Bo Winegard

Bo Winegard Benjamin M. Winegard CV of Bo's twin (archived from July 30, 2020). is an American hereditarian psychologist,Quillette Podcast 19 – Assistant Psychology Professor Bo Winegard on Hereditarianism, Centrism and the Great Awokening. Quillette. Retrieved 18 August 2019. white nationalist,Should Whites Embrace White Identity? A Dialogue: White identity is healthy and is the only realistic way to protect Western Civilization? by Bo Winegard (Nov 11, 2023) Aporia Magazine. Winegard wrote a fictional Socratic dialogue between and , with Philo arguing for "white identity" and Cleanthes arguing against "identity politics". The concept of white people did not exist in ancient times, so the dialogue appears to be a veil for Winegard to argue that his particular view of white identity is at least benign and reasonable since the two fictionalized philosophers do not come to an agreement in the end.I’m a nationalist not because I think nationalism is necessarily great, but because I think all the alternatives are worse. by Bo Winegard (Nov 7, 2019) Twitter (archived from 13 Nov 2019 19:01:58 UTC). and pseudoscientistEvolution Working Group on hosting Bo Winegard: ‘It was our mistake’. "Winegard’s research, which discusses psychological differences across human populations, has been criticized for resembling the pseudoscience employed by eugenicists." associated with the online "race realist" community.Why Racists (and Liberals!) Keep Writing for Quillette. "Quillette contributors Ben Winegard, Bo Winegard, Brian Boutwell, and John Paul Wright have all either said they are part of the HBD movement or used the term to describe their own research." He writes discredited racialist pseudoscience articles for the right-wing online magazine QuilletteBo Winegard. Quillette, Retrieved 18 August 2019.Bo Winegard and Ben Winegard. Quillette. Retrieved 18 August 2019.When Quillette’s Latest Attempt to Legitimise Race Science Met Actual Scientists. Uncommon Ground. Retrieved 18 August 2019. and surrounds himself with white nationalists and racists, but complains if he is labelled either of these, instead preferring the made-up terms "ethno-traditionalist", "cultural nationalist", and "racial realist". He is currently the executive editor of the far-right magazine Aporia."About Aporia". Aporia Magazine.Activist who led ouster of Harvard president linked to ‘scientific racism’ journal. theguardian.com.
He was Assistant Professor of Psychology at Marietta College, but was fired in March 2020.Bo Winegard. Marietta College. Retrieved 18 August 2019."I've been fired.", Quillette. Retrieved 7 March 2020 Winegard believes that race is a biological reality, genetic factors predominantly explain group-differences in IQs, and skull shapes and measurements can determine human races by continental ancestry.Noah Carl and Bo Winegard in Quillette in 2019 folks - whites have superior IQs and can be distinguished by *skull measurements* I wonder why they fixate on heritable 'white' (superior) difference? 3rd pic - a Quillette reader comment. Let's get real about this project please. by Bo Winegard (2:51 AM - 5 Jun 2019) Twitter (archived from June 8, 2019).1/ Do you dispute the overwhelming evidence from forensic anthropology @dylanmatt? This appears an attempt to besmirch Quillette by making a vaguely true but misleading claim. First, it was an article. Not articles : )] by Bo Winegard (5:44 PM - 9 Aug 2019) Twitter (archived from August 20, 2019). He promoted these dubious-to-pseudoscientific ideas in a Quillette review with Noah Carl in June, 2019.Superior: The Return of Race Science—A Review. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
Winegard spends most of his time on Twitter talking about race and the alleged evils of left-wing bias in academia. He commonly retweets Steve Sailer, Nathan Cofnas, Charles Murray, Noah Carl, Emil Kirkegaard, James Thompson, A New Radical Centrism, and other so-called "race realists". Winegard identifies as a member of the alt-center, which is basically an attempt by white nationalists or alt-right to re-brand themselves as political moderates.I am definitely a member of the alt-center by Bo Winegard (9:59 AM - 26 Aug 2017) Twitter (archived from May 24, 2019).
