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Right and Far Right, and incorrect

Latest comment: 5 months ago3 comments3 people in discussion

The following excerpt from the intro makes whoever wrote it look silly : “president of the right-wing David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC); editor of the Center's far-right website FrontPage Magazine”. For those who don’t see it, the Center is right wing but the website somehow is far right. First, it’s not “far” right, with that term taking on sinister connotations among those who use it. The website is pretty much garden variety conservative and the description should be excised entirely with the first adjectival use of “right-wing” serving for both Center and website. Unless someone objects, I will do so.

While not "incorrect" (in the sense of "not factual"), it is awkward, so I have deleted the description of the website in the lead, in favor of this sentence with myriad refs in this section #David Horowitz Freedom Center:

Horowitz is the editor of the Center's website FrontPage Magazine. It has been described by scholars and writers as right-wing,^[5] far-right,^[9] Islamophobic,^[13] and anti-Islam.^[16]

Does that work for you? -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 16:04, 28 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

It’s better, though I would say “critics” rather than writers and scholars, since it implies that the ones that do say this are dispositive. I’d also put the descriptions in quotation marks. It’s important that this be descriptive rather than tendentious and hostile, as decent encyclopedias are supposed to be. Sychonic (talk) 13:14, 30 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

"Critics" of the site call it fascist. I agree with that sentiment but it is an opinion. The fact the frontpage magazine is a right wing, extremist site isn't really up for debate. ~2026-84492-9 (talk) 22:06, 7 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

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↑ Jenkins, Philip (2007). God's Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis. Oxford University Press. pp. 14, 182. ISBN 9780199886128. ultra-conservative [p. 14] ... right-wing [p. 182]
↑ Lisa Wangsness (December 5, 2016). "An interfaith marriage of our times: Muslim and Jewish groups form coalition to fight bigotry". Boston Globe.
↑ Dan Conifer (July 11, 2016). "Text slabs from Pauline Hanson's One Nation policies lifted from internet". ABC News (Australia).
↑ Erdoan A. Shipoli (2018). Islam, Securitization, and US Foreign Policy. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 247.
↑ ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
↑ David Kenner (September 10, 2013). "How Assad Wooed the American Right, and Won the Syria Propaganda War". Foreign Policy.
↑ Behrmann, Savannah. "Advocacy group releases leaked emails from White House adviser Stephen Miller to Breitbart". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
↑ "Did Merriam-Webster Update Its Definition of 'Racism' To Say Only White People Are Racist?". Snopes.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
↑ ^[6]^[7]^[8]
↑ Ekman, Mattias (30 March 2015). "Online Islamophobia and the politics of fear: manufacturing the green scare". Ethnic and Racial Studies. 38 (11): 1986–2002. doi:10.1080/01419870.2015.1021264. ISSN 0141-9870. S2CID 144218430.
↑ Abu-Lughod, Lila (November 2016). "The cross-publics of ethnography: The case of "the Muslimwoman"" (PDF). American Ethnologist. 43 (4): 595–608. doi:10.1111/amet.12377. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
↑ Ernst, Carl W. (March 20, 2013). Islamophobia in America: the anatomy of intolerance. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 142. ISBN 9781137290076.
↑ ^[10]^[11]^[12]
↑ David Noriega (November 16, 2016). "How One Policy Change Could Wipe Out Muslim Civil Liberties". BuzzFeed.
↑ Mathias, Christopher (2017-01-13). "Ted Cruz vs. The Muslim Brotherhood Boogeyman". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
↑ ^[14]^[15]

Anti-black

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The statement "he has supported anti-black movements" sounds ridiculous. It should be removed, or, at the very least, supported by a citation. If a movement opposes, say, reparations, it is highly controversial whether this effort is "anti-black." 71.245.188.249 (talk) 06:00, 22 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Dark Agenda: The War to Destroy Christian America.

Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Was Horowitz Christian? The title of this book suggests the possibility. If it is known what his religious or nonreligious beliefs were, mention it in Personal life section.Rich (talk) 04:03, 4 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Your reasoning escapes me. Horowitz need not be Christian (or Jewish or Sikh) to pretend that he believes that there is such a conspiracy. --Orange Mike | Talk 04:35, 4 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Penn state professor correct?

Latest comment: 10 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

"In another instance, Horowitz said a Pennsylvania State University biology professor..." Is this directed at Sam Richards, a professor of sociology at penn state?

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Richards_(sociologist) Under: Public reception States: "Richards was featured on David Horowitz's 2006 book, The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America, which criticized his alleged issuing of "out-of-class assignments," including the "viewing of left-wing propaganda films" Chumly409 (talk) 21:53, 19 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

[:0-1] Jenkins, Philip (2007). God's Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis. Oxford University Press. pp. 14, 182. ISBN 9780199886128. ultra-conservative [p. 14] ... right-wing [p. 182]

[2] Lisa Wangsness (December 5, 2016). "An interfaith marriage of our times: Muslim and Jewish groups form coalition to fight bigotry". Boston Globe.

[3] Dan Conifer (July 11, 2016). "Text slabs from Pauline Hanson's One Nation policies lifted from internet". ABC News (Australia).

[4] Erdoan A. Shipoli (2018). Islam, Securitization, and US Foreign Policy. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 247.

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[6] David Kenner (September 10, 2013). "How Assad Wooed the American Right, and Won the Syria Propaganda War". Foreign Policy.

[7] Behrmann, Savannah. "Advocacy group releases leaked emails from White House adviser Stephen Miller to Breitbart". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-07-07.

[8] "Did Merriam-Webster Update Its Definition of 'Racism' To Say Only White People Are Racist?". Snopes.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.

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[10] Ekman, Mattias (30 March 2015). "Online Islamophobia and the politics of fear: manufacturing the green scare". Ethnic and Racial Studies. 38 (11): 1986–2002. doi:10.1080/01419870.2015.1021264. ISSN 0141-9870. S2CID 144218430.

[11] Abu-Lughod, Lila (November 2016). "The cross-publics of ethnography: The case of "the Muslimwoman"" (PDF). American Ethnologist. 43 (4): 595–608. doi:10.1111/amet.12377. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

[12] Ernst, Carl W. (March 20, 2013). Islamophobia in America: the anatomy of intolerance. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 142. ISBN 9781137290076.

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[14] David Noriega (November 16, 2016). "How One Policy Change Could Wipe Out Muslim Civil Liberties". BuzzFeed.

[15] Mathias, Christopher (2017-01-13). "Ted Cruz vs. The Muslim Brotherhood Boogeyman". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-20.

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Right and Far Right, and incorrect

Anti-black

Dark Agenda: The War to Destroy Christian America.

Penn state professor correct?