If You Use These Common Words, The FBI Thinks You’re A Violent Extremist

Remember when the Justice Department flirted with labeling concerned parents as “domestic terrorists” for exercising their First Amendment right to protest against far-left school boards?

Now, internal FBI documents indicate that the bureau is similarly monitoring individuals engaging in constitutionally protected speech online.

Several commonly used slang words and phrases are reportedly enough to convince the FBI that someone might be a “violent” incel or racist extremist.

As BizPacReview reported:

Many of the terms are more closely related to self-pity than violence. The glossary lists “It’s Over” to convey “the hopelessness of being an incel” or referring to a “heightcel” or “baldcel” in defining individuals who are short in stature or are bald.

The FBI’s list delves into race, connecting it to extreme violence as well. Terms associated with “Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism” (RMVE) are reportedly a mix of common and extremist labels.

“Red Pill” is on that particular list, but sporting a different definition, “In the context of RMVE ideology, taking the red pill or becoming ‘red-pilled’ indicates the adoption of racist, anti-Semitic, or fascist beliefs.”

“Based” is defined by the FBI as a term that is used to “refer to someone who has been converted to racist ideology, or as a way of indicating ideological agreement.”

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The FBI documents were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project.

Here are some updates from that organization as well as a little Twitter reaction:

NEW: Docs we obtained show how @FBI equates protected online speech to violence.

According to @FBI using the terms “based” or “red pilled” are signs of "Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism" pic.twitter.com/JSQiCoiKdT

— Oversight Project (@OversightPR) April 3, 2023

Using terms like “looksmaxxing”, “Chad”, and “Stacy” will get you on an @FBI list for "Involuntary Celibate Violent Extremism." pic.twitter.com/VoIegyoUby

— Oversight Project (@OversightPR) April 3, 2023

Makes you wonder if there are any FBI materials on BLM or violent transgender extremists. Likely not.

— Oversight Project (@OversightPR) April 3, 2023

I've never needed a "red pill" because I was apparently born already "based." That said, I've also never engaged in or advocated for "Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism."

Our government is officially now engaged in an all-out assault on unapproved speech.

— Steve Baker – TPC (@TPC4USA) April 3, 2023

If being a based, red-pilled former democrat makes me a violent extremist, I’d encourage the @FBI to add me to their watch list right now.

— Storm (@stormrobinson) April 9, 2023

Of course, many of the terms on the FBI list are completely harmless, and even those that are occasionally used by nefarious characters can also have different interpretations.

Fox News explained:

Many of the terms mentioned in the FBI’s list of incel terminology are either widely used across the internet or innocuous in nature.

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The one term in the glossary is “Red Pill,” which comes from the 1999 film “The Matrix” and has been used a metaphor for seeing hidden or politically incorrect truths about the modern world, particularly when it comes to politics or dating. The FBI list of key terms defines it as “a belief shared by many online communities that society is corrupt, and that the believer is a victim of this corruption.”

Many of the terms listed are focused on self-improvement or the struggle to reckon with the marketplace of modern dating.

The glossary defines the term “Chad” as a “Race -specific term used to describe the idealized version of a male, who is very successful at getting sexual and romantic attention from women,” later noting, “incels unsuccessfully compete against Chads for attention.”

The list also included the term “Looksmaxxing” which is defined in the document as the “process of self-improvement with the intent to become more attractive.”

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