"Conservapedia On Feminism" or "BACK IN THE KITCHEN, WOMAN!"

[A Zarkin' Frood]

If your site looks like satire it's a safe bet that you shoul start thinking in new directions.

I just always figured that "conservative" is a word for obsolete ideals used by those who hold them. But I also have to say that mainstream conservatism is still... well... a little more balanced. Except in the US, I guess, but I can't really tell.

[Nique]

Originally Posted by InsaneGenius

If your site looks like satire it's a safe bet that you shoul start thinking in new directions.

Well it's the same sort of problem with Fox News or really anywhere you hit that kind of fundamentalist thinking - which is, essentially, that opinion is presented as fact. So if you don't agree with that opinion or, even if you do, are able to spot bad arguments, then yes they are going to look ridiculous.

[Nique]

Also I love the part where they dig up the most 'damning' quotes on feminism they could find to support this totally objective article. I wonder what they have on 'criticisms of right-wing politics'?

[Seil]

[Aerozord]

Originally Posted by Amake

Eight whole words in just a century? I guess that proves conservatism needs to change to survive as the world changes, and that since it can't develop new words and concepts at the same rate as other, useful ideas, it's in its nature to destroy itself.

wait a second, I think you just made a profound discovery.

Changing and adapting to the world around you to better survive. Thats evolution.

Evolution is a myth, therefore

Conservatism is a myth

[dwmitch]

Originally Posted by BitVyper

I'm so conservative my computer is powered by illegal immigrants, who I simultaneously condemn and exploit, running in comically oversized hamster wheels.

That's not conservatism. That's just... well, I can't say it without being vulgar.

I'm as conservative as they come. I make Rush Limbaugh look like a Clinton era liberal. I believe in gender roles, I believe that the only entitlement programs that have any merit are provided by your parents and end when you reach adulthood, and while I don't believe welfare should be done away with entirely I'd like to see it return to its roots where it wasn't just a monthly check. At the beginning welfare was the government providing jobs for those who couldn't otherwise get one.

However, I've looked through Conservapedia and these guys are just plain kooks. Coming from someone who's often called a kook himself that's saying something. The people running this site aren't conservative. Conservatives want to shrink government. These guys want to keep it at its current size, maybe even expand it, only with different policies in place.

[BitVyper]

That's not conservatism. That's just... well, I can't say it without being vulgar.

It's unrealistic, I know. I'd be much better off outsourcing and exploiting people in their own countries. I just really like the hamster wheel.

[Aerozord]

Originally Posted by dwmitch

At the beginning welfare was the government providing jobs for those who couldn't otherwise get one.

I could get behind that, I mean wouldn't support it, but makes sense and dont see the harm. Though I'd go with expanding current work programs where they pay part of their wages as they work in another business as a way to get your foot in the door. how I got the steadiest job I ever held.

Ironicly conservatives would never support that though because they'd all cry COMMUNIST.

[BitVyper]

I believe that the only entitlement programs that have any merit are provided by your parents and end when you reach adulthood

What's an entitlement program?

At the beginning welfare was the government providing jobs for those who couldn't otherwise get one.

This isn't true anywhere but the USA, which was pretty late to the game.

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by dwmitch

, I believe that the only entitlement programs that have any merit are provided by your parents and end when you reach adulthood

Yeah I hate orphans too