Saturday, March 03, 2007

That does it.

You may have heard of a little something called Conservapedia. This is, as Sean at Cosmic Variance says,
a rightward-tilting alternative to Wikipedia that aims to ensure that future generations of conservatives grow up really dumb.


Sean has a few examples of their...well I hesitate to use the word "definitions." Let's just say their "original interpretations." Most of these are worth, at best, a grimace and roll of the eyes. Including:


Since atheists have no God, as a philosophical framework atheism simply provides no logical basis for any moral standard. They live their lives according to the rule that “anything goes”. In recent years, this has led to a large rise in crime[1], drug use, pre-marital sex, teenage pregnancy,[2] pedophilia[3] and bestiality.


But here was the straw that broke the bloody camel's back:

Anything Goes
“Anything Goes” is the title of a 1934 musical production written by Cole Porter. Popular songs from the musical include “You’re the Top,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” and “Anything Goes.”

Because Porter was a homosexual, we can conclude that ‘anything goes’ was also his philosophy of life.

A word for any conservatives who may, by happenstance, have stumbled across this blog. Your support of one of the most careless (in every sense of the word) presidents in modern memory and his war of choice is one thing.

But when you start taking ignorant little shots at one of the great writers and composers of the 20th century...that's when I have to ask you to step outside.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hell, that's nothing compares to the slur on Edwards yesterday...

Ben Varkentine said...

Perhaps, but Edwards is not one of the great writers and composers of the 20th century...

Bill said...

I've gone back and forth on whether this Conservapedia thing is a put-on or not, but, I'm sorry, the Porter entry is just plain appallingly stoopid . . .