You may have seen that the Guardian, a newspaper linked to slavery, recently published a big exposé on “race science”. Then about a week later, Britain’s Channel 4 broadcast an hour-and-a-half-long documentary on the “far right”. Much of the material for these two offerings came from footage obtained by an undercover journalist who works for the left-wing activist organisation Hope not Hate. Posing as an investor, he secretly filmed himself talking to various individuals, including our former editor-in-chief Matt Archer.
For readers who aren’t familiar with Hope not Hate, it’s essentially Britain’s equivalent to the SPLC. Courageously standing against the emotion of “hate”, they paint anyone expressing an opinion that’s even slightly right-wing as “racist” or “far Right”. Earlier this year, they published an article on the “State of Hate” that characterised Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party (which oversaw record levels of immigration) as harbouring a “Radical Right insurgency”. And in the midst of England’s anti-immigration riots, their CEO falsely claimed that a Muslim woman had been doused with acid.
As for the Guardian’s “criticisms” of us, none of them comes close to a serious scientific or philosophical argument. Their exposé is basically one long point-and-sputter, featuring all the usual epithets: “dangerous”, “discredited”, “far right” etc. They couldn’t even get basic things right. For example, they claim we believe in the “genetic superiority of certain ethnic groups”. Yet Bo wrote an article last year saying the exact opposite.
They do quote several “experts” to attack the bogeyman of “scientific racism”. As you may have noticed, this is a wholly bad-faith tactic. Redefining your opponents’ views as something negative doesn’t actually qualify as refuting them. It would be like us labelling the views we disagree with as “scientific communism” and then pointing out that there’s no good evidence for “scientific communism”. In terms of Paul Graham’s disagreement hierarchy, they barely progressed beyond name-calling.
One of the people they enlist is Adam Rutherford (excuse us, Dr. Adam Rutherford) who boasted on Twitter that he “helped with” this “incredible investigation”. Remarkably, he then criticised Ed Dutton for putting out a “doxxing request” after Dutton asked his supporters for information about the undercover journalist. When Noah and Diana pointed out to Rutherford that the investigation he “helped with” involved doxxing, he claimed he didn’t know what they were talking about. We still can’t be sure if he was just playing dumb or genuinely can’t see the hypocrisy.
Another issue with the Guardian article is that a substantial part of it is dedicated to a guy called Erik Ahrens, who has never been an employee of Aporia or the Human Diversity Foundation (an organisation owned by Emil Kirkegaard). The reason Ahrens got mixed up in this is that, at the time Matt was secretly filmed by the undercover journalist, he and Ahrens were working together on an unrelated project. Incidentally, Matt’s departure from Aporia in August had nothing to do with the exposé; he left of his own accord before we all found out about it.
Normally, we wouldn’t give two hoots about another lazy hit piece. Unfortunately, our funder was named in the recent coverage and has now stopped funding us. This was surely the activists’ aim all along: they want less debate; we want more. What this means is that we’ll have to rely more on paid subscriptions going forward. We may need to start paywalling our articles in addition to the podcast and research round-up. Hence we’d be grateful if you would consider buying a paid subscription. Don’t let the enemies of free speech win.
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He’d get my vote if I was in the U.S but let’s be honest, he’s not got a snowball in hell’s chance. And I think we all know why so I won’t resort to being Captain Obvious..
And this is just a taste of the hate that’s coming his way;
https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1643734754301288448
I’m sure he would agree with you that he has no chance of winning, he’s not stupid, and I don’t think he’s running in the hope that he might win, I think he’s running as it will give him a platform to make his views known to a wider audience and to have the opportunity to ask Biden and others awkward questions, etc.
Ron Paul’s two presidential runs were hugely influential in the USA for turning libertarianism from an academic curiosity to a mass movement, although he was largely airbrushed out of the BBC’s coverage of the Republican nominations even when he was doing relatively well.
Entirely agree Mogs but I would add that Robert Kennedy is one exceptionally brave man. Given his family history taking on the establishment is a very dangerous move. The reality is that he is not of course taking on dementia Joe but the whole phalanx of anti-humanists ranged against us.
Robert Kennedy is a very intelligent man and I am sure he will appreciate that once he formally declares a declaration of war will have been issued, to all intents and purposes.
The fake news, the false flag attacks will become constants.
Robert Kennedy fighting for the presidency of the USA will surely be a fight to the death. It is a fight for peace and freedom against misery, perpetual war and enslavement. And it is a fight that most definitely will not be confined to the United States.
God Bless Robert Kennedy. I do hope this is “cometh the hour, cometh the man.”
So, he’s brave, intelligent and on the side of peace and freedom against perpetual war and enslavement. I agree with your comments. The fact that nobody gives him a hope in hell is a really sad refection on the voting proclivities of the American people.
