ADL Scraps 'Glossary of Extremism' After Backlash [View all]

Source: Newsweek

Published Oct 01, 2025 at 02:50 AM EDT updated Oct 01, 2025 at 06:27 AM EDT


The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has "retired" its Glossary of Extremism following backlash from senior MAGA figures who suggested Christians were being labeled extremist.

"With over 1,000 entries written over many years, the ADL Glossary of Extremism has served as a source of high-level information on a wide range of topics for years," the ADL said on Tuesday in an announcement on X.

"At the same time, an increasing number of entries in the Glossary were outdated. We also saw a number of entries intentionally misrepresented and misused."

Elon Musk and several other conservative names have spoken out against the ADL—for listing Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA (TPUSA) as extremist and for classifying a specific movement called "Christian Identity" as "extremism, hate or terrorism." Newsweek has contacted the ADL and TPUSA, via email, for comment.

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