Penetrating Conservapedia...

[RichardMNixon]

Still, the radical crazies are doing a damn good job of marginalizing or removing the moderates... You would think that this would make their party noticeably smaller and thus weaker...

That's what I can't come to understand. I used to like McCain, I might have voted for him over Obama if he stayed the same old McCain, but through the entire race he kept getting crazier and crazier, and then Palin? After he won the primary, why did he need to get wingnuttier? Who else were the backwoods hicks going to vote for?

 

[ImprobableJoe]

That's what I can't come to understand. I used to like McCain, I might have voted for him over Obama if he stayed the same old McCain, but through the entire race he kept getting crazier and crazier, and then Palin? After he won the primary, why did he need to get wingnuttier? Who else were the backwoods hicks going to vote for?

Well... McCain was never as "mavericky" as he claimed, but even so. What you run into is the "enthusiasm gap": Democrats were excited about Obama, and the thought of electing the first black president built on the primary momentum where the choices were the first black president or the first woman president. On the Republican side of things, McCain was respected but not particularly well-liked, and the right-wing base considered him to be almost a liberal because he wasn't batshit crazy. The Palin pick was a bold move that boosted enthusiasm for a couple of weeks. If they had planned it from the start and prepared her, or had picked a similar VP candidate with an actual functioning brain, it would have been a closer race. Instead, they grabbed an unknown who had charmed a bunch of movers and shakers in the right wing media and pretend think-tank world. Seemed like a good idea at the time.

Instead, Palin turned out to be the Conservapedia candidate: flashy, brash, ethically bankrupt and intellectually deficient. The wingnuts ate it up, but polls show that even most Republicans don't think she's a legitimate candidate for national office. That includes people who like her personally, which shows you how bad of a pick she was. It got the Republican base excited, and really turned off the more casual voters. A lot of the intellectual Republicans were insulted by Palin's ignorance and the cynicism of picking an unqualified VP in order to get attention and a poll bump.

 

[Pandawa]

Their definition of materalism includes:

Materialism ignores unseen opportunity costs, and often materialists are unable or unwilling to grasp this and other abstract truths. Materialists have trouble realizing that the deterrence effect of gun ownership yields more benefits than any harm that guns cause. Materialists often develop obsessions with their outlook, as reflected by evolution syndrome.

And follow it up with:

The falsehood of materialism causes significant harm, including:

- downplaying the harmful affects of gambling and pornography, which can be even more harmful than destructive substance abuse

- downplaying non-material causes of accidents, such as young children impulsively darting towards water or into the street

- exaggerating possible material causes of anxiety and possible material remedies, such as medication

Materialism misleads people into thinking that non-material-based addictions (e.g., gambling and pornography) are not harmful to one's health. They are often very harmful despite a lack of immediate physical harm.

oh....oh wow. pornography is worse than substance abuse?
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!!!! liver cirrhosis is better for you than watching people have sex!

 

[theyounghistorian77]

conservapedia. The Daily Mail[/url]"]The Daily Mail is the second biggest selling British tabloid newspaper, and is liberal (by American standards) in its editorial stances

conservapedia. The Sun[/url]"]It adopts a liberal political line

conservapedia. Daily express[/url]"]The Daily Express is a liberal British tabloid newspaper published by Express Newspapers

the 3 notiriously right wing tabloid publications here are liberal? :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :facepalm:

 

[DTBeast]

conservapedia. The Daily Mail[/url]"]The Daily Mail is the second biggest selling British tabloid newspaper, and is liberal (by American standards) in its editorial stances

conservapedia. The Sun[/url]"]It adopts a liberal political line

conservapedia. Daily express[/url]"]The Daily Express is a liberal British tabloid newspaper published by Express Newspapers

the 3 notiriously right wing tabloid publications here are liberal? :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :facepalm:

well, by conservapedia's standards, anything to the left of Fox News is godless socialist communist nazi propaganda

 

[Kaliren]

Rationalwiki tracks the hijinks at Conservapedia
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:What_is_going_on_at_CP%3F

I'd also like to point out the Lenski Affair, which is a most satisfying read.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Lenski_affair

 

[RichardMNixon]

Rationalwiki tracks the hijinks at Conservapedia
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:What_is_going_on_at_CP%3F

Followed a link here to Schlafly insisting British people are bad at Math. Got this jewel near the end:

:Granted, GeoffA, I would agree with your point that we should provide sources to back up our point of view. But we're not going to do it for someone on demand. And there lies the end of the lesson. Hope you learned something about tact. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 21:05, 6 August 2010 (EDT)

The top of the Conservapedia ranks SHOULD provide sources. But they won't. Because they love freedom too much to capitulate to the demands of some lousy, fact-loving Brits.

