American Thinker

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{{cquote|[[Social democracy]] is [[Red-baiting|Marxist political entrepreneurship]]. [[Gay marriage]], [[ecoterrorism|eco-terrorism]], [[white guilt]], [[Black Panther Party|Black Panther]]s, [[gay]]s in the military, [[political beliefs of academics|academic leftism]], [[global warming]], [[carbon offset]]s, [[marijuana]], [[veganism]], [[transsexual]]s, [[organic food|organic]]s, anti-[[globalization]] protests, [[pornography|porn]], [[GMO|anti-genetic modification]], [[multiculturalism]], [[abortion]], [[animal rights]], embryonic [[stem cell research]], [[new age]] [[cult]]s, tribal casinos, [[affirmative action]], [[political correctness]], the [[Hawaii|Akaka Bill]], reparations, apologies... These products of the 40-year rise of social democratic political entrepreneurship are the foundations of the ‘consciousness nations' which now make up the [[Democrat]]s' voter base.|||The site in a nutshell<ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/03/obama_caps_forty_years_of_buil.html Marijuana is a consciousness nation apparently. Also Obama's a commie]</ref>}}

'''American Thinker''' (affectionately nicknamed "'''American Stinker'''" by its fans) is an online [[wingnut]] publication that's more or less the poor man's [[WND]] or [[Newsmax]]. They've published articles by such [[conservative]] luminaries as Noel Sheppard ([[NewsBusters]]) and [[Pamela Geller]] and such climate "[[experts for hire|experts]]" as [[S. Fred Singer]] and [[Christopher Monckton]], as well as an interview with (and hagiography of) [[white nationalism|white nationalist]] [[Jared Taylor]].<ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/04/every_man_his_own_commissar_jared_taylor_and_the_politics_of_race.html They overtly sympathize with him in this piece]</ref><ref>Heidi Beirich, [https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2014/04/23/american-thinker-needs-start-thinking American Thinker needs to start thinking]. [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], 24 April 2014.</ref><ref>Miranda Blue, [https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/the-five-most-racist-anti-semitic-claims-from-the-american-thinkers-puff-piece-on-white-nationalist-jared-taylor/ The Five Most Racist, Anti-Semitic Claims From The American Thinker’s Puff Piece On White Nationalist Jared Taylor]. [[Right Wing Watch]], 24 April 2014.</ref>

The webshite, of course, is chock-full of [[right-wing]] [[conspiracy theories]], [[woo]], and [[pseudoscience]]. On the conspiracy side, they promote [[Obama citizenship denial|birtherism]], "creeping [[sharia]]," [[red-baiting]], and still occasionally prattle on about [[Vince Foster]]. On the [[science]] side, they concentrate on [[creationism]] and [[global warming]] [[denialism]]. The site's wingnut credentials are commemorated with an "extreme" bias rating from Media Bias/Fact Check.<ref>[https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/american-thinker/ American Thinker] at Media Bias/Fact Check. 18 July 2016, last updated on 24 October 2019. {{quotebox|Overall, we rate the American Thinker, Questionable based on extreme right wing bias, promotion of conspiracy theories/pseudoscience, use of poor sources and failed fact checks.}}</ref>

To no one's surprise, the site is an exuberant cheerleader of [[Donald Trump]], and regularly regurgitates right wing blather in the snotty, pretentious style of a typical [[conservative talk radio]] host.<ref>For example, consider [https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/another_victory_trump_cures_the_thattimeofyear_syndrome_afflicting_leftist_women.html Another Victory: Trump cures the That-Time-Of-Year syndrome afflicting leftist women], [https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/the_trumpgrabbed_schrodingers_pussy_theory.html The Trump Grabbed Schrodinger's Pussy Theory], and [https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/confronting_trump_derangement_syndrome.html Confronting Trump Derangement Syndrome] from the site's offerings in January 2020.</ref>

