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Aporia gets a hit piece in the Guardian

A response from the Editors

Feb 01, 2024
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Written by Noah Carl, Bo Winegard and Matthew Archer.

The Guardian, a newspaper linked to slavery, has published a hit piece on Aporia. The piece is framed as an exposé on the anti-woke activist Chris Rufo, who – among other unforgivable sins – lists Aporia in the “recommended” section of his Substack. It was written by one Jason Wilson1, who just a few weeks ago penned a very similar piece attacking Rufo.

Wilson appears to be covering the Rufo beat for the Guardian – no doubt a pressing issue for the paper’s readers. In his earlier piece, he attempted to besmirch Rufo’s reputation by pointing out that he is “linked” to someone who is “linked” to Emil Kirkegaard. And in his latest piece, he attempts to besmirch Rufo’s reputation further by pointing out that he’s “linked” to Aporia. The general slant of Wilson’s reporting could be summarised as “Rufo bad”.

What’s so bad about being “linked” to Aporia? Well, according to Wilson, “experts” have characterised the magazine as an outlet for something called “scientific racism”. One such “expert” is a lady named Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Orwellian-sounding Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. She told Wilson that Rufo is “hanging around with some seriously nasty people”. Did you get that? We’re not just nasty; we’re seriously nasty.

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