Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Bernard Pivot (person) 1 — French interviewer who conducted notable conversations with Marguerite Yourcenar and Claude Levi-Strauss.

Claude Levi-Strauss (person) 1 — Anthropologist whose interview with Bernard Pivot is cited as a rewatchable conversation.

Melvin Bragg (person) 1 — British broadcaster whose interviews are noted as virtually all being excellent.

High Maintenance (film) 1 — HBO show about a weed dealer in New York that started solid but allegedly became overly preachy and focused on LGBTQ the...

McKesson (place) 1 — Corporate entity in downtown San Francisco mentioned as aggressively policing its property boundaries.

Cyrano de Bergerac (book) 1 — Classic play referenced as a comparison to ghostwriting messages for someone else's romantic interest on a dating app.

Benihana (place) 1 — Restaurant chain referenced as part of a satirical plan for designated public spaces where people can express anger and ...

Bolsheviks (concept) 1 — Revolutionary group discussed as example of educated elites who were purged by more brutal elements in communist movemen...

The Age of Innocence (film) 1 — Film discussed as example where Winona Ryder's acting was considered not quite up to the level of her co-stars.

The Sartorialist (place) 1 — A fashion/photography blog referenced as the kind of aesthetic content that should be posted instead of political bleakp...

AT&T (place) 1 — A telecommunications company discussed as one of the largest owners of historic buildings in America due to their old te...

Gauls (concept) 1 — Ancient European people invoked in bad-faith comparisons to minimize ongoing Indigenous North American issues

Gödel's incompleteness theorem (concept) 1 — A mathematical concept suggesting any formal system will have unprovable or false elements

Heisenberg uncertainty principle (concept) 1 — A quantum mechanics principle that breaks determinism, discussed as one of the mind-blowing scientific discoveries

Quantum field theory (concept) 1 — A physics theory encompassing phenomena like the double slit experiment and minimum sizes of space, time and energy

Mohammad Mossadegh (person) 1 — Iranian Prime Minister who was overthrown in a CIA-backed coup, subject of the game 'The Cat and the Coup'

The Cat and the Coup (film) 1 — A 5-10 minute free puzzle game about Iranian Prime Minister Mossadegh and his cat, depicting the CIA-backed coup against...

MLMs (concept) 1 — Multi-level marketing schemes discussed as part of the scam economy

Brian Atlas (person) 1 — Host of the Whatever podcast, criticized as an unmarried 37-year-old who promotes Christian values while being uncharism...

Know Nothings (concept) 1 — 19th century political movement blamed for failing to preserve Appalachian Pennsylvania culture

Whiskey Rebellion (concept) 1 — Historical Pennsylvania uprising referenced nostalgically in mourning for lost Appalachian culture

Just War Theory (concept) 1 — A philosophical framework for evaluating the moral justification of war, discussed in relation to World War II and Nazi ...

Scanners (film) 1 — David Cronenberg film referenced for its infamous exploding head scene in discussion of hypothetical political assassina...

eHarmony Cat Lady Video (concept) 1 — Viral internet video referenced as an example of earlier internet culture where people engaged sincerely with obvious co...

The Exorcist (film) 1 — Classic horror film cited as an example of quality horror, contrasted with torture-focused slasher films.

The Terrifier (film) 1 — Torture-focused horror franchise criticized as 'disgusting' for featuring extended, detailed scenes of violence against ...

StumbleUpon (place) 1 — Early internet discovery tool mentioned nostalgically as part of a more interesting, exploratory web experience.

SOPA (concept) 1 — 2012-2013 internet legislation that Reddit heavily protested, remembered as part of the site's libertarian past.

PIPA (concept) 1 — 2012-2013 internet legislation that Reddit heavily protested alongside SOPA, remembered as part of the site's libertaria...

Steve1989MREInfo (person) 1 — YouTube creator known for military ration review videos praised for his formula, enthusiasm, food science approach, and ...

All Things Go (place) 1 — Music festival that Chappell Roan pulled out of the day before the event.

Gigi D'Agostino (person) 1 — Electronic music artist known for the song 'L'amour Toujours'.

L'amour Toujours (album) 1 — Electronic dance song by Gigi D'Agostino shared on the subreddit.

All the Smoke (album) 1 — Podcast on which Kamala Harris was interviewed during her 2024 campaign.

USA Today (place) 1 — News organization that released a poll showing Kamala Harris's podcast appearances made most listeners less likely to vo...

Newsweek (place) 1 — News publication that reported on Kamala Harris skipping the Joe Rogan podcast.

Isabelle Adjani (person) 1 — French actress mentioned in a post discussing physical phenotypes and appearances.

Gillian Anderson (person) 1 — Actress mentioned in a post discussing physical phenotypes and appearances.

Lily Loveless (person) 1 — Actress mentioned in a post discussing physical phenotypes and appearances.

Madeline Argy (person) 1 — Public figure mentioned in a post discussing physical phenotypes and appearances.

WTC (place) 1 — World Trade Center, referenced in connection to someone's 9/11 experience walking down 38 stories during the attacks.

Ben Shapiro lesbian (person) 1 — Mentioned as one of the old weird regular posters from the subreddit who has disappeared.

Kiss On My List (album) 1 — Yacht rock song referenced in a post fantasizing about an upper middle class mentally ill girlfriend.

River Jordan (place) 1 — Biblical site of Jesus's baptism, compared to Luigi Mangione's psychedelic experiences with divine consciousness.

Garden of Gethsemane (place) 1 — Biblical location where Jesus prayed before his arrest, compared to Luigi Mangione's current moment in jail.

r/RSfood (place) 1 — Subreddit created for Red Scare community members to post cooking and food content.

Summer of George (concept) 1 — Reference to a Seinfeld episode used to describe Trump administration's approach of doing too much too fast and making t...

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde (person) 1 — Episcopal Bishop who delivered a sermon asking President Trump to show mercy to LGBTQ people and immigrants, resulting i...

National Cathedral (place) 1 — Washington D.C. cathedral where Bishop Budde delivered her sermon to President Trump about mercy during a post-inaugural...

Book of Wisdom (book) 1 — Biblical text from Catholic and Orthodox Bibles cited to illustrate Christian teaching that the powerful will be tested ...