loot boxes due to them being a gateway to underage gambling, but he has been known to make a lot of anti-woke screeds such as this video questioning Epic Games' inclusivity guidelines, among other things. We have articles for shitheads like PewDiePie so why not Asmongold?
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24Desmond JanousekCreate draft, AKA Tyler Zed, is a conservative running the YouTube channel Zeducation. Seen citing Fox News, shitting on Biden mostly because of his gaffes, doubting science as a whole, & claiming that Trump's immigration cages were Obama's & Biden's at least once.
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81October 7 attacksWikipedia Terrorist attacks on Isreali citizens by Hamas these attacks killed over 1 thousand people and are known by some as Deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. The October 7 attacks have been celebrated and denied by many supporters of Hamas. October 7 Denialism comes in three forms:
  1. It was faked and the evidence was fabricated by Israel
  2. It was real but the IDF inflated the death counts
  3. They deserved it
October 7 denial is in many ways similar to Holocaust denial.
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21HatredWikipedia: Isometric shooter game developed by Poland-based Destructive Creations, who cited creeping political correctness as their impetus for releasing a mass murder simulator. Unsurprisingly attracted a legion of immature edgelords, especially considering the developers' alleged far-right leanings.
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10Alois HudalWikipedia: Austrian former bishop and neo-Nazi ass kisser; he helped form the ratlines i.e. the sort of Underground Railroad for fugitive Nazi officers.
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46Blackpill: Currently just redirects to the Manosphere glossary page. But this toxic ideology does warrant its own page for the sheer amount of conspiratorial thinking and pseudoscience it contains.
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17Assaulted: Civil Rights Under FireWikipedia: Gun nut propaganda film response to Bowling for Columbine, released in 2013 and narrated by actor and rapper Ice-T where they unsurprisingly present views in favour of moar dakka and posits that firearms regulation has done more harm than good. Variety has a review for it and it also appears to be crowdfunded as what this Kickstarter page and this eBay listing suggests. Besides Ice-T, the film also has an appearance by Ted Nugent.
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43Brianna WuWikipedia: Once a primary target of the GamerGate crowd, since October 7, 2023, she has become a major zionist and has been making increasingly anti-progressivism takes. She may not have gone completely right-wing just yet, but it's certainly something to keep an eye on. She was infamously a target of transphobic hate and doxxing due to being a formerly stealth trans woman, but has since began expressing transmedicalist viewpoints and has gotten into conflict with other trans people.
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41Transnational repressionWikipedia: Dictatorships are sometimes so afraid of dissent that they try to hunt down dissidents as well as diaspora populations and communities well outside of their borders.
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32Anti-Christian Bigotry - This should be an article considering how Christians are treated in Muslim countries,India,Israel, Communist countries and even factions within Alt-right. Anti-Christian bigotry also partly inspired Armenian genocide and Christians were persecuted in Roman empire.Chrstians aren't persecuted in America but that doesn't excuse not talking about this topic
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11Chandra Wickramasinghe,Wikipedia student of Fred Hoyle, focused on proving panspermia, (choosing a far-fetched proposition and then choosing is not how you're meant to do science). Also links to dodgy tory MP Jamie WallisWikipedia whose dad seems to fund him.
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27Tommy Tallarico,Wikipedia "legendary video game composer" and pathological liar featured in an Hbomberguy exposé. His mother is very proud of him.
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15Titania McGrath,Wikipedia Hateful Transgender stereotype from Spiked contributer Andrew Doyle.
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63Vaccines glossaryCreate draft including a section of terms more specifically used by the anti-vaccination movement.
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82The Pizza MeterWikipedia or Washington Pizza IndexCreate draft[1][2] - This page was recently deleted from Wikipedia,[3] on April 2 (AfD discussion here). However, after the April 13 Iranian strikes in Israel, the topic has been popping up again.[4][5] (Archived copy of the deleted Wikipedia article)
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16Evelyn Wood:Wikipedia The architect of a form of education woo called "speed reading", elaborated on in the book "Scan Artist" by Marcia Biederman, which this editor has just started listening to on Audible. (For bonus points, she's also connected to Mormon evangelism and its associated craziness.) I doubt I'll be able to construct a quality article based on one book that I'll most likely be half-listening to, but I read the summary about the rise of her paradigm and its subsequent debunking by science, and I'm surprised that an article on this charlatan doesn't already exist here. Maybe an article on speed readingWikipedia is needed as well.
