Wikipedia:List of controversial issues

Categories of past controversial issuesEdit · Politics and economics · History · Religion · Science, biology, and health · Sex, sexuality, and gender identity ... Wikipedia:Listofcontroversialissues FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch YoumayalsobelookingforWikipedia:ControversialarticlesorCategory:Wikipediacontroversialtopics. ShortcutsWP:LCIWP:CONT ThisisalistofWikipediaarticlesdeemedcontroversialbecausetheyareconstantlyre-editedinacircularmanner,orareotherwisethefocusofeditwarringorarticlesanctions. Thispageisconceivedasalocationforarticlesthatregularlybecomebiasedandneedtobefixed,orarticlesthatwereoncethesubjectofanNPOVdisputeandarelikelytosufferfuturedisputes.Thedivisivenatureofdisputedsubjectshastriggeredarguments,sinceopinionsonagivenissuediffer.ThesesubjectsareresponsibleforagreatdealoftensionamongWikipediaeditors,reflectingthedebatesofsocietyasawhole.Perspectivesonthesesubjectsareaffectedbythetime,place,andcultureoftheeditor. Articleslistedheremayneedmoreworkthanusualtoapproachaneutralpointofview.Forarticlesthatarecurrentlyunbalanced,seeNPOVdisputeinstead. Articlesonthislistshouldbecheckedfromtimetotimetomonitordevelopmentsinthepresentationoftheissues.Usethe"relatedchanges"linktoquicklyreviewchangestothesearticles. DiscussionsaboutthosecontroversiesshouldbelimitedtotherelevantTalkpages.Formoreinformation,seeWikipedia:Controversialarticles. Contents 1Categoriesofpastcontroversialissues 1.1Politicsandeconomics 1.2History 1.3Religion 1.4Science,biology,andhealth 1.5Sex,sexuality,andgenderidentity 1.6Entertainment 1.7Environment 1.8Lawandorder 1.9Languages 1.10Philosophy 1.11Psychiatry 1.12Technology 1.13Mediaandculture 1.14People 1.15Sports 2Seealso 3Externallinks Categoriesofpastcontroversialissues[edit] Manyofthesearticlescouldbeclassifiedintomultiplecategories. Politicsandeconomics[edit] 2003invasionofIraq Abortion Affirmativeaction AfricanNationalCongress Albertaseparatism AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion AmericanHuntersandShootersAssociation HistoryoftheJewsintheUnitedStates–historicalreviewofAmericanJews. Anarchism Anarcho-capitalism Anti-Americanism Anti-clericalism Anti-Irishracism Anti-semitism AsianAmerican Atheism AustrianSchool BasharAssadandtheSyriancivilwar Bidoon(socialclass) BlackLivesMatter Blacksupremacy BoricuaPopularArmy –alsoknownasLosMacheteros Brexit BritishNationalParty Capitalism Capitalpunishment Catalonia CBCNews CherokeeAmericans –whohaveCherokeeancestry. China –independencemovementsinXinjiangandTibetaswellasitshumanrights Chinesespies Christianright–alsoknownasthereligiousright CIAleakscandal,akaPlameaffair(controversiesincludenamingofarticles) CIAleakscandaltimeline,akaPlameaffairtimeline(controversiesincludenamingofarticles) Communism CommunistPartyofChina Communistgovernment Communiststate CNN ConservatismintheUnitedStates Controversy Copyright,Freesoftware,virallicense,Copyrightinfringementofsoftware,DMCA,copyrighttermextension,Inducement/ChildExploitation Corsica –separatismactivity. CrimeintheUnitedStates CriticismofWalmart Cuba CulturewarinAmericanpolitics Cyprus Cyprusdispute DeafcultureintheUnitedStates–risingself-identifyamongthehearingimpairedasan"ethnicgroup"). DemocraticParty(UnitedStates) DemographicsofEurope DemographicsoftheUnitedStates Domesticviolence Detroit EconomyofJapan EffortstoimpeachGeorgeW.Bush EuropeanUnion(EU) Fascism FederalDepositInsuranceCorporation(FDIC) FederalMarriageAmendment Feminism FoxNews Fractionalreservebanking Freetrade Freedomfighter Gayrights,LGBTrights Genocidedenial Gentrification Guncontrol Gunpolitics Hamas Harry'sPlace Hatecrimes HealthcarereformintheUnitedStates HealthServicesUnionexpensesaffair Hezbollah HispanicsorLatinos AdolfHitler –inregardstohisbiography,politicalcareerandpersonalissues(i.e.possiblehomosexualityormentalillness). Holodomor Humanoverpopulation Immigration Immigrationreform ImmigrationreformintheUnitedStates ImmigrationreformintheUnitedKingdom Insurance IrelandandIrishpeople –allegedanti-BritishsentimentandallegedBritishbias. Israel HistoryofIsrael Israeli–Palestinianconflictandallrelatedissues. ItalianAmerican(anti-Italianism) Japan –historyofbeingaworldpower. JewishAmericansasalobbyinginterestgroup. Kashmir KillingofHarambe KoreanWar Kosovo Louisianapolitics,aswellallegedcorruption(alsotheadageof"Chicago-wayorNewJersey-stylepolitics"). Lebanon –ethnic/religiousconflicts. LiberalismintheUnitedStates Libertarianism Macedonia,RepublicofMacedonia,MacedonianSlavs Moldavia,Moldovans Masculism/Men'sRights Mexico –economicandpoliticalsystems. Moralityandethics Multiculturalism MuslimBrotherhood NATO(NorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization). NationalDemocraticPartyofGermany(NPD) –(rel.bombingofDresden) NativeAmericannamecontroversy National-anarchism NationalRifleAssociation(NRA) NaziGermany Naziguncontrol(forinstance,aspresentedinthebookGunControlintheThirdReich) Neoconservatism Neoliberalism NewWorldOrder(conspiracytheory) NorthKoreaanditsnuclearprogram PoliticsofNorthKorea NorthernIreland Nullumcrimen,nullapoenasinepraevialegepoenali OccupyWallStreetandOccupymovement OsamabinLadenandAl-Qaeda. Openborders Pakkoruotsi Palestine PalestineLiberationOrganization Park51–aproposed(asofSeptember2010)IslamiccommunitycenterandmosquetobebuiltneartheWorldTradeCentersite PatriotismintheUSA PEGIDA PeoplefortheEthicalTreatmentofAnimals PioneerFund –USracialresearchgroup. Polishpeople(Anti-Polishsentiment) Politicalcorrectness Politicalpartiesandpartisanpolitics. Post-racialAmerica PovertyinUSAandworldwide Price–AndersonNuclearIndustriesIndemnityAct PubliceducationintheUSA PuertoRicansintheUnitedStates Quebec,Canada RacerelationsintheUSA Racialquota Race/ethnicityissuesinmanycountries,suchasinDemographicsofChile. Racism –definitionof Radicalright(UnitedStates) RepublicanParty(UnitedStates) Right-wingpopulism Recession Russianinterferenceinthe2016UnitedStateselections SalvadorAllende Same-sexmarriage SaskatchewanParty SaudiArabia –useofSharialawandhumanrightsrecord. LauraSchlessinger Schoolviolence Seamusincident RepublikaSrpska,RepublicofSerbianKrajina Sedition Separatism September11attacksalsoknownas9/11. Sexualharassment ArielSharon Silesia SocialCreditSystem SocialIssues Socialism SoutheasternUnitedStatesorSouthernUnitedStates –regional/nationalisticfeeling,includingTexassecessionism. SouthernPovertyLawCenter Spain –autonomousmovementsineachprovinceofthecountry. Sudan(SouthSudanandDarfur). BankinginSwitzerland Synarchism SyrianSocialNationalistParty TeaPartymovementandTeaPartyprotests Taiwan Taliban Terrorism Terroristgroups Tibet Tobintax Torture(seealsoMedicaltorture) UniversalhealthcareproposalsintheUnitedStates UnitedNations(UN) USAPATRIOTAct –alsoknownasThePatriotAct TheUnitedStates'sWaronTerror Valencianpeople(Valencianism)vs.Catalanpeople(Catalannationalism)overwhethertoclassifytheValencianlanguagea"dialect"ofCatalanlanguage. VectorMarketing WaronDrugs WellsFargo –controversyoverfakeaccountsscandal. WellsFargoaccountfraudscandal Westerncivilization WhiteAmericans –non-racistwhiteidentity. WhiteAnglo-SaxonProtestant—ontalkpagethereareclaimsofnon-neutrality. Wiretapping PaulWolfowitz Womyn –alternativespellingofwomen. Xinjiang(Sinkiang). Xinjiangre-educationcamps Yugoslavia –breakupofthecountry. Zaire,nowtheDemocraticRepublicoftheCongo. Zimbabwe History[edit] 2011Tōhokuearthquakeandtsunami 1953Iraniancoupd'état. 1963SouthVietnamesecoup –theoriesaboundontheUSCIAinvolvement. 1973coupinChile. 1992LosAngelesriots. 9/11orSeptember11terroristattacks. AmericanAirlinesFlight77 AmericanRevolution Apartheid ApolloMoonlandinghoaxaccusations ArmenianGenocide Aryaninvasiontheory AtomicbombingsofHiroshimaandNagasaki BattleofCuitoCuanavale BerlinWall Biafra BlackPower BloodySunday(1972) BosniaandHerzegovina –1992–1995war. BrombergBloodySunday Cambodiangenocide CentrePartyGermany Chicanonationalism –alsoseeMexicanAmerican. Coandă-1910 ColdWarera –i.e.CubanMissileCrisis Communism –historiesofcommunistregimes. ConfederateStatesofAmerica JimCrowlawsorracialsegregation Constitutionallaw Crusadesintotheholyland Cyprusdispute D-Day1944alliedinvasionofFrance. EastGermany(theGermanDemocraticRepublic1949–1990). IssuespertainingtopoliticsofEgyptfrom2013onward. Ethnicity FalklandIslands FrenchRevolution TheGreatPurge Genocide GreatDepression GreenRevolution Heimatvertriebene Iranhostagecrisis Ireland –history,including1850sIrishPotatoFamine. IrredentisminItaly,China,Mexicoandelsewhere. JapaneseAmericaninternmentduringWorldWarII. JesusChrist –historical/biographicalstudies(theBibleandothersources). JewsinUkraineandPoland,"UkrainianandPolishantisemitism". Kennedyassassinationsof1963and1968. KoreanWar KosovoWar Kurdishgenocide KurilIslands Libyancivilwar LouisianaPurchaseof1803 Majestic12 Maoism Marijuana –illegalizationofthedrug. Mexican–AmericanWar(seealsoHistoryofMexicanAmericans). MiddleAges NativeAmericansintheUnitedStates Nazism Nordicracetheoriesofglobaldomination(seealsoAryanraceandwhiterace) Okinawa –U.S.rule1945–1972. OperationWetback –massdeportationprogramofMexicans(eitherillegalaliens,naturalizedcitizensandMexican-Americans)fromtheUSinthe1950s. OtherLosses PanamaCanal–USruleinCanalZone1903–1979. PhilippinesunderUSrule1898–1946. Piprahwa NumerousepisodesofPoland–Russiarelations NumerousepisodesofPoland–Ukrainerelations PopePiusXIIandtheHolocaust ProhibitionintheUS1919–1933. Prussia PuertoRico –annexationoftheislandbytheU.S. Quebecsovereigntymovement Radicalism RapeduringtheoccupationofGermany–mostlybytheRedArmy RoswellUFOincident NumerousepisodesofRussia–Ukrainerelations Sanhedrin Scientology Silesia Slavery Sovietrepublics SovietRussia SovietUnionortheUSSR. Sovietwarcrimes Spanish–AmericanWar SpanishCivilWar SpanishInquisition Stemcellresearch TexasRevolutionof1836,knownbythebattleoftheAlamo. TheRapeofNanking(book). TiananmenSquareprotestsof1989. TrailofTears TWAFlight800 U.S.CivilWar U.S.LatinosorHispanics. U.S.Warof1812 UnitedStatespresidentialelection,2000 UnitedStatespresidentialelection,2016–especiallyallegationsofRussianinvolvement. UnidentifiedflyingobjectsorUFOs Ustaše VietnamWar WarsawPact Watergatescandal Whitesupremacy Women'srightsandfeminism CausesandeffectsofWorldWarI. CausesandeffectsofWorldWarII. Religion[edit] 2012,2012phenomenon,andtheMesoamericanLongCountcalendar Adventism Agnosticism AmericanFamilyAssociation AnswersinGenesis(AiG) Anti-clericalism Anti-MuslimviolenceinIndia Anti-semitism ApolloQuiboloy Atheism Baptistchurches–differencesamongthem,includingfundamentalistandindependentones. Biblicalliteralism BookofEnoch Born-Again Buddhism Catholicism ChristianCoalition Christianright–alsoknownasthereligiousright ChristianScience Christianity Christophobia ConservativeJudaismandCriticismofConservativeJudaism Creationism Cult Deism Dhimmi Divorce –religiousoppositionto DorjeShugden DorjeShugdencontroversy Druze EasternOrthodoxy Eckankar Evangelical FalunGong Feminismandreligion. Fundamentalism GayMarriage –oppositionof GnosticismandtheNewTestament God GospelforAsia(morecriticalthandescriptive) Guru(structureandcriticism) HareKrishna Hategroup(newreligiousmovements) HistoricityofJesus Homosexualityandreligion. IglesianiCristo Imperium(Warhammer40,000) Islamophobia Islam Jainism Jehovah'sWitnesses JesusFreaks JudasIscariot Kabbala KashrutandKosher Kokuchūkai KuKluxKlan –radicalhategroup. LastSupperofJesus Liberalism Liturgy Lutheranism Makkah/Mecca('Offensive'spelling). MenachemMendelSchneerson Mennonites –mostnotablytheoldorderAmish. Modernism Mormonism –toacertainextent(subsetoftheLatterDaySaintmovement). NeocatechumenalWay NewAge NewKadampaTradition Nondenominationalchurches. OleNydahlandDiamondWayBuddhism OpusDei Pacifism Paganism –varioussects PaulandGnosticism Pentecostalism Politicsandreligion. PremRawatandDivineLightMission ProjectChanology ProtestantReformation Qu'ran Reincarnationresearch U.S.RepublicanPartyconnectionwiththereligiousright. Religionandsexualityandvariousrelatedtopics. Roleofwomeninreligion,Religiousfeminism,andrelatedtopics Separationofchurchandstate Satanism SathyaSaiBaba–enduringdisputeabouttheamountofspacedevotedtodescribingtheviewsofproponentsandcriticsaspublishedontheirhomepages Scientology Seventh-dayAdventistChurch Sharia Sin SokaGakkai Sufism Syncretism Taboo TempleMountandrelatedtopics UnitedSubmittersInternational,Qur'analone,RashadKhalifa–peacockwords,criticalsourcesremoved,lackofRS,failuretodescribesizeandimportanceandrelationtoolderIslamicgroups,linkfarming UniversalLifeChurch Universalism WestboroBaptistChurch Science,biology,andhealth[edit] Abortion ADD/ADHD AIDS AIDSdenialism Alcoholism Allergy –causesof