In other words, you think it's a black operation, not just dumb. I don't. I've seen this sort of stuff. I know it is an effective tactic, but the site viewed as a whole does not seem to be a sophisticated "counter-intelligence" operation.
Now, of course, some day I will find out that it was, and look unsophisticated myself. A successful operation might be deliberately be made clumsy in order to avoid detection by genuine conservatives. Certainly the site is harmful to conservative interests.
Fred
-----Original Message----- From: Charlotte Webb [mailto:charlottethewebb@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 1, 2007 10:06 AM To: angela.anuszewski@gmail.com, 'English Wikipedia' Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Is Conservapedia an attack site?
On 6/1/07, Angela Anuszewski angela.anuszewski@gmail.com wrote:
If I didn't know they were actually for real, I'd think it was a parody. :)
It looks more like an attempt to undermine the credibility of the political right, seemingly (but not really) from within. Whereas a parody would be written for readers' amusement, this borders more on well-poisoning/trolling, where the desired effect is to incite backlash by readers who assume "serious conservatives" actually share their views, hence the name the site has chosen.
—C.W.
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