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86Operation Paperclip:Wikipedia After WWII, the Americans recruited several Nazi scientists to work on American projects to beat the Soviets — most notably Werner Von Braun, the Nazi scientist who fathered the Moon program.
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37An article on Plurality,Wikipedia a subculture of people who identify as having multiple personalities, and also works as a support community for those with Identity Disorders; more and more awareness about these people has been raised, and in my experience, are recognized and accepted in the Leftist Communities that I am in however most people who identify with Plurality are Fakers who make the DID community look bad
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12Voice of the Martyrs:Wikipedia A human rights activism group that claims to aid persecuted Christians around the world (to the point that their online domain is "persecution.com"). While they've done some legitimately noble things, this doesn't change the fact that they also have a very scummy underside, à la Salvation Army. Amongst other things, they covered up the allegations of child abuse against their USA branch's executive director (who committed suicide over the allegations) to the point that they fired Michael Wurmbrand, the son of VOM's founder, when he called for an independent investigation into the matter, and refused to accept his wishes to stop using his parents' images afterward. Not to mention, they cut off all support to their Nigerian branch after it turned out that the leader was responsible for committing numerous crimes, including child labor and rape.
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58Victim card:Wikipedia Remember those people that like to blame victims? Well, this is what these people do when someone pushes them in a corner for their bigotry.
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65Demiurge:Wikipedia A.K.A. Yaldabaoth. The Gnostic answer to the problem of evilthat jerk answering to the name of "YHWH" in the Old Testament was really a filthy, narcissistic, tyrannical impostor, and the material universe was never intended to be free of suffering in the first place. It's surprising that we don't have an article on this yet.
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51Might makes right:Wikipedia It gets mentioned as a talking point for multiple faulty arguments, many of which involve a god. Yet we somehow don't have an article on this particular aphorism.
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34Amala EkpunobiCreate draft - Pretty much discount Candace Owens. Another starlet from PragerU whose major claim of being brainwashed at an early age by the "far-left" and spouting several far-right talking points under the guise of reasonable discourse who would be right at home having a page on this website to tell people to steer clear.
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87Content farmsWikipedia — These sites and accounts regularly push false or misleading information with clickbait titles to fool people, usually minors, into clicking and then they reap the advertising revenue from it. Especially pervasive on YouTube due to the lack of moderation, but also present on search engines. Generative AI only makes this problem worse.
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82Dead Internet theoryWikipedia — An up-and-coming conspiracy theory that states the internet in general "died" in 2017, and has been hijacked by AI and algorithms created by the U.S. government to manipulate humans.
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19 John HughesWikipedia — I know it seems like a silly suggestion that doesn't fit the site's mission at all. But check his personal life on the other wiki. For starters, he was close friends with Ben Stein & people think his films are pro-Reagan.
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32 ProfanityWikipedia — I'm surprised we don't have a page on this yet, especially with its implications on free speech and how some public figures gleefully abuse it, like with Duterte giving Pope Francis his classic "your mom's a whore" epithet.
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18 Peter Dutton:Wikipedia I'm from Australia & I can see how dangerous he is and I think he needs a page here.
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61 Yulia Navalnaya:Wikipedia She is continuing her late husband Alexei Navalny's work and what he fought for. She NEEDS a page.
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53 Why not get some page on those douchebags that are currently part of the Israelian government? Could be useful in the future and we might be able to dig up some shit they've done in the past as well. Oh, and those parties would be: Likud,Wikipedia Shas,Wikipedia National Unity,Wikipedia National Religious Party–Religious Zionism,Wikipedia United Torah Judaism,Wikipedia Otzma Yehudit,Wikipedia New Hope,Wikipedia & Noam.Wikipedia
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-27 DutchBondFanCreate draft Youtuber with over 44 k subscribers. Batshit Insane on Twitter. Anti Woke, Pro Trump, Pro Putin, Pro Geert Wilders. Transphobic, Etc. Here's one of his many hateful hits. Where he thinks he's on the right side just because his grandfather was. https://twitter.com/DutchBondFan/status/1664142259300827136 Don't give him a license to kill.
