Be frightened. Be very frightened. I personally know born agains that are this stupid. Yes it is very disturbing. Those people are much more dangerous than they’re currently getting credit for.

It’s simple. Most people who use Conservapedia have parent-controlled blocking software that keeps them from visiting gay sites, and in most cases, any sites but Conservapedia or worse. So the only way they can find out about those confusing urges they’ve been having is by reading relevant Conservapedia entries. In short, we’re talking about the future Ted Haggards and Larry Craigs of America.

And yet, the same creationist logic, such as it is, can probably be made to fit that thesis equally well.

As far as Conserva – Conservo – oh hell, I can’t even say the word, the whole idea of it being so mind-bogglingly stupid – goes, I’ve not even worked up the courage, or rather, the depravity, to see what is actually on the site. There’s only so much head-slapping and sinus-rubbing I can endure in a day.

So they believe the earth was created when I was 17. Thats even odder than the regular creationists.

BTW the ranking Habsburg just turned 95 Tuesday.

“The sheer range and scope of its stupidity, not to mention its sheer volume…”

You can find insane and stupid and shrill examples of seemingly respected conservative thought all over the Internet.

Examples: See Stephen Den Beste, now just reviewing semi-porn anime while swearing he is not watching the dirty parts, getting posted at the Wall Street Journal Online.

A DC right wing think tank having one of its opinion writers seriously promoting that Bush should exterminate Iraq and replace everyone with American citizens to transform the Middle-East and BTW, get rid of that whole democracy thing, the mob is often wrong.

Did you see the top 5 most illuminating right-wing posts contest at the Washington Monthly online?

The more you know the more you worry about the derangement of the right.

BTW, I don’t really think this is a spider issue, these people are freaks. I am reminded of the California preacher who is promoted as an expert on Christian TV that any acceptance of gays must be constantly fought. The reason – if that lifestyle ever became acceptable most men would quit reproducing and having sex with females.

I note that “Gay Bowel Syndrome” has shot up in the ratings recently.

AWESOME.

Why do they hate Adam Smith?

Honestly, I’m having a hard time with the notion that this site is for real. The sheer range and scope of its stupidity, not to mention its sheer volume…if this is satire, it is overdone. And if this is not satire, then, yes, this calls for a remapping of my mental/moral universe.

Wikipedia often uses foreign spelling [sic] of words, even though most English-speaking users are American. Look up “Most Favored Nation” on Wikipedia and it automatically converts the spelling to the British spelling “Most Favoured Nation.” Look up “Division of labor” on Wikipedia and it automatically converts to the British spelling “Division of labour,” then insists on the British spelling for “specialization” also. Enter “Hapsburg” (the European ruling family) and Wikipedia automatically changes the spelling to Habsburg, even though the American spelling has always been “Hapsburg”. Within entries British spellings appear in the silliest of places, even when the topic is American. Conservapedia favors American spellings of words.

This snippet is not present in the latest version of their Examples of bias. Never the less, the parochialism of the site is quite depressing.