Conservapedia:Liberal Style

In 2007, Andrew Schlafly, owner and founder of Conservapedia, wrote an essay listing what he perceived as being liberal traits. Despite "opinion piece" nature of the content, the essay was later converted in to a supposedly encyclopedic article.

Our analysis was originally based on "Liberal Style", as accessed on July 30, 2007. Both the Conservapedia article and this commentary have, over time, evolved. We reproduce their text verbatim - with links and citations preserved. Our analysis of the original version can be found here.

The article is split in to two sections. The first purports to describe basic characteristics often exhibited by liberals, "which include techniques to mislead or simply advance self-serving goals". The second is claimed to provide additional characteristics. The second section is particularly interesting, since many of the points raised appear based on isolated incidences in which Schlafly has been annoyed by someone on his blog. Once one "liberal" commits a sin in Schlafly's eyes, it becomes a trait of all liberals. It will become clear that many of the claims are presented without context, making it difficult to effectively rebut all points.