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A form of moralism where the practice of debunking false claims becomes not just intellectual correction but moral crusade—treating those who believe false things as not merely mistaken but morally deficient, deserving of contempt rather than education. The debunkist moralist doesn't just correct errors; they condemn the erring, treating belief in pseudoscience, conspiracy theories, or misinformation as evidence of character failure rather than the complex result of social, psychological, and informational factors. Debunking becomes a performance of virtue, a way of displaying one's own superiority while punishing the inferior. The moralism transforms the legitimate project of correcting error into a weapon for self-aggrandizement and social exclusion, losing sight of the goal (helping people believe true things) in favor of the satisfaction of feeling righteous.
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