The guy is incredible and must have skin as thick as rhino hide to do what he’s done throughout all of these years. It’s like he thrives on the haters and vitriol that’s aimed his way because he doesn’t skip a beat, just keeps on going because not only is he intelligent but he knows he has truth on his side. Nothing phases him. Case in point; why hasn’t the poisonous gnome sued him for libel after the book RFK Jr wrote about him? Nope, the evil micro turd was still getting paid by the U.S government and held in high esteem anyway…RFK Jr is like the Duracell bunny for justice and truth, I just worry that this latest endeavour is gonna have a target painted on his back. Can lightening really strike twice in the same family? I wish him all the very best in his quest and will follow his journey with interest.
He has to cope with opposition even from within his own family, but at least his wife is supporting his presidential run.
Three times.
I could be wrong here, but as I understand it the good Senator WANTS Fauci to sue him for libel so that he can expose all Fauci’s wrongdoins. However Fauci won’t do this because he knows his lies will be exposed.
My guess is that, before long, Biden will be on a flight somewhere, perhaps Japan, and will send a signal somewhere.
By the time the plane lands in Tokyo, it will be found that, against all expectation, Robert F. Kennedy will have gone for a walk and decided to swallow a few pills and hack into his wrist with a blunt pocket knife, whilst sitting under a tree.
Joe Biden will announce to the Press in Tokyo that there will be a Public Enquiry (but no Inquest).
The Enquiry will find that he committed suicide.
Yes, I know, unbelievable. But we live in strange times.
I admire this guy greatly, but with his speech impediment his acceptance speech would last 2 days
OK Sorry it was a joke.
Yeah a joke but actually his speech problem would be a factor, surely. He’s highly intelligent and genuinely caring – whereas Sleepy Joe is a corrupt, vicious moron; but his speech impediment does indeed make him difficult to listen to unless one already has sympathy with his views and with him as a person. And I’ve a vague suspicion there aren’t many out there (comparatively speaking) who fit that bill.
Ron De Santis vs Robert F Kennedy Jr. That’d be Fauci’s presidential contest from hell.
No body is perfect but everything this man has to say is worth listening to. The level of corruption he reveals in his podcast and books is frightening. A brave man, let’s hope history doesn’t repeat itself he is putting himself in the crosshairs.
Kennedy won’t win the Democratic nomination, he is not part of the woke crowd. The real joy of his campaign is going to be the debates. He has enough firepower of his own to run rings round Biden.
I agree he won’t get anywhere near, but like you say he will get air time hopefully. I think it will be difficult to cancel him but a certain intelligence organisation has many strings to its bow.
I think this is entirely his objective. He can debate the shit out of anyone in his path and leave them for dust. It’s what happens when you have masses of evidence and a vast knowledge of your subject, accrued over many years ( not to mention his lawyer skills ) at your disposal. He gets a spotlight on him and he will be a very formidable opponent for anyone wishing to take him on, and unlike Steve Kirsch, he doesn’t need to place monetary bets in the millions and wait for nobody to take him up on it. The hate and smears will come from all angles but it’s nothing new for this guy is it? Gotta respect a guy with such a monumental set of titanium-strength balls to take on this endeavour.
I must be popular today my uptick is worth about 5 or 6.
Whether he wins the White House or not, his candidacy will force the Democrat party to declare what it is or reveal what it’s not. It’s not remotely the party of JFK and RFK Sr. It’s now the woke totalitarian censorship party, and party leaders’ reaction to his run will make that clear, no matter how much they try to smear RFK Jr.
I think John Leake sums up RFK Jr brilliantly;
”Mr. Kennedy was an environmental activist thirty years before it became fashionable. For decades, he worked as an attorney to protect the natural world from corporate industrial polluters. He has been especially troubled by the contamination of our waterways such as the Hudson River with hazardous waste, including mercury. In 2005 he became concerned about a mercury compound used as a preservative in childhood vaccines, which prompted him to conduct a thorough investigation of vaccine safety in general. He found it especially alarming that the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act granted vaccine manufacturers immunity from all civil and criminal liability for injuries or deaths caused by their products.
In the absence of legal liability, he realized that the only thing likely to regulate their conduct is scrutiny from a public figure, and because no other public figures were stepping up to do it, he himself assumed the responsibility. No good deed goes unpunished, as the saying goes. Mr. Kennedy’s critical scrutiny of vaccine makers (coining billions while bearing zero product liability) has not been met with debate, but with vitriolic, ad hominem attacks and accusations of being a conspiracy theorist. Implied in these attacks is that no one should dare even question the safety of vaccines.”
Seriously though, if RFK Jr has an untimely demise due to pneumonia or Covid, we know it’s all complete horseshit.
https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/robert-f-kennedy-jr-running-for-president
Thanks for this post Mogs, I’d say it was bang on the money.
I hope, for his sake, that the Deep State doesn’t use the same “stop Kennedy” methods they used in the ’60s.