[WikiEN-l] Is Conservapedia an attack site?

Charlotte Webb charlottethewebb at gmail.com
Fri Jun 1 16:06:32 UTC 2007


On 6/1/07, Angela Anuszewski <angela.anuszewski at 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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