*Is there something in the water over there in the U.K., or is it your atheism? Perhaps its the generally gloomy economic picture and remnants of the class system that make you as you are! Godspeed to all of you. --

 

[borrofburi]

well, by conservapedia's standards, anything to the left of Fox News is godless socialist communist nazi propaganda

Well you know, fox news is centrist, with a bit of liberal communist bias, but is tolerable and occasionally nearly conservative enough.

 

[Anachronous Rex]

At the risk of sounding infantile, I'm going to say that penetrating conservapedia is a bad idea.

You'll catch a disease.

 

[borrofburi]

At the risk of sounding infantile, I'm going to say that penetrating conservapedia is a bad idea.

You'll catch a disease.

That's not infantile, that's puerile... Infants don't know about that stuff....

 

[Commander Eagle]

At the risk of sounding infantile, I'm going to say that penetrating conservapedia is a bad idea.

You'll catch a disease.

That's not infantile, that's puerile... Infants don't know about that stuff....

You had a sheltered childhood.

 

[australopithecus]

well, by conservapedia's standards, anything to the left of Fox News is godless socialist communist nazi propaganda

I'd go so far as to say that in the case of the Daily Express, it's further to the right than Fox News is.

 

[RichardMNixon]

well, by conservapedia's standards, anything to the left of Fox News is godless socialist communist nazi propaganda

I'd go so far as to say that in the case of the Daily Express, it's further to the right than Fox News is.

Yes, but it's British, so it sounds smarter, and therefore less like wholsum Amurrican conservuhtism.

 

[Light]

Rationalwiki tracks the hijinks at Conservapedia
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:What_is_going_on_at_CP%3F

Potholing led me to this gem, ladies and gentlemen, I give you:

Soccer and Socialism

The nature and rules of soccer very much resemble socialism in many ways:[3][4]
The "no hands" rule can be compared to socialist tax policies.
The "off-sides" rule prohibits using certain aggressive ("unfair") tactics in the game.
The game forbids frequent stops, which can be compared to "carbon footprint" efforts to fight supposed global warming.
Soccer is very bureaucratic, and teams are very much tied to their countries.
The US is often treated unfairly by other nations in the game, one reason being soccer's lack of popularity in the US - socialism always claimed to favor the absolute will of the majority rather than personal and economic freedom of the individual.
The World Cup trophy resembles socialist Hollywood's Emmy Award.
In youth leagues, everyone gets a trophy for their efforts regardless of achievement, and there is no scoring in the game.
Even the World Cup encourages "achievement" by holding a third-place game for the two losers in the semifinals.
Union strikes, even during the playing season, are a major issue with soccer.
Riots caused by "hooligans" - fans of a team which lost a game - often include violent crimes, such as infringement on private property rights.

I don't even get some of those. How does "no hands" resemble tax policy of any ideological bent?

 

[australopithecus]

I don't even get some of those. How does "no hands" resemble tax policy of any ideological bent?

No idea, I think it has more to do with the fact that the game is called FOOTball. As in using feet. But clearly Conservapedia knows better.

 

[Light]

Conservapedia is a god damn gold mine.

Apparently, Scotland is sympathetic to the homosexual agenda.

It's always good to see positive depictions of my country by foreigners.

 

[Anachronous Rex]

Conservapedia is a god damn gold mine.

Apparently, Scotland is sympathetic to the homosexual agenda.

It's always good to see positive depictions of my country by foreigners.

Well the men do tend to have long hair and skirts...

I'm sure the writers of Conserapedia just got confused. The only time they dress like that is when they're secretly sneaking off to a gay bar.

 

[RichardMNixon]

I think Conservapedia can really entirely be summed up by this page: http://conservapedia.com/Liberal_denial

#63 is magical. I also like that they complain about business fraud under the Clinton admin, while decrying government oversight of business.

I just wish I could add one under the first #6 about how Reagan saved the world.

Also, Aschlafly uses the word "liberal" the way Fred Phelps uses the word "fag." It's what I think every time I read his comment in the talk page.

 

[Light]

skirts...

*shakes fist*

Historically, it's more like a toga...

I also read how Pat Robertson says that it's a "dark country full of homosexuals". It's only dark at night, Pat.

I do believe that's the man who basically said that the Haitians made a pact with the devil and brought the earthquake on themselves, yeah?

 

[australopithecus]

8. That state run health care has lead to Islamic terrorism in Britain, and would do so in the US.

Yes, because it's a well known fact that suicide bombers attacked London in 2005 because they knew they'd get treated for free afterwards.