List: Debunking the Right | Curated by Tim Wise

Jan 8, 2025
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Debunking the RightThese are my essays that rebut specific claims made by right-wing commentators regarding public policy, racism, history, economics, etc.
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“Great Replacement” Paranoia Will Lead to a Handmaid’s Tale DystopiaImmigration restrictions won’t stop the browning of America: only ending women’s rights — even white women’s — can do that
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Jan 7
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I Said What I Said: Daniel Penny is a Racist, Classist, Ableist KillerJohn McWhorter can deny it all he likes, and criticize me for saying it. But his rebuttal is embarrassing
Dec 21, 2024
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Dec 21, 2024
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ZORA
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Critiquing Israel and Zionism Without Indifference to the Pain of October 7Multiple things can be true at the same time, and it’s important to say so
Oct 29, 2023
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Oct 29, 2023
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Mental Illness is a Cynical Deflection from Gun Violence — Don’t Fall for itWe know this, because the folks who use it don’t want to do anything to address mental illness either
Apr 10, 2023
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Apr 10, 2023
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It Was Never About Religious LibertyEvangelical Christians want to impose their faith, not merely practice it
Apr 9, 2023
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Apr 9, 2023
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Ron DeSantis is Lying — Corporations Have Always Been PoliticalAnd conservatives don’t mind that at all, so long as those politics are the “right” kind
Aug 9, 2022
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Aug 9, 2022
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An Injustice!
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Actually, It’s Not “OK to be White”And if you knew the history of that concept you would understand why
Mar 2, 2023
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Mar 2, 2023
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AfroSapiophile
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Dilbert’s Creator is a Sad Racist Troll (and Not Very Good at Reading Polls)Scott Adams doesn’t do math or social science nearly as well as bigotry — and now, he doesn’t do Dilbert either. Priceless.
Mar 1, 2023
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Mar 1, 2023
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Momentum
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This is the Weakest Argument Ever for “Debunking” Institutional RacismThe presence of legal equality doesn’t disprove the existence of institutionalized injustice
Mar 1, 2023
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Mar 1, 2023
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Stop Lying About Black Women and FamiliesClaims of an out-of-wedlock birth crisis and “babies having babies” are racist myths. It’s time to tell the truth.
Feb 12, 2023
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Feb 12, 2023
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Your Whining About Cancel Culture Rings Hollow — Here’s WhyThose who oppose social stigma for offensive behavior rarely offer alternatives, because they really don’t mind the bigotry
Jan 8, 2023
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Jan 8, 2023
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No, Don Jr., No One Said Exercise is RacistThe Little MAGA Prince is lying again — because stoking white resentment is the family brand now
Jan 7, 2023
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Jan 7, 2023
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Real Men Don’t Hate Drag — Fragile Ones DoInsecure manhood requires rigid notions of gender and sexuality. Drag challenges both.
Dec 19, 2022
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Dec 19, 2022
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AfroSapiophile
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Alex Jones is No Free Speech MartyrThe First Amendment doesn’t protect defamatory lies. He’s getting exactly what he deserves.
Nov 7, 2022
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Nov 7, 2022
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The Right Hasn’t Changed — It Was Always Like ThisThe old conservatism and the new conservatism are about the same thing: defending the more powerful against the less so
Nov 4, 2022
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Nov 4, 2022
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Ron DeSantis is a Human TraffickerI said it, I mean it, and he can’t sue me for doing so because truth is the ultimate defense against a charge of libel
Sep 20, 2022
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Sep 20, 2022
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MAGA Nation is Like a Psychology Textbook in Human FormFrom voter fraud to pedophilia to playing victim, right-wingers accuse others of things that better describe themselves
Sep 5, 2022
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Sep 5, 2022
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Oops, Your Denial of Systemic Racism Sorta Proves Systemic RacismThose who rationalize racial disparities often provide evidence for the very thing they deny
Sep 4, 2022
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Sep 4, 2022
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AfroSapiophile
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President Biden is Being Too Nice — MAGA Republicans Are TerroristsThreatening violence to keep the DOJ from indicting Trump is an act of attempted political intimidation. There’s a word for that.
Sep 3, 2022
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Sep 3, 2022
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An Injustice!
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Ben Shapiro Thinks Public Servants are Useless ParasitesHis criticism of Senate Candidate John Fetterman reveals more than political partisanship
Aug 29, 2022
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Aug 29, 2022
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