Winegard is a supporter of so-called scientific racism, writing "empirical facts cannot be sexist or racist".The terms "scientific sexism" and "scientific racism" are profoundly misleading. Empirical facts cannot be sexist or racist. It's important to separate real racism and real sexism from perfectly legitimate scientific hypotheses. by Bo Winegard (6:48 AM - 4 Jun 2019) Twitter (archived from August 19, 2019). In November 2019, Winegard co-authored a paper with eugenicist Jonathan Anomaly.The Egalitarian Fallacy: Are Group Differences Compatible with Political Liberalism? Winegard has described white supremacist Arthur Jensen as his "intellectual hero"."Arthur Jensen, my intellectual hero, had a demanding intellectual moral: be transparent about one’s sincerely held intellectual beliefs. I think that a laudable goal. And I try, to my limited abilities, to adhere to it". Bo Winegard. Bo Winegard's twin brother is Ben Winegard, an opponent of Black Lives Matter.
Despite for years falsely claiming RationalWiki had misrepresented his politics as 'white nationalist', Winegard openly came out as a white nationalist in November 2023, writing a dialogue in Aporia that he supports "white identity politics", is sympathetic to a "free association" segregation of races and wants to preserve "white civilisation". In 2024, Winegard co-authored an article for Aporia admitting that he believes racial stereotypes are "reasonably accurate".Aporia gets a hit piece in the Guardian. Aporia Magazine.
==Making up his politics==
Winegard is somewhat flip-floppy on politics, resembling typical "centrist" anti-SJW Internet figures such as Sargon. In June 2019, he claimed to be a political centrist and opposed to conservatism.
In August 2019, however, he described himself as a conservative.
In the same month he also identified as supporting the right:
And yet, Winegard still labels himself "alt-center". And despite his insistence that he is too liberal, his tweets often fall opposite of standard liberal positions (though they may try to imply moderation through advocating vaguely liberal-sounding ideas):
Winegard now identifies as both white and nationalist.
In February 2020, Winegard posted that he was leaving the Democratic Party.1. Thread. Leaving the Democratic party. My long path from the left to the center (and even, gasp, to the right on many issues). For most of my life, I was a member of the left. I voted for Democrats in every election. But, around 2015, I started to change. by Bo Winegard (5:36 AM - 29 Feb 2020) Twitter (archived from February 29, 2020).
In March 2020, Winegard posted that he opposes political correctness.I really don’t like political correctness. It stifles debates. And it ruins jokes and a sense of charity. But I don’t think the answer is a reactive “f*ck PC” attitude either. Model the discourse you’d like to see. Irritating the prudes is too easy to consider an accomplishment. Bo Winegard.
==Racialism==
===Defence of Emil Kirkegaard===
Winegard has supported Emil Kirkegaard (his collaborator), an individual who has been described as "so toxic in mainstream academia that even being associated with him can sink your career."Reality Vs Propaganda by Luke Ford (July 10, 2019). Kirkegaard is a self-described eugenicist and white nationalist who claims Western governments should be paying white people to breed more. In a bunch of tweets, Winegard originally defended Kirkegaard, claiming he has seen no evidence Kirkegaard is a racist:
His claim that he has seen no evidence that Kirkegaard is a racist is bizarre, considering that Kirkegaard's Twitter feed is chock full of racism, sexism, Islamophobia, transphobia, anti-immigrant propaganda (e.g. describing Muslims as "terrible immigrants to get"), alt-right memes and general white nationalist sentiments (such as wanting to increase white fertility rates). After this evidence was posted,i think this one actually counts as anti-racist by his standards by Daniel Weissman (4:51 PM - 11 May 2019) Twitter (archived from August 20, 2109). In 2019, Winegard tried to distance himself from Kirkegaard, claiming he doesn't share all his views:
This didn't last long however as Winegard as of 2024 continues to support Kirkegaard and retweet his racist nonsense.
