False Assumption Registry

History

7 entries in this category

• Primitive Communism Reveals Species Being
  Foraging societies practiced a primitive communism representing humanity's natural species being, which modern communism scales up to eliminate oppression and achieve utopia.
  Mainstream now strongly agrees this assumption was false 1 sources
• Classics Oppose White Nationalism
  Ancient Greece and Rome represent enlightened tolerance incompatible with white nationalist ideas, so their invocation by nationalists constitutes misuse.
  Experts are divided on whether this assumption was actually false 1 sources
• Pre-Colonial Africa Political Success
  Pre-colonial Africa's extreme political decentralization was a deliberate success story organized to prevent centralization.
  Experts are divided on whether this assumption was actually false 1 sources
• Robert E. Lee Was a Traitor
  Robert E. Lee devoted his best efforts to the destruction of the United States government.
  Mainstream still holds this assumption to be true despite evidence against it 1 sources
• Hitler Snubbed Owens for Being Black
  Adolf Hitler refused to shake Jesse Owens' hand and left the stadium specifically because Owens was black, humiliating Nazi racial ideology.
  Experts are divided on whether this assumption was actually false 1 sources
• Post-Apartheid South Africa Safe for Whites
  White residents and farmers in post-apartheid South Africa would live safely under black majority rule through liberal coexistence.
  Experts are divided on whether this assumption was actually false 1 sources
• Glory Road Broke Basketball Segregation
  Texas Western's 1966 NCAA championship with an all-black starting lineup was a deliberate civil rights milestone that triumphed over Southern racism in college basketball.
  Experts are divided on whether this assumption was actually false 1 sources