Allopathicmedicine Alzheimer'sdisease Alternativemedicineandcloselyrelatedissues Anencephaly AnswersinGenesis(AiG) Anthropology Assistedsuicide Aspartame Aspartamecontroversy Asperger'ssyndromeandAutism Astrologyasa"science" Batesmethod Bioethics Biologyandsexualorientation Birthdefect Blackholeinformationparadox Bloodtransfusions Breastcancer Cancercures Caesareansection Chakra Chiropractic Chromosome Circumcision Cloning Cochlearimplant Coldfusion Conjoinedtwins COVID-19pandemic Cryonics Creationscience Depleteduranium Depression Disability Drugs Dyslexia Ebolavirus AlbertEinstein Electricalsensitivity Elitism Eugenics Euthanasia Evolution ExtraterrestrialLife Familyplanning Femalegenitalmutilation ModernflatEarthbeliefs Geneticengineering Geneticallymodifiedfoods(orGMfood(s)) Genderdifferences Glyphosate Heredity HeritabilityofIQ HighFructoseCornSyrup HIV –virusthatcausesAIDS HMO –UShealthcarecoverage Hodgkin'sDisease Homeopathy Humancloning Humanevolution Humanlongevity Huntington'sdisease InfluenzastrainsliketheH5N1virusorbirdflu InstituteforCreationResearch Intelligentdesign IQandtheWealthofNations Jewishpeopleasa"race" KombuchaTea Lactoseintoleranceasageneticinheritedtrait Lifeextension Lupus Masterrace Medicaltorture Menopause Mentaldisorder Mentalretardation MichioKaku Mindcontrol MSandtreatmentsforite.g.CCSVIor[1] Mucoidplaque Nutrition Obesity Organdonorandtransplants Ovariancancer Overpopulation Paternitytesting PharmaceuticalindustryintheUSA Plutodemotedasaplanet Poppers(theuseofalkylnitritesasadrug) Pregnancy Prematurebirth Prenatalcare Psychiatry Raceandscience Raceandintelligence Recapitulationtheory Rhbloodgroupsystem(originsofRHnegativeBloodtype) Romanipeopleasarace Schizophrenia Self-harm Sexdifferencesinintelligence Sexdifferencesinpsychology Sexuallytransmitteddiseases Smokingandtobacco Smokingbans Speciesism SpermdonorandEggdonor Stemcellresearch Stringtheory—testability,validity,andviability Surrogatemother –childcustodybattles Tay–Sachsdisease NikolaTesla Test-tubebabies Therapeutictouch Thiomersal Transgender,Transsexual,andBIIDpersons Twinparadox Universe –suchastheBigBangtheory Warburghypothesis Vaccination VeganismandVegetarianism Vertebralsubluxation Sex,sexuality,andgenderidentity[edit] 69ing Abortion Adultery("consensualsexoutsidemarriage") Ageofconsent AIDS AIDSdenialism Analsex Anti-LGBT Asianfetish(alsoRacialfetishismofotherraces/ethnicities). Attractiontodisability(a.k.a.Abasiophilia). AutoeroticAsphyxiation Autogynephilia BDSM Bestiality Biphobia Bisexuality Buggery BuggeryAct1533 Childgrooming–wheresexualabuseandmurdervictimsfirstmeettheirperpretatorsonlineandinsomecases,actuallysetuptomeetinreallife. Childpornography Childsexuality Chlamydia Circumcision Conversiontherapy(alsocalled"reparativetherapy") Drawnpornographydepictingminors(Lolicon,Shotacon) Ejaculation Fetishism Fingeringandfisting Fornication G-Spot GayandLesbianKingdomoftheCoralSeaIslands Gayrights Geneticsexualattraction Genitalmodificationandmutilation Gerontophilia Goldenshower Hebephilia Hentai("animeporn") Heterophobia Heterosexism Homophobia Homosexuality Incest Internetpornography Intersexrights Lesbianism Lesbophobia LGBTrights Masturbation Necrophilia NorthAmericanMan/BoyLoveAssociation Oralsex Orgasm Paraphilia Pederasty Paedophilia Polyamory Polygamy Pornhub Pornography Pregnancyfetishism Prostitution Rape Sadomasochism SafeSchoolsCoalitionAustralia Safesex Semen Sexoffender Sexualabuse Sexualacts SexualityofAbrahamLincoln SexualityofAdolfHitler Sexuallytransmitteddiseases Stalking SuicideamongLGBTyouth Surrogacy Swinging(sexualpractice) Transgenderrights Transphobia Transsexuality Women(seeWomenandSexuality) X18+rating Zoophilia Entertainment[edit] Bullfighting Bumfights Discjockeys DukeNukemForeverandotherdevelopmenthellgames EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard Gambling Gamergatecontroversyandrelatedarticles GirlsGoneWild Hiphopculture,hiphopmusic,andrapping(rapmusic) Listofbest-sellingalbums MPAAfilmratingsystem Playboymagazine Poppunk Pornographicmagazines(HustlerandPenthouse) Psytrance SeaWorld Smoothjazz StarWars:TheLastJedi Stripclub(stripping/strippers) Videogamecontroversies WorldStarHipHop Environment[edit] 