www.conservapedia.com

[bluesdave]

I listened to a story on yesterday's All Things Considered (NPR), that I think will get many of you fired up. A group of "conservatives" (read: religious right), have set up a competing web encyclopaedia to Wikipedia. One example of the difference between the two is that Conservepedia uses Creationism to explain just about everything. They say that Wikipedia is too "liberal" in its approach. I'm sure that many of you are going to hate it, and a few will love it. They even stole Wikipedia's design! As much as I have doubts about Wikipedia, I find this new site quite disturbing.

www.conservapedia.com

[Happy Monkey]

I don't hate it; it's hilarious.

[Ibby]

It's WONDERFULLY hilarious, especially all the invaders articles that they dont notice and forget to delete. There're more liberals posting there than conservatives.

They deleted my article on the handicapped, though...

[Bullitt]

This is outta control..

[piercehawkeye45]

I've seen that before.

Pretty funny.

[Ibby]

Originally Posted by Conservapedia Main Page

"Minors under 16 years use this site. Posting of obscenity here is punishable by up to 10 years in jail under 18 USC § 1470. Vandalism is punishable up to 10 years in jail per 18 USC § 1030. We will trace your IP address if necessary."

[bluesdave]

Yeah, I noticed that warning on their main page. Can they actually take any action under US law?

Read the selection on the Patriot acts... too funny!!!

[Ibby]

They can; however, there's no way it'll succeed.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Read the selection on the Patriot acts... too funny!!!

Did they take it down?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by conservapedia

Liberal is a term used in US politics to describe a person who generally is left-wing in his attitudes towards the government, establishment, and many other laws. The term was first used in reference to a political opinion c. 1801 A.D., in the aftermath of the French Revolution, when it meant "tending in favor of freedom and democracy" — at that time the liberal party was the party of individual political freedoms.[1]

The term liberal is used in the United States to characterize the following set of beliefs:

support of gun control
taxpayer funding of abortion
prohibiting prayer in school
equal rights for men and women, including participation by men and women in the military
distributing wealth from the rich to the poor
government programs to rehabilitate criminals
same-sex marriage
amnesty for illegal aliens
teaching of evolution
increased taxpayer funding of public school
protection of all of God's creation
taxpayer-funded rather than private medical care
increased power for labor unions
disarmament treaties
increased taxes
support of government programs such as welfare
reduction of military expenses
support of affirmative action
government-sponsored education about human reproduction

Liberals in the US typically align themselves with the Democratic Party. Note, that liberal in the European context refers to moderate and center-right parties, often with a pro-business stance.[2] The same holds for many liberal parties throughout the world.[3]. The US definition of liberal is much more similar to the politics of European socialist or social democratic parties.[4].

An alternative definition of liberal is anything that is not conservative. For example, the American Heritage Dictionary includes this definition of "liberal":[5]

Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas ...

Is conservapedia a Rupert Murdoch production?

[Griff]

I was thinking we should do a parody thread but it looks like that won't be necessary.

[Phil]

people like that scare me.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Griff

I was thinking we should do a parody thread but it looks like that won't be necessary.

I think you're right.

The Patriot Act (formally, the `Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001') was an act passed by the Republican congress following the 2001 attacks on World Trade Center. It removed a certain number of liberties from American citizens, including such things as the right of habeas corpus and the requirement for a search warrent, since of course freedom might be used by terrorists against America, and hence freedom is the enemy of security.

Long ago patriots said things like "Give me liberty, or give me death", but today we say "take away my liberties, that's ok, patriotism means security not liberty."

The Patriot Act seems to indicate that safety holds a higher value than liberty, which is a very strong argument in favor of gun control, something that followers of the Patriot Act seem strangely opposed to

[Bullitt]

Read the page on Earth's moon if you feel like a hearty laugh