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Debate:Why do the creators of Conservapedia see Wikipedia as un-American? (view source)
Revision as of 17:28, April 15, 2007
, 17:28, April 15, 2007choice of perspective
I'd like to see an eventual answer to this question. The Anti-American claim seemed a little loopy to me. [[[[User:AdamNelson|AdamNelson]] 17:27, 14 April 2007 (EDT)]]
I'd like to see an eventual answer to this question. The Anti-American claim seemed a little loopy to me. [[[[User:AdamNelson|AdamNelson]] 17:27, 14 April 2007 (EDT)]]
:"Anti" is the correct prefix, "Un" as in the question is not. It is pretty simple. Many, many events can be described many different ways (see, for example, the Civil War). Some of this depends on who writes the history (you know, the victors), and some depends on modes of analysis and perspective (e.g., if a round of union-busting creates a "freer market", the lefty would see the lower wages and lost jobs as bad, the righty would see the improved mobility of capital and potential for profit as good). The "creators of CP" see WP as not taking the pro-American view on issues. As an example, when we "went" to Panama and "retrieved" Manuel Noriega, the story from the perspective of a Panamanian family who lost a relative in the "skirmish" would be very different from the perspective of US interests that thought Noriega was not doing his job well. CP would prefer to see the latter, "pro-American" viewpoint emphasized. Basically the same thing goes for the CP viewpoint that WP is "anti-Christian". [[User:Human|Human]] 13:28, 15 April 2007 (EDT)