Beta Uprising or "beta rebellion" is a term used to refer to a rebellion, rebel movement, threat or worse instigated by beta males, especially those with anti-women opinions, against alpha males and females.

^[1]The term has obvious, very serious, socially unacceptable and worse overtones yet in pop culture can also retain a joking, ironic and or sarcastic meaning - so the term should be taken in context of other conversation and inclusive of intent surrounding it.

^[3]It could be a Psychology Red flag (idiom) or Red flag (politics) and not to be overlooked ^[0]or merely normal, everyday conversational sarcasm. ^[4]

History & Origins

The term, which originated as a serious call among men’s rights activists, gained popularity as an ironic rallying cry on 4chan’s /r9k/ (ROBOT9001) board, often accompanied by Angry Pepe and Wojak images.

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The earliest online uses of the term can be found on the men’s rights movement blog Fight For Justice in a post named “The Beta Uprising” submitted on December 9th, 2011.

The author, a user named legalfighter, defined the term as a fight against the male individuals with power, a.k.a.

Alpha Males, taken from the book Liberty or Equality by the Austrian socio-political theorist Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn.

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Spread

Over the next year, the term grew in use, with posters beginning to associate it with images of Wojak and Pepe the Frog (mostly the Angry Pepe variant).

/r9k/ users claimed the term as referencing the start of a violent revolution against normies and others who deny them a happy life.

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