“Debate me!”: One of the dumbest conservative tricks
Conservatives want to “debate” because they want to waste everybody’s time.
Oliver Willis
Snowflake Conservatives: Forever Whining
Conservatives can never be happy. They live constantly in a state of anger and outrage. Even when they win, they whine like babies, only babies exhibit more decorum and common sense.
Why Reporters Should Watch Fox News To Report On Trump
If you want to report on how Trump is ‘thinking,’ go to his ‘thinking’ place: Fox News.
The Right’s Phony Tide Pod Panic About The College Left
If you listen to conservatives (and sweet Lord, why would you?), you would have to believe that college kids have whipped themselves into a politically correct frenzy. They are rampaging through America, the illicit love children of Hugo Chavez and Bernie Sanders, censoring speech in an orgy of left wing strawmen that will send us … Read more
Mock The Right: It’s The Only Way To Be Sure
Liberals want to win every argument. They want to come in, loaded with an armful of facts, drop them on the head of their opponent, say “Boom, ya busted!” and walk out, confident that they have won. But in the real world, there is no independent arbiter that judges whether you won an argument or … Read more
Reboot
This is the placeholder post to note I am rebooting the site. Content to come. In the future. Oliver WillisOne of the first political bloggers in the world, Oliver Willis has operated OliverWillis.com since 2000. Contributor at Media Matters for America and The American Independent. Follow on Twitter at @owillis. Full bio.
Unreachables And Why Liberals Should Stop Trying To Convince The Conservative Cult
In an ideal world for liberals, everybody would agree with them. If they disagree on an issue, these liberals believe, you only need a soaring Aaron Sorkin speech from the West Wing, or it’s real world equivalent – President Barack Obama – to convince people otherwise. They are good people at heart, it is believed. They only need to see the … Read more
Year Zero: A Future History Of America: Chapter One
When the following events first occurred, the era of unprecedented change in America and the world at large was not referred to as “Year Zero.” At the time, most people were unaware that such monumental changes were underway. For the average citizen living then, the political upheaval that is now universally recognized as the most … Read more
Attention Liberals: The NY Times Isn’t Your Ally
Liberals buying a subscription to the New York Times, and proudly announcing it on social media, was one of the strangest reactions to the result of the 2016 election that I have ever observed. I thought to myself: Was everybody driven over the edge by Trump’s victory? Did everyone just simultaneously take leave of their … Read more
The Media’s Real Bubble Is White And Male
Politico’s piece on the media clustering in overwhelmingly Democratic areas sought to back up the argument of conservatives that cultural elites are out of touch with America and distorting the news. As evidence they cite the fact that the media missed the forces conspiring with each other that resulted in Donald Trump becoming president. But what … Read more