2005HurricaneKatrinainNewOrleans Chernobyl–nuclearplantaccident,April25,1986 DeepwaterHorizon–oilspill,April20,2010 DeforestationvsLogging DustBowlvsintensivefarming Ecofascism Eco-terrorism Environmentalimpactofhydraulicfracturing Environmentalvegetarianism Fossilfuelsvsairpollutionandgreenhousegases NaturalgasvsNatural_gas#Environmental_effects CoalvsCoalmining Petrolvsoilspills,oilshaleindustry Fukushima-Daiichi–nuclearplantaccidentafter,causedby2011Tōhokuearthquakeandtsunami GlobalwarmingandGlobalcoolingtheories Hydraulicfracturing –industryvsenvironmentalperspectives Hydraulicfracturingbycountry HydraulicfracturingintheUnitedStates HydrogenBombandAtomicBombtestingeffects AnInconvenientTruth –2006documentarymovieonhumanity'sinvolvementinclimatechange MercurypoisoningandcauseofMinamatadiseaseinaJapanesefishingvillageduringthe1960s. MiningandDeepseamining NuclearpowervsWindfarms(andotherlargescalepowergeneration) OildrillingandANWRpetroleumreservesinAlaska'sNorthSlope Overpopulation(seeglobalhumanPopulationexplosion) OzonedepletionleadingtoOzonehole Pollution Recycling Sealevelrise ThreeGorgesDamandother(Hydroelectric)dams,vsWatershortagesanddroughts/floods ToxicwasteanditsdisposalatLoveCanal Volkswagenemissionsscandal Weathermodification Lawandorder[edit] CrimeinAmerica Doublejeopardy Illegaldrugs Judicialsystem Juryduty Lawenforcement LegalstatusofMinorsandJuveniles(seeTeenagers) Publiceducation(alsomandatoryschoolattendancelaws) Prisons SelectiveServiceandMilitarydraft Tax(seealsotheU.S.InternalRevenueService) Languages[edit] AfrikaansspokenbyAfrikanersofSouthAfrica AncientMacedonianlanguage Balto-Slaviclanguages Basquelanguage –unrelatedtoanyIndo-Europeanoranyotherlanguageintheworld BilingualisminCanada CelticRevival –therestorationofCelticlanguagesinIreland,Scotland,Wales,Cornwall,England,andBrittany,France Chineselanguagepolicies Creolelanguages Dené–Caucasianlanguages Ebonics FilipinoandTagalog,Philippinelanguages FrenchlanguageinCanada Graeco-Armenian Hatecrimesanddiscriminationtowardspeoplenotfluentinaregion'sprimarylanguage Indo-European(languagesandthe"Aryan"racetheory) JapaneselanguageandKoreanlanguage,theorizedsimilaritiesandself-isolationsfromanyotherlanguage Ladino Languagerevival Linguistics Macedonianlanguage Norwegianlanguage Occitanlanguage,Occitaniaandvergonha(linguicideinFrance) PidginEnglish Quebec(FrenchastheofficiallanguageoftheprovinceoverEnglish) Riksmål Sapir-WhorfHypothesis Samilanguage–spokenbytheSamipeopleindigenoustoScandinavia. SpanishintheUnitedStates TuranismofTurkiclanguages Welshlanguage Yiddishlanguage Philosophy[edit] Meaningoflife FriedrichNietzsche Plato Scientificmethod Socrates Truth Psychiatry[edit] SigmundFreud CarlJung PhilMcGraw ThomasSzasz Technology[edit] BitTorrent BitTorrent(protocol) Blu-rayDisc CriticismofMicrosoft CriticismofWindowsVista CriticismofAppleInc. Cryptocurrency Consolewars Cyberstalking Digitalrightsmanagementespreopening –seetalkandarchive Electriccar Electronicvoting Facebook Factoryfarming Filesharing FordPinto GNU/Linuxnamingcontroversy –discussedextensivelyatTalk:Linux Hanunification HDDVD Holography Indentstyle Myspace –onlineprivacyandsecurityissues Napster Netneutrality NortonAntiVirus Nuclearpower Object-orientedprogramming P2P RemovalofInternetExplorer Smartmeter –concernsaboutprivacyandhealtheffects Solarpower StandardizationofOfficeOpenXML ThePirateBay Unmannedcombatairvehicle –useofunmanneddronesforwarfare WindowsVista Mediaandculture[edit] 2b2t 4chan,9gagandReddit ACurrentAffair Anime BeavisandButt-head BlackEntertainmentTelevision BlackMetal Borat Cancelculture CCTV(Closed-circuittelevision/publicsurveillance) CableNews:CNN,MSNBCandFoxNewsChannel,aswelltheBBC,RTandAlJazeera Censorshiplaws Chinesetelevision(CCTVnews) DaVinciCode Digimon–clashesamongfansandcriticsoverthisandPokémon DigitaltelevisionconversioninUS Diversityonprime-timeTV Discomusic DrawnTogether Emo Europeanculture Facebook FamilyGuy FederalCommunicationsCommissionortheUSFCC Furrysubculture GameofThrones GamergatecontroversyorGamerGate Gayculture Google(privacyissues) Gothsubculture HarryPotter Hardrockandheavymetalmusic,esp.theinclusionofmisogynisticandSataniclyricsinsomesongs Hippies ImaKorean