Red Scare Canon

Cultural References from the Subreddit

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• Godzilla vs. Kong (film) 1 — A CGI monster film whose violent imagery is being consumed by toddlers in fragmented YouTube videos
• Lil Pump (person) 1 — A rapper whose music videos are considered potentially inappropriate for toddlers
• US Army (place) 1 — The military institution that conditioned soldiers for violence through progressively cruel acts
• Getting Lost (book) 1 — A diaristic memoir by Annie Ernaux about a passionate affair at age 48 that challenges conventional narratives about agi...
• Auchan (place) 1 — A French supermarket chain mentioned in Annie Ernaux's memoir as a location where she was hit on
• Kevin McCarthy (person) 1 — A Republican House Speaker who was voted out in a historic motion, representing the internal collapse of the Republican ...
• Steven Baldwin (person) 1 — A celebrity being celebrated by MAGA supporters as part of the cultural spectacle of Trump-era politics
• Nicene Creed (concept) 1 — A foundational Christian statement of faith containing paradoxical claims more extreme than opposition to gay marriage
• Cape Town (place) 1 — A South African city that originated as a Dutch colony due to its strategic importance for global trade
• Catalan Opening (concept) 1 — Advanced chess opening referenced as part of top-level chess theory taught in comprehensive chess training course.
• Eugenics (concept) 1 — Controversial practice predicted to become openly discussed again within 10-20 years due to gamification of human charac...
• Killdozer (concept) 1 — Reference to the 2004 incident where Marvin Heemeyer used an armored bulldozer to destroy buildings, discussed as a mode...
• Right to Sex (concept) 1 — Controversial concept asserting sex as a basic human right, criticized for implying corresponding duties on others.
• University of Texas at Austin (place) 1 — University that cracked down on Pro-Palestine protests with brute force.
• r/watchpeopledie (concept) 1 — Defunct Reddit subreddit where users watched and commented on videos of people dying, characterized as degenerate snuff ...
• Celine Song (person) 1 — Filmmaker whose new film 'Materialists' addresses discourse about inherited wealth and relationship dynamics.
• Pineapple Express (film) 1 — Comedy film defended as great despite Seth Rogen's association with it being unpopular in Red Scare circles.
• r/LivestreamFails (place) 1 — Subreddit criticized for being deranged in its obsessive coverage of streamer drama and parasocial relationships.
• West 14th Street (place) 1 — New York City street where a user spotted and followed Dasha Nekrasova.
• Stefan Sagmeister (person) 1 — Designer referenced as part of a 2000s New York-centric modernist aesthetic era.
• OK Go (album) 1 — Band referenced as emblematic of a 2000s modernist optimistic aesthetic era.
• Helvetica (concept) 1 — Typeface referenced as emblematic of a 2000s modernist clean aesthetic era.
• Crank That (album) 1 — A song referenced in relation to the 2008 financial crisis, suggesting the poster was too young or distracted to notice ...
• The Third Reich of Dreams (book) 1 — A book documenting the dreams of ordinary German citizens during the Hitler years, noted for containing spectacularly or...
• Cilantro gene (concept) 1 — A genetic variation that makes cilantro taste like soap to some people, discussed as an excuse used by picky eaters to j...
• Marsha P. Johnson (person) 1 — Historical LGBT rights activist often mischaracterized as a trans woman but who identified as a gay man, according to th...
• Historical Revisionism (concept) 1 — The practice of rewriting history, discussed in context of liberals allegedly rebranding early gay rights movement to in...
• Childfree Movement (concept) 1 — Movement of people who choose not to have children, described through encounter with stereotypically awkward adherents.
• Political Correctness (concept) 1 — Cultural norm around policing language and behavior, discussed as the only genuinely conservative stance of many self-id...
• Digital Nomad (concept) 1 — Lifestyle trend of remote workers living abroad while working online, discussed in context of American expatriates gentr...
• Oaxaca (place) 1 — Mexican city mentioned in context of anti-American graffiti and tensions over expatriate presence
• Confession (concept) 1 — Catholic sacramental practice discussed as the religious predecessor to modern therapy, where one reveals problems to re...
• r/denver (place) 1 — City subreddit criticized as being full of white liberals who deny local problems and express coded hostility toward Bla...
• r/chicago (place) 1 — City subreddit criticized as being full of white liberals who deny local problems and express coded hostility toward Bla...
• r/sanfrancisco (place) 1 — City subreddit criticized as being full of white liberals who deny local problems and express coded hostility toward Bla...
• Bryce Dallas Howard (person) 1 — Actress referenced as being considered extremely attractive despite having the combination of smaller breasts and bigger...
• Big 10 (place) 1 — Athletic conference of major universities, referenced by a graduate who studied Geology and Russian before entering the ...
• Mikhail Bakhtin (person) 1 — Literary theorist discussed on the subreddit in relation to Rabelais and carnival theory
• Rabelais (person) 1 — French Renaissance writer discussed in connection with Bakhtin's literary theory
• Gargantua and Pantagruel (book) 1 — Work by Rabelais discussed in relation to Bakhtin's literary theory on the subreddit
• Hegelian Idealism (concept) 1 — Philosophical concept invoked to explain why one should stop drinking when feeling good
• Ganges (place) 1 — Indian river referenced as an example of pollution and environmental degradation
• Vancouver DTES (place) 1 — Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, cited as example of area with chronic drug overdose hospital visits
• Dominican Republic (place) 1 — Caribbean destination referenced as place where topless beach culture existed
• Human Rights Watch (place) 1 — Organization cited as source for report on Israeli white phosphorus use in Gaza in 2009
• Conor Kennedy (person) 1 — 18-year-old high school student from the Kennedy family who dated Taylor Swift when she was 23
• Chuck Person (person) 1 — A musician whose song 'Angel' is shared in a music post on the subreddit.
• Abe Foxman (person) 1 — Former ADL leader who pressured Bernie Sanders into firing a Jewish outreach coordinator for criticizing Netanyahu.
• Israelism (film) 1 — A documentary about American Jews rebelling against Israel featuring anti-Zionist Jewish activists.
• Anna Kepner (person) 1 — A murder victim killed by her stepbrother, discussed as an example of how pornography addiction leads teenage boys to vi...