Follow-Up: White Moderates Still Don't Challenge Fascism; re: me vis-à-vis Solomon Nelson vs Mike Israetel and Both Men's Racism
This short follow-up essay—specifically to a past critique of Solomon Nelson I wrote called " White Moderates Don't Challenge Fascism " (June 2025)—covers the controversies currently unfolding between him and Mike Israetel : how Solomon recently investigated Mike's PhD and found it (to be charitable to Mike) "incredibly wanting." Comments about Mike's dearth of academic rigor aside, the purpose of this piece (and its upcoming* companion video) is to weigh in both on Solomon's legitimate criticism of Mike, but also notable failure to investigate Mike beyond said criticism; i.e., for another glaring flaw that other creators on YouTube have previously discussed (meaning before Solomon released his September 2025 exposé concerning Mike's PhD , below): Mike's open racism (e.g., Scientific Snitch's " DR MIKE Is WRONG about RACE & BIOLOGY ," August 2025—also below). In failing to comment on it—meaning while knowing abou...