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Trollface (Racist Versions)

Hate Symbol
Trollface (Racist Versions)
Like Pepe the Frog, “Trollface” is a widely-used internet cartoon meme that has been appropriated and used by some white supremacists. Care must be taken not to make assumptions of the intent behind its use but to judge it only in context.
Read more about Trollface (Racist Versions)

St. Michael’s Cross

Hate Symbol
St. Michael’s Cross
St. Michael’s Cross is a white supremacist symbol that originated in Romania in the years before World War II as the symbol of the fascist Iron Guard movement.
ALTERNATE NAMES: Archangel Michael's Cross, Iron Guard
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Moon Man

Hate Symbol
Moon Man
“Moon Man” is a meme derived from a character in 1980s McDonald’s restaurant commercials that was appropriated by white supremacists, especially from the alt right, who attach it to racist songs, language and imagery.
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League of the South

Hate Symbol
League of the South
The League of the South is a longstanding neo-Confederate white supremacist group that advocates for an independent, white-dominated South. Its symbol is intended to resemble the St. Andrew’s Cross on the Confederate flag.
ALTERNATE NAMES: Southern Nationalist Flag, Black Cross
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Jera Rune

Hate Symbol
Jera Rune
The Jera rune is an ancient European runic symbol and part of the runic alphabet. It is one of a number of runic symbols that white supremacists have appropriated but is also commonly used by non-racist modern Norse pagans, so care needs to be taken in its evaluation.
ALTERNATE NAMES: Jeran Rune
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Identitarian Lambda

Hate Symbol
Identitarian Lambda
The Identitarian lambda is a symbol used by people who identify with Identitarianism, a racist and anti-immigrant European far right movement loosely analogous to the alt right in the United States.
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The Happy Merchant

Hate Symbol
Happy Merchant
The Happy Merchant is a very common antisemitic meme popularized by the alt right, featuring a person with exaggerated stereotypically Jewish features and grasping hands, meant to convey a “greedy Jew.”
ALTERNATE NAMES: Jew Face, Merchant Face, Le Happy Merchant
Read more about The Happy Merchant

Fasces

Hate Symbol
Fasces
Fasces are an ancient Roman symbol for authority and government coopted by Mussolini’s Fascist movement in Italy. Some white supremacists in the United States have recently adopted the symbol both because of its fascist connections and because it is more publicly acceptable than the swastika.
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Bowlcut/Dylann Roof

Hate Symbol
Bowlcut/Dylann Roof
The “Bowlcut” is an image of a bowl-shaped haircut resembling the one sported by white supremacist mass killer Dylan Roof. People who use the “bowlcut” image or other “bowl” references admire Roof and call for others to emulate his racist murders.
Read more about Bowlcut/Dylann Roof

Anti-Antifa Images

Hate Symbol
Anti-Antifa
“Anti-Antifa” images are white supremacist symbols and memes directed against antifa activists. Antifa (short for “anti-fascist”) are left-wing and anarchist activists who focus on directly confronting white supremacists.
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14

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14
14 is numerical shorthand for the white supremacist slogan known as the "14 Words": "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."
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14 Words

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14 Words
14 Words is a reference to the popular white supremacist slogan: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."
ALTERNATE NAMES: Fourteen Words
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1488

Hate Symbol
1488
1488: 14 words and the 8th letter of the alphabet. Combined this creates a powerful symbol for white supremacists. Find out the true meaning of these numbers.
ALTERNATE NAMES: 8814
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88

Hate Symbol
88
88 is a white supremacist numerical code for Heil Hitler. Read more about the meaning behind the numbers, as well as how it’s used in non-extremist forms.
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Anti-SHARP Imagery

Hate Symbol
Anti-SHARP
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Arrow Cross

Hate Symbol
Arrow Cross
The Arrow Cross symbol derives from the Hungarian fascist political party known as the Arrow Cross Party that was active during 1935-45. Since then, various neo-Nazis and white supremacists have used the symbol themselves, either generically or as part of the logo of a specific hate group.
ALTERNATE NAMES: Crosstar
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Aryan Fist

Hate Symbol
Aryan Fist
The Aryan Fist symbol is a white supremacist symbol adopted from the "black power fist" used by black nationalist groups in the 1960s and 1970s.
ALTERNATE NAMES: White Power Fist, White Fist
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Blood Drop Cross

Hate Symbol
"Blood Drop" Cross
ALTERNATE NAMES: Ku Klux Klan, MIOAK
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Blue Eyed Devils

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Blue Eyed Devils
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Boots and Laces

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Boots and Laces
Racist skinheads prefer wearing steel-toed workboots, typically with red or white shoelaces laced a certain way.
ALTERNATE NAMES: Red Shoelaces, White Shoelaces
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