TheInnocenceofMuslims Internetforum/messageboards,esp,theanonymousnatureoftheseboardsleadingtotrolling,cyberbullyingandhatespeech MADtv TheMarshallMathersLP Mediabias MeToomovement MurphyBrown –sitcomfeaturingasinglemother MusicTelevision(MTV) MyLittlePony:FriendshipIsMagic Netiquette PAWPatrol PentagonPapersofTheNewYorkTimes1971 PewDiePievideos Politicalcorrectness Punkrockmusic RapGod Rapandhip-hopmusic RaveandRaveculture RuckaRuckaAlimusic SailorMoon–LGBTandadultthemes. SailorMouth SaturdayNightLive SiflandOlly TheSimpsons SiriusXMRadio –subscriptiontoreceivesatelliteradio Smoothjazz SpongeBobSquarepants SouthPark(seeSouthParkcontroversies) StarTrek StarWarsanthology StevenUniverse–LGBTandfeminismthemes TelemundoandUnivision –SpanishlanguageTelevisionintheUS Talkradio–limitsonfreespeech TimeWarnerandViacomasmulti-corporatemonopolies. TikTok TrinityBroadcastingNetworkandtelevangelists TheTwilightSaga Twitterasasocialtrend. USculture(Americana)–theconceptsof"Americanculture" VirginRecords. TheWaltDisneyCompany Wikipedia Women-orientedtelevision(Lifetime,OxygenandWE). WeChat WorldWideWebortheinternet. YouTube(contentissues). Yuppies WhoIsAmerica? People[edit] MahmoudAhmadinejad–PresidentofIran2005–2013. SyedAhmed MuhammadAli –conversiontoIslamandanti-Vietnamwarcomments. KirstieAlley IdiAmin–Ugandandictator. CrissAngel YasserArafat JodiArias JoeArpaio–SheriffofMaricopaCounty,Arizona Basharal-Assad–PresidentofSyriasince2000. JulianAssange HansAsperger MustafaKemalAtatürk GiladAtzmon MichelleBachelet MicheleBachmann BrigitteBardot RoseanneBarr(Arnold) GlennBeck DavidBeckham Beyonce JoyBehar SilvioBerlusconi ArtBell –radioprogramdiscussionsonconspiracytheories. BrunoBettelheim JoeBiden–U.S.president TonyBlair RobertBlake –2002homicidedefendantcase. HansBlix ChristophBlocher–prominentSwisspolitician,formerFederalCouncillor. BarryBondsandtheBALCOdrugscandal(includesotherMajorLeagueBaseballathletesJoseCanseco,MarkMcGwireandAlexRodriguez). BonnieandClyde RuđerBošković –ethnicity. LorenaBobbitt –In1994,mutilatedherhusband'spenisinself-defensefromallegedmaritalrape. LeonidBrezhnev ChrisBrown–accusedofdomesticviolence/abuseagainstgirlfriendRihanna JerryBrown–Californiagovernor. AnitaBryant KobeBryant PatBuchanan TedBundy GeorgeW.BushandhisfatherGeorgeH.W.Bush,U.S.Presidents. JebBush RichardButler –founderoftheAryanNationsgroup. Caligula–Romanemperor. GeorgeCarlin JimmyCarter–U.S.presidentandpeacenegotiator. FidelCastroandbrotherRaúlCastro,leadersofCuba. CesarChavez HugoChávez DaveChappelle –satiristandcomedian. DickCheney,U.S.vicepresidentandCEOofHalliburton. Cherandherex-husbandSonnyBonoandhiswidowMaryBonoMackinpolitics. JacquesChirac MargaretCho Seung-HuiCho –VirginiaTechUniversitygunmankilledhimselfand32othersin2007massacre. NoamChomsky ChrisChristie–governorofthestateofNewJersey. WardChurchill –ColoradoStateprofessorknownforcommentsabout9-11survivors,andinvolvedinradicalleftandAmericanIndianpoliticalmovements. BillClinton–U.S.President HillaryRodhamClinton–U.S.SecretaryofState KurtCobain –1994suicide(ormurder)controversy. SachaBaronCohen–forhiscontroversiallive-actioncharactersAliG,BoratSagdiyevandBrüno ChristopherColumbus SeanCombs –aka"PuffDaddy". NicolausCopernicus –(Copernicus'nationalityeitherPolishorGerman). StephenColbert JonCorzine–governorofthestateofNewJersey. AnnCoulter TomCruise –recentactionsandScientologycontroversy. MileyCyrusandherperformanceattheVMAsin2013 SalvadorDalí JeffreyDahmer AngelaDavis –formerBlackPanthermemberin1973federalhomicidecase. RichardDawkins EllenDeGeneres PaulaDeen –allegationsofspokenracialslurs. HassanDiab –allegedroleinthe1980Parissynagoguebombing. AndrewDiceClay –satiristandcomedianknownforvulgarperformancesinthe1980sandearly1990s. DixieChicks –politicallychargedanti-Bushcommentsin2003. WaltDisney –allegedantisemitismandalcoholism. PhilDonahue 19KidsandCounting DavidDuke AndreaDworkin JohnEdwards MarcEmery Eminem–realnameMarshallMathers,rapper PewDiePie—realnameFelixArvidUlfKjellberg,YouTubegamer JeffreyEpstein PabloEscobar JerryFalwell MelissaFarley CarlyFiorina GeraldFord –1975Watergatepardons;U.S.President GeorgeFloyd HenryFord MichaelJ.FoxandlateChristopherReeve –stemcellresearchadvocates. AlFranken KennyG –disputeovergenre. MuammarGaddafi,Libyanleader WilliamGaillard Galileo JaneaneGarofalo CharlesdeGaulle RickyGervais–Britishcomedianandactor MelGibson –forverbalanti-SemiticandhomophobiccommentsinDUIarrest KathieLeeGifford –1995children'ssweatshopscandalinvolvedherclothingbrand,herex-husbandFrankGifford'saffairs,andherpoliticalandreligiousviewsspoofedincomedy NewtGingrich–U.S.SpeakeroftheHouse(1995–99) GirlsAloud –numerouscontroversies RudyGiuliani–MayorofNewYorkCityandU.S.presidentialcandidate. NancyGrace WayneGretzkyandwifeJanetJonesinsportsgamblingscandal. JosephGoebbels WhoopiGoldberg –politicalcommentsasco-hostontheshowTheView BarryGoldwater MikhailGorbachev AlGore,U.S.VicePresident TempleGrandin–Livestockhandlingarchitectdiagonsedwithautisminvolvedintheredesignofthecattle/livestockindustryandleadingfigureoftheAutismcommunity AlanGreenspan WoodyGuthrie –Hissonglyricsendorsedleftism/socialismandportrayedfarmworkersasvictimsoftheGreatDepression. GunsN'Rosesrockband –AxlRose FerencGyurcsány TedHaggard TarjaHalonen KenHam –YoungEarthcreationistandthepresidentofAnswersinGenesis(AiG). SeanHannity JesseHelms–U.S.Senator. PhilHendrie –radiocomedian PattyHearst –1974kidnapping/conversionbytheSymbioneseLiberationArmy,bankrobberysuspectwiththegroupandarrested,convictedandreleasedfromprison. HidekiTojo –leaderofWWIIImperialJapan,executedbyInternationalCourttribunalforwarcrimesandcrimesagainsthumanityin1948 KamalaHarris ParisHilton AnitaHillinthe1991ClarenceThomassexualharassmentcase HeinrichHimmler EmperorHirohito –involvementinWWIIImperialJapanpolicy ChristopherHitchens AdolfHitler,GermanFührerandresponsiblefortheHolocausttoexterminatenearlyallofEuropeanJewsandothervictims(i.e.Romapeople,Slavs,homosexualsandcommunists),remainsaninfamousemotionallychargedfigurewhenitcomestoassociatedissuesofracismandantisemitism ErichHonecker –CommunistleaderofthelastyearsofEastGermany(1971–89) JimmyHoffa –1975kidnapping/disappearance J.EdgarHoover KatieHopkins JohnHoward L.RonHubbard MikeHuckabee RockHudson SaddamHussein–IraqidictatorandsecularleaderagainsttheriseofIslamicfundamentalismintheMiddleEast YusufIslam(CatStevens) AndrewJackson–U.S.presidentanddesigneroffederalgovernmentpolicyonAmericanIndiansandtheTrailofTears GeorgeJackson JesseJackson MichaelJackson –Peoplev.Jacksoncasein2005,andseveralothercontroversies Jay-Z ThomasJefferson–U.S.presidentanddrafteroftheU.S.DeclarationofIndependence SheilaJeffreys CaitlynJenner–U.S.Olympianwhocameoutastransgender EltonJohn MagicJohnson –HIVdiagnosis AngelinaJolieandformerhusbandBradPitt AlexJones JennyJones MichaelJordan JohnF.Kennedy–withbrothersRobertF.KennedyandTedKennedy –U.S.president,U.S.presidentialcandidate,andU.S.Senator,respectively. JacquelineKennedyOnassis –widowofJohnF.Kennedy,remarriedtoGreekbillionaireAristotleOnassis. ColinKaepernick KimKardashian AndyKaufman JohnKerry Khomeini NikitaKhrushchev–Sovietleader NorthKoreanleadersKimIlSung,hissonKimJongIlandsuccessor(sonofJongIl)KimJong-Un MartinLutherKingJr. RodneyKing PiaKjærsgaard PhilipJ.Klass PollyKlaaschildabductioncasein1993 ShoseiKoda JunichiroKoizumi–Japaneseleader ChrisKyle –UnitedStatesNavySEALandmostlethalsniperinU.S.militaryhistory LadyGaga k.d.lang –homosexualityandanimalrightsactivism RickiLake LyndonLaRouche CarlosLatuff –controversialcartoonist. NormanLear –producerofgroundbreaking1970sTVcomediesonsocialsatire. Jean-MarieLePenanddaughterMarineLePeninFrenchpolitics. HeathLedger VladimirLenin–Sovietleader. JohnLennon –USCIAinvestigationsintheearly1970s LewisLibby G.GordonLiddy LilWayne RushLimbaugh AbrahamLincoln–U.S.presidentduringtheAmericanCivilWar. JenniferLopez LilB TrentLott CourtneyLove MartinLuther CatharineMacKinnon WinnieMadikizela-Mandela–SouthAfricancivilrightsactivistandleaderwhospenttimeinprison Madonna BernieMadoff JohnMajor NelsonMandela–SouthAfricancivilrightsactivistandleaderwhospentyearsinprison CharlesManson MarilynManson MaoZedong–Chineseleader,mayhavebeenresponsibleforthedeathsofupto80million. FerdinandMarcosandwifeImeldaMarcos,Philippineleaders. RachelMarsden KarlMarx JackieMason JohnMayer –allegationsofspokenracialslurs. JohnMcCain PaulMcCartney –allegeddomesticabuseofex-wifeHeather. JennyMcCarthy –TVshowhostessturnedactivistforautismresearchandmotherofasondiagnosedwithautism. SteveMcNair –hismurder-suicidebygirlfriend. TimothyMcVeigh DmitryAnatolyevichMedvedev GoldaMeir CarlosMencia –satirist/comedian. AngelaMerkel,Germanprimeminister. FreddieMercury –rumoursofhomosexualityprovenafterhisdeathfromAIDS. HarveyMilk KenjiMiyazawa DemiMooreandherexAshtonKutcher. MichaelMoore HenryM.Morris–prominentYoungEarthcreationist,coauthorofTheGenesisFlood. JimMorrison –hismysteriousdeathin1971atParis. MotherTeresa MrBeast(JimmyDonaldson) BenitoMussolini–Italianfounderoffascism. Napoleon–Frenchleader. NicolePolizzi –"Snooki"ofMTVrealityshowJerseyShoreandtheshow'sportrayalofItalianAmericanscondemnedasethnicstereotypes. Nero–Romanemperor OliviaNewton-John –environmentalactivism. RichardNixon,U.S.president. NotoriousB.I.G. RosieO'Donnell OpieandAnthony(formallyofTheOpieandAnthonyShow) BillO'Reilly. BarackObama–U.S.president. KeithOlbermann OzzyOsbourne DonnyOsmond–singerandactor MarieOsmond–singerandactor TerrellOwens –recentnear-death,suicideattemptclaims. SarahPalin–U.S.vicepresidentialcandidate. NancyPelosi–U.S.SpeakeroftheHouse2007–10. KatyPerry JuanPerónandwifeEvaPerón,Argentineleaders. ScottPeterson–convictedofmurderofhismissingpregnantwifeLaci. AugustoPinochet–Chileangeneralbecamepresidentialdictator. ValeriePlame PopeBenedictXVI PopeJohnPaulII PopePiusXII ElvisPresleyandhishighlypublicizeddeathin1977. Prince PrinceCharles–ex-wifePrincessDianaandnewwifeCamilla,DuchessofCornwall,Britishroyals. PrinceHarryandPrinceWilliam(andhiswifePrincessKate),heirsoftheBritishcrown. PolPot,Cambodianleader. RichardPryor VladimirPutin–Russianleader. RayRice RichardRamirez JonBenétRamsey –unsolvedhomicidecase. RonaldReagan–U.S.president. JanetReno–U.S.AttorneyGeneral. MichèleRenouf–associateofHolocaustdeniers CondoleezzaRice–U.S.SecretaryofState. MichaelRichards –DuetotheLaughFactoryincident. YvonneRidley AlbertoRivera GeraldoRivera GesheMichaelRoach OralRoberts PatRobertson PhilRobertson JohnRocker–baseballpitcherrenownedforcommentsaboutNewYorkCity,racialminoritiesandhomosexualsina1999SportsIllustratedinterview. KidRock AlexRodriguez Romário MittRomney–U.S.presidentialcandidate. LindaRonstadt –Politicalactivismandlesbianism. FranklinDelanoRooseveltandhiscousinTheodoreRoosevelt,U.S.Presidents. BenRoethlisberger PeteRose KarlRove BabeRuth DonaldRumsfeld–U.S.SecretaryofDefense. BobbySands NicolasSarkozy LindaSarsour MichaelSavage TerriSchiavocase LauraSchlessinger(Dr.Laura). GerhardSchröder ArnoldSchwarzeneggerasCaliforniastategovernor,ratherthanasactor. TeofiloVargasSein Selena –disputedtheoriesoverher1995murder. WilliamShakespeare –inregardstoadditionsanddeletionsofreferencestothe"authorshipquestion." TupacShakurandhisshootingdeathin1996. AlSharpton–AfricanAmericancivilrightsactivist. CharlieSheen MatthewShepard –media-publicized1999hatecrimemurdervictim. SherlockHolmes O.J.Simpson–accusedofnotoriouscrimes(doublemurderofhisex-wifeandboyfriendin1994). AnnaNicoleSmith JosephSmith –founderoftheLatterDaySaintmovementandMormonisminthe1820s. EdwardSnowden Eddie"Piolín"Sotelo –UStalkhostofSpanish-languageradioprogram. SoniaSotomayor SnoopDogg –realnameCalvinBroadus. BritneySpearsandex-husbandKevinFederline. SpiceGirls –numerouscontroversies. JerrySpringer JosephStalin,SovietdictatorwholeadtheUSSRduringtheDepressionandWWII,mainperpetratorofTheGreatPurgeandotherSovietatrocities. GloriaSteinem ErikaSteinbach HowardStern–radio"shockjock"andliberalactivist. JonStewart Sting –politicalactivist. JohnStossel BarbraStreisand JimmySwaggart TaylorSwift TimTebow NikolaTesla(hisnationalitybeingSerbvs.Croat). MargaretThatcher–U.K.PrimeMinister. JustinTrudeau-CanadianPrimeMinister PierreTrudeau–CanadianPrimeMinister. HarryTruman –U.S.president;also,decisionwhileinthatofficetodroptheatomicbombonHiroshimaandNagasakiinJapantoendWWII. DonaldTrump–PresidentoftheUnitedStates TedTurner MikeTyson U2 –Irishrockbandinvolvedinpoliticalactivistcauses. JoranvanderSloot MichaelVickduetohisinvolvementinillegaldogfighting. VargVikernes BarbaraWalters JohnWalsh –Anti-crimeactivist/childsafetyadvocateafterhissonAdamWalshwaskidnapped,laterfounddeadin1981. AndyWarhol KanyeWest –alsoashusbandofKimKardashian. 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