===Make more white babies…===
Similarly to Kirkegaard, Winegard frequently tells white people to breed more on Twitter:
Winegard clarifies his above comment and concern is specifically only countries below sub-replacement fertility (2.1 TFR), meaning (excluding a few countries in East Asia i.e. Japan, Singapore and Korea), the whole of Europe.No, I think that is correct. But it's driven mostly by specific spots on the planet (mostly around the tropics). In Europe and much of Eastern Asia, fertility is below replacement (which is, I think, 2.1 births). by Bo Winegard (06:54 - 6 Aug 2019) Twitter (archived from May 29, 2019). This a key obsession of white nationalists (such as Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the perpetrator of the Christchurch terrorist attacks, whose manifesto called for white Europeans to increase their fertility rates above 2.1).
In September 2020, Winegard criticised a OnePlanetOneChild advert that promotes one child families, writing:
Winegard has no children of his own despite being 40 years old and has been criticised for hypocrisy by his own Twitter followers.Bo you keep pushing this, but you don’t have children of your own and have never been a parent, correct? Can you possibly know the challenge of being a great parent in 2020 (of even one child, but especially multiple children) if you haven’t? Why promote it on others? by Jacob Jackson (10:23 AM - 25 Sep 2020) Twitter (archived from September 25, 2020).
Curiously, Emil Kirkegaard, out of psychological projection, has criticised Winegard for his hypocrisy, i.e., promoting pro-natalism views when Winegard has no children of his own,Same goes for your pro-natalism! @EPoe187 by Emil O W Kirkegaard (9:09 AM · Sep 30, 2020) Twitter (archived from September 30, 2020). yet Kirkegaard himself does the exact same thing and is childless.
===Ethno-traditionalism===
Winegard has defended white nationalism, albeit under a different name:
Note what Winegard calls "ethno-traditionalists" are virtually indistinguishable to white nationalists.
After receiving criticism and being described as a white nationalist, Winegard further repackaged his ethno-traditionalism:
Re-labelling and repackaging white nationalism as "ethno-traditionalism" or "cultural nationalism" is a popular strategy among white nationalists since these terms are more palatable to the public, while there is a stigma attached to the term "white nationalism".
===Admiration for Jared Taylor===
In November 2024, Winegard retweeted Edward Dutton's admiration for Jared Taylor and added his own praise for the white supremacist: "Jared Taylor is unfailingly polite, thoughtful, and well-spoken. It's a sign of the barrenness of status quo intellectuals that they refuse to engage with his arguments."Jared Taylor is unfailingly polite (November 12, 2024) Bo Winegard Twitter/X (Archived January 25, 2025)
===Human Biological and Psychological Diversity===
Winegard with two other co-authors, including his brother Benjamin (aka Ben) Winegard, published a peer-reviewed paper titled "Human Biological and Psychological Diversity" defending race in Evolutionary Psychological Science.Bo Winegard, Benjamin Mark Winegard and Brian B Boutwell, Human Biological and Psychological Diversity, Evolutionary Psychological Science (2017) 3:159–180, January 2017. The article section "Race and Human Populations" is rebutted below.
===Evolution Working Group seminar===
On October 24, 2019, Winegard gave a controversial seminar "The Evolution of Human Diversity" for the Evolution Working Group at the University of Alabama. His research was criticized as racist and for "resembling the pseudoscience employed by eugenicists." 
Thomas Tobin, co-chair of the Evolution Working Group, released a statement that apologized for the event and admitted it was a "mistake to invite this speaker". Part of the statement read:
A student at the seminar called Winegard a racist. “OK, that’s fine,” Winegard said in response.