==Interesting articles==
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| style="width: 40%;" | [https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2011/07/what_is_white_nationalism_a_reply_to_dean_malik.html What is 'White Nationalism'? A Reply to Dean Malik]
| In which [[Jared Taylor]] mounts his defense of an America of the whites, by the whites, and for the whites.
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| style="width: 40%;" | [http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/11/time_for_congress_to_declare_war_on_obama.html Time for Congress to Declare War on Obama]
| Obama is destroying 'Murica; Congress should declare war!
|-
| [http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/11/is_this_the_end_game_for_liberal_racism.html Is This the End Game for Liberal Racism?]
| Liberals are the true racist, sexist, homophobic bigots.
|-
| [http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/11/giving_thanks_to_a_brave_congresswoman_whose_life_is_now_in_danger.html Giving thanks to a brave congresswoman whose life is now in danger]
| Poor [[Michelle Bachmann]] has been the sole voice of reason when it comes to the [[Muslim Brotherhood]]'s "infiltration" of the US government.
|-
| [http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/11/a_suicidal_collapse_of_western_civilization.html A Suicidal Collapse of Western Civilization?] 
| Islamo-Fascist immigrants and attempts to stop global warming will destroy civilization!!1! Only Russia can save us!
|-
| [http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/09/learning_from_russias_return_to_its_historical_roots.html Learning from Russia's Return to Its Historical Roots]
| Fascist LGBT activists are destroying the West!!1!one1! Only learning from Putin and [[Irony meter|Islamic Jihadists]] can save us!
|-
| [http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2012/08/if_the_birther_issue_comes_up_in_debate.html If the Birther Issue Comes Up in Debate]
| Could you imagine how AWESOME it would be if [[Mitt Romney]] disproved Barack Obama's citizenship during a presidential debate? NO?! That's OK — I have the whole thing scripted here!<ref group=note>This one's worth a read because it's so over-the-top that it [[Poes Law|goes into self-parody levels]]. For instance, during the scripted exchange, Mitt is also doing battle with the [[Liberal media|librul media]], represented here by Candy Crowley.</ref>
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| [http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2008/10/who_wrote_dreams_from_my_fathe_1.html Who Wrote ''Dreams Of My Father'']
| [[Bill Ayers]] probably wrote ''Dreams Of My Father'' because Obama's too dumb to write so well, plus they have, like, a lot in common.<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100248221/bill-ayers-confesses-to-writing-obamas-memoir-he-didnt-but-his-tease-tells-us-a-lot-about-america/ Known leftist publication ''The Daily Telegraph'' responds]</ref><ref>[https://constantinereport.com/verminously-ultra-conservative-american-thinker-propaganda-blog-started-rumor-bill-ayers-ghostwrote-obamas-autobiography/ How Ultra-Conservative Vermin at “American Thinker” Propaganda Blog Started the Rumor that Bill Ayers Ghostwrote Obama’s Autobiography]. constantinereport.com, 8 January 2015.</ref>
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| [https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/12/we_are_all_george_zimmerman_now.html We Are All George Zimmerman Now]
| [[George Zimmerman]] attempts to, err, defend, why he's suing the family of the kid he murdered.
|-
| [http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/11/rationalwiki_emamerican_thinkerem_is_a_wingnut_publication.html RationalWiki: American Thinker is Wingnut Publication] 
| The Thinker (or, sorry, [[Paul Austin Murphy]], who was apparently on break from rambling about [[Muslim]]s, [[Marxist]]s, and [[Wikipedia]] articles<ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/03/wikipedia_on_global_warming.html Why all the references to Uncyclopedia?]</ref>) is upset that [[RationalWiki]] labelled it "wingnut" and attacks RationalWiki's article for not having "a single argument of any kind", while in no way disproving the wingnuttiness of the Thinker. The Thinker claims that RationalWiki would not be willing to cite "good" conservatives and that RationalWiki doesn't ever attack leftists or left-wing conspiracy theories. When whining about being labeled conspiracy and pseudoscience prone, they leave out their strong history of global warming denialism (though Murphy himself is something of a raving denialist) and apparently ignore the external links below, nor do they even deny being birthers. [[Template:RATIONALWiki|They also attack "rational" in the name. To the taps!]] And, in a few days, we got a response to our response which was more of the same.<ref>[https://archive.is/NbFC7 RationalWiki: American Thinker is a Wingnut Publication]. Archived from the original at paulaustinmurphyseverythinganything.blogspot.de, 20 November 2014.</ref>
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| [https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/an_introduction_to_q.html An Introduction to Q]
| A fawning overview of the [[Qanon]] conspiracy theory, where Deborah Franklin, the author of this shitpost,<ref group=note>The author is obviously embarrassed at using their real name, as the article includes the note:{{quotebox|Deborah Franklin is the pen name of a writer who fears professional retribution.}}</ref> states rather incredibly: "I’ve followed Q since the first drop, and I’ve grown increasingly impressed by the [[bullshit|accuracy, breadth and depth of Q’s messages]]."
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| [https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/10/the_unvaccinated_are_looking_smarter_every_week.html The Unvaccinated Are Looking Smarter Every Week]
| A puffed-up [[conspiracy]] rant claiming that those who choose not to get the [[COVID-19]] vaccine are being persecuted by a massive government [[propaganda]] campaign designed to "cajole, manipulate through fear, and penalize people" and "trying to divide us and take away the freedoms we have enjoyed as Americans" by driving the United States towards a [[totalitarian]] state.
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==External links==
*[http://www.americanthinker.com/ The site itself]
*[http://babbleonbabylon.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/american-thinker-propaganda/ "Ready-made Propaganda for the Ditto-head Conservative"], Babble On Babylon
*[http://theweek.com/article/index/212140/the-birthers-new-momentum The Birthers' New Momentum], ''The Week''
*[http://evolutionblog.blogspot.com/2005/08/idiocy-from-american-thinker.html "Idiocy from the American Thinker"], Evolutionblog
*[http://www.skepticalscience.com/american-thinker-claims-to-have-disproven-global-warming.html Have American Thinker disproven global warming?], Skeptical Science
*[http://gawker.com/5517353/the-most-wonderfully-insane-obama-conspiracy-theory-of-say-the-month The most wonderfully insane Obama conspiracy theory of, say, the month], Gawker

==See also==
*[[Daily Mail]]
*[[Poe's Law]]

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