Anti

The mindset of an American Anti encapsulated in a Facebook Meme

Anti is a simple term used in marginalized communities (MAP, Proship, etc) to describe a person whose actions are motivated by hate towards the marginalized group. It has seen frequent use online, for example, since at least the mid-00s among MAPs, but was often a prefix of "BL", etc.

Political stances

Antis come from a range of political backgrounds. While generalized grooming and safeguarding paranoia is largely a project of North American conservatives and radical feminists, dedicated antis have also been observed in adjacent movements, such as the LGBT community. Very often, shared pedophobic hatred is the uniting force between people of different political persuasions, and it has thus been described as a "bipartisan" issue at both the grassroots and legislative level.

Political/Religious trends have been seen among particular groups of antis, for example, American Dominionism in mid-00s vigilantes and Mormonism in the case of Operation Underground Railroad. British "Nonce Hunting" groups have tended to be associated with far-right politics, while Thomas Hubbard was attacked by hardline communists.

Gary Plauche Day

In 2024, amid considerable groomer panic, antis began to celebrate Mar 16 as the same day Gary Plauche famously shot dead a sex-offender involved with his 11 year old son on live TV.

Anti-anti

As in the case of proship, "anti-anti" is another identity for individuals who take up the task of attacking and discrediting antis. These may in some instances, be "reformed" antis themselves.

Famous "self-owns"

Owing to the popularity of pedophobia, anti-MAP sentiments, and some degree of psychological reaction formation, there exist numerous examples of stridently anti-pedophile men, who themselves ended up being exposed for their pedophilic and hebephilic inclinations. These are sometimes used in online banter, and by activists.

• 
  Carl Beech - NSPCC/"Safeguarding" expert and celebrity accuser
• 
  David Abbott (pedo-cop)
• 
  Peter Newell (child advocate)
• 
  Peter Bright (anti-gamergater)
• 
  Christopher Goldberg (anti-gamergater)
• 
  Cameron Battisson (British vigilante)
• 
  Carl Windsor (another British vigilante)
• 
  Carl Robinson (another British vigilante)
• 
  Michael Terry (another British paedo hunter)
• 
  Tim Heron (yet another British vigilante)
• 
  Paul Tong (British vigilante - surprise)
• 
  Marcel Vervloesem (Belgian vigilante, subsequently found guilty, see also Dutroux victims' Lawyer)
• 
  Jozef Verbeek (UNICEF)
• 
  Brian Carrigan (American Vigilante)
• 
  Dave Todeschini (Q-Anon)
• 
  Phil Godlewski (Q-Anon)
• 
  Ben Gibson (More Q-Anon)
• 
  "Pedogate" Reddit Mod (Q-Anon/Pizzagate)
• 
  Joshua Jennings - (Q-Anon)
• 
  Sean McHugh - Anti-pedophile protestor, for sex with a 14 year old
• 
  Alden Bunag (Twitter SJW)
• 
  Stephen King - British "Child Sex Abuse Expert"
• 
  Kevin Strom - US Neo Nazi
• 
  Joel Davis - "Sexual Violence" TedX expert, UN Youth Ambassador
• 
  Michael Dolce - "Protect Children" child sex abuse attorney, award-winning "sexual violence" media figurehead.
• 
  Police officers are hugely over-represented among child porn users. See also, Ken Lanning's testimony
• 
  Kevin A. Kovacs - D.A.R.E. Child Safety Instructor
• 
  Frank J. Collins (accusation against law-enforcement backed sex abuse clown). In 1986.
• 
  Neil Cohen: US Dem Lawmaker
• 
  Christopher Jarvis, Safeguarding police expert
• 
  Cody Dallas Reed - "Kill Pedophiles" Corrections Officer
• 
  Collaged examples For a larger collage see here.

See also

• Anti-MAP Flag - A flag to celebrate hatred of MAPs.
• Vigilantism - Some academic exploration of the anti-mindset and its consequences on MAPs.
• Pedophobia - Hatred towards MAPs.
• List of CSA/anti-pedophile proponents - Prominent Antis.
• List of anti-MAP quotes
• Perverted Justice - The classic example of an anti group.
• Bubba
• Anti-contact - This is a separate distinction within the MAP Movement. In some cases, anti-c's are openly courted by "fake allies" (antis).