==Fired from Marietta College==
In March 2020, Winegard was fired from his job as Assistant Professor of Psychology at Marietta College. He later threw a tantrum on the right-wing Internet rag, Quillette, stating that "many people disagree with my views about human population variation, about conservativism, about immigration, about economics, indeed about almost everything," and complained his sacking was an attack on academic freedom. Yeah, right.
Winegard has alleged that an anonymous person sent emails to his college department containing screenshots of some of his offensive tweets. He blames these emails for his sacking.PODCAST 80: Bo Winegard on Losing his Job as an Assistant Professor. This person, AfroSapiens (an anti-racist activist), later posted a screenshot of one of the emails he sent to Marietta College.Here is the letter sent to Bo Winegard's department. Afrosapiens. Winegard's associate Emil Kirkegaard controversially posted that he would pay a $200 "bounty" to anyone who can identify AfroSapiens.Bo Winegard firing — time for action. Emil Kirkegaard.
Various alt-right, conservative, and white nationalist bloggers have supported Winegard and attacked the college: Kirkegaard, Rod Dreher, Steve Sailer, and Toby Young.Bo Winegard Fired For Liking Sailer Tweet. VDARE. Dreher incorrectly stated that "Marietta College fired him because he had become the target of a woke mob."Hounding The Heretic Bo Winegard. Rod Dreher. 
The college has not released any public statement.
==Opposition to diversity==
Winegard dislikes racial diversity which he claims is "anti-white" and spends a lot of time on his Twitter complaining about it:
==RationalWiki==
Winegard dislikes RationalWiki, claiming this page is mendacious and somehow contains lies and misrepresentations, despite not actually pointing out what these are.I wrote a response to my RationalWiki page because too many people were taking it seriously. medium.com/@winegabo/resp… by Bo Winegard (4:46 AM - 13 Nov 2019) Twitter (archived from 14 Nov 2019 11:25:58 UTC).Response to RationalWiki by Bo Winegard (Nov 13, 2019) Medium (archived from December 16, 2019). 
As an example, Winegard complains that RationalWiki describes him as a pseudoscientist:
However, Winegard's views on race are rejected by mainstream science and are highly dubious, using flawed methodologies, so pseudoscientist is hardly an inaccurate description.
Winegard further complains, "I have made no attempt to “surround” myself with “white nationalists”. Most of my friends are liberal to progressive." However, this claim appears to be contradicted by a glimpse of his social media: most of his tweets fixate on race, and he commonly retweets individuals associated with the HBD online movement who hold alt-right political views.
List of alt-righters/homophobes/racists/race realists Winegard retweets
A paper written by Huw C. Davies and Sheena E. MacRae for the journal in 2023 noted:
==Aporia Magazine==
Winegard is the executive editor of Aporia Magazine. The magazine has given Winegard an open platform to promote his racist pseudoscience. He has written many controversial articles advocating for "race realism" and white identity politics.The case for race realism. Aporia Magazine.Race Realism: A Moderate's Manifesto. Aporia Magazine.Should Whites Embrace White Identity? A Dialogue. Aporia Magazine.Will Goliath Blink? Charles Murray’s Continuing Assault on the Orthodoxy. Aporia Magazine.Human Biodiversity: A Moderate's Manifesto. Aporia Magazine.The Nation as a Gift. Aporia Magazine.Why talk about race differences?. Aporia Magazine.Equalitarianism & Its Consequences. Aporia Magazine.What is a racist?. Aporia Magazine.Race Differences: A Dialogue. Aporia Magazine.Yes, we should talk about race differences. Aporia Magazine.Created unequal. Aporia Magazine.
He has called "diversity" a scam and has commented that the Great Replacement theory is "largely an accurate description of reality".The Diversity Scam. Aporia Magazine.
==See also==
*Evolutionary psychology
*Diana Fleischman
*Claire Lehmann
*Toby Young
==External links==
*EvoPsych and Scientific Racism — a critique of Winegard's "Human Biological and Psychological Diversity" on Freethought Blogs
==Notes==
==References==
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