Confirm My Choices | Michael Hobbes | Substack

How a washed-up celebrity, men’s rights activists and true crime stans convinced millions of Americans to buy into a conspiracy theory

Breaking down a "cancel culture" scare story

Apr 13

How an old-school moral panic got a new skin for the social media age.

Feb 8

Or do we live in a society?

Dec 2, 2021

Yes but also kind of no

Nov 23, 2021

The comedian says SJWs bullied a trans woman into suicide. The evidence says otherwise.

Nov 17, 2021

Scare stories on "left-wing illiberalism" display a familiar pattern.

Oct 21, 2021

Journalists should not be "putting facts aside."

Oct 16, 2021

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