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Conservatipedia

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Wigocp.svg This Conservapedia-related article is of largely historical interest and is no longer the focus of RationalWiki today.
Conservapedia (and religious fundamentalism to an extent) was a major focal point in the early history of RationalWiki, but long ago ceased coming up with new ways to appall and amuse.
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This article is about the crazy fundie blog. For the slightly less crazy fundie blog, see Conservapedia.

Conservatipedia was a blog owned by Chris Francis. It was believed to be a parody, though nothing of that nature has ever been proven (see Poe's law). In a post answering the satire question, Francis said: "It must be hard for seculars to handle the fact that there are real people out there that follow God's words and live by it."[1] There wasn't any indication of parody found in the HTML code of the site. Rumours have circulated[citation needed] that were members from Conservapedia who wanted to help support the site and write with a more offensive tone. The site used the slogan: "battling the liberal bias of the internet".

2008 U.S. election[edit]

Conservatipedia endorsed Mike Huckabee as the candidate of choice for the Republican Party. It called John McCain a "filthy liberal"[2] and Mitt Romney a "filthy mormon"[3]. Links to Mike Huckabee's website were found under the conservative links menu. Huckabee is also suspected of being a parodist.

Claims[edit]

The blogger declared such things as:

  • "Madonna has AIDS," which he claimed is divine punishment for having anal sex.
  • "A strong belief in our Lord Jesus Christ is really the only cure for aids."
  • "All Moslems should be put into concentration camps."
  • "Atheists are out to get your children".

Reaction[edit]

A few people commented on the blog posts, and seemed to be roughly split between those who believed it to be a parody and those who were just horrified.

The party's over[edit]

The final post on the blog, dated to October 31st, 2013, explicitly stated the blog was an example of Poe's law in action, though the author stated[4][dead link] he did mix in his own beliefs. So, that's it, folks.

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