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77 Trail BlazersCreate draft Film that Antonio Sabato Jr was planning to make to please his persecution complex as a Trump supporter. It's Never Been completed and He owes his crew thousands of dollars that he hasn't paid. Here's an account from a production member https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10159183542554678&set=a.6371684677 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10159182034854678&set=a.63226309677
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42 SciManDanCreate draft. Youtuber with over 500 K subscribers, makes reaction videos debunking flat earth and other pseudoscience and conspiracy theories. youtube channel link here
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-11 An article on Breadtube;Wikipedia We already have articles on various figures within the community, so we might as well make one for the genre itself.
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85 Dr. SeussWikipedia - We have an article on Horton Hears a Who! but not on the man himself whose extensive use of sociopolitical messages on his children's picture books attracted criticism and commentary. Some of Seuss's books were pulled from circulation due to racially insensitive themes, though it is worth noting that he wrote Horton as an apology to the Japanese whom he denounced and mocked during the war, especially when he saw the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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55 Sweet Baby Inc.Wikipedia - AKA the targets behind GamerGate Part 2: Electric Boogaloo: The Legend of Curly's Gold.
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32 Angel StudiosWikipedia - The Utah-based company responsible for unleashing Sound of Freedom to the world, though they've also taken on other conservative Christian content in hopes of turning them into the next big thing via crowdfunding. An entire article could be devoted to their antics as they make Pure Flix look sane by comparison. While they boast a creator-friendly platform, a couple of filmmakers have cried fowl on how that operates. Even the story of how they formed is legally suspect and rooted in Mormonism.
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25 Genetically Modified Skeptic. Come on, we're the Atheist Wiki, but we still don't have an article for one of the figureheads of 2020s Atheist Youtube? Seriously?
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3 Technology Revolution,Wikipedia. {Separate editor's note: this proposal is clearly half-finished.}
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18 Digital ID,Wikipedia I figured this deserves a page. Blair is obsessed with forcing it on the world as he reckons it’s part of the “technology revolution” speaking of which.
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11 Elsie Dinsmore,Wikipedia 19th-century American children's book series whose Christian themes found an audience within the fundie crowd in spite of its racist, sexist and more disturbingly, paedophilic subplots. The book series have also been adapted into doll form a la American Girl.
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73 David Zaslav,Wikipedia Current CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery. Known for his deleting shows & movies that haven't been aired yet. Such as Batgirl (which off course The Fandom Menace loved him for). Has recently been revealed to have been collaborating with Chinese Propaganda Outlets. There is a current movement to get rid of him: #FireDavidZaslav that i support.
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73 Charlie Chaplin,Wikipedia English comedian and later political activist, best known as The Tramp and Adenoid Hynkel. Given how we have an article about fellow McCarthyism victim John Lennon, I am surprised that we don't have a page on this guy yet.
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66 Catholic Medical AssociationWikipedia (CMA), a group perhaps most interesting to RW for its religiously-based commitment against transgender acceptance and seemingly, also gay acceptance thus its endorsement of anti-gay conversion therapy. CMA has some overlap with the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds). CMA produces a journal called Linacre Quarterly, a common citation for anti-gay arguments, with "scientific findings" that are most likely working backwards from an already-set religious conclusion (they do argue after all, in one court case, that to reach another conclusion would contradict the teachings of the Church). Beyond endorsing the practice, CMA apparently also published conversion therapy advice in the late 1990s.
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75 The "Mother of all Short Squeezes" or MOASS Edit draft for short. It's an apocalyptic event where the price of gamestop stock will dramatically increase in price to "infinity". Believed mostly on reddit. Detailed in this video
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102 Vince McMahon,Wikipedia former WWE owner and a heel both in the ring and in real life. Best friends with Donald Trump, and was recently accused of sex trafficking and rape, just like Trump's other best friend.
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74 Romana Didulo,Wikipedia aka the "Queen" of Canada. QAnon Truther & Sovereign citizen from Vancouver. Has a cult following in Saskatchewan.
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17 Infestation: Origins,Wikipedia Thinly-veiled neo-Nazi dog whistle game themed after Steamboat Willie to cash in on Mickey Mouse's newfound freedom. Despite the developers' attempts at feigning ignorance over the references, the game was still clearly made with the intent to sow far-right sentiment.
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99 Alexei Navalny,Wikipedia I'm actually shocked the man Putin fears the most doesn't have a page here. He should.