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| | #Unjustified praise of [[atheists]] and other liberals as "geniuses", despite little achievement. See also: [[Atheism and intelligence]] | | #Unjustified praise of [[atheists]] and other liberals as "geniuses", despite little achievement. See also: [[Atheism and intelligence]] |
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| − | Liberal style also manifests itself in various ways in relation to these broad categories: | + | Liberal style also manifests itself in various ways concerning these broad categories: |
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| | ===Conservatism=== | | ===Conservatism=== |
| − | #Calling conservative free speech "hate" speech <ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Conservapedia_talk:Deletion_Policy&rcid=279869 Before the article was deleted, it said "New page: [[American Taliban]] You site is nothing but a Democratic hate site".</ref> | + | #Calling [[conservative]] [[free speech]] "hate" speech <ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Conservapedia_talk:Deletion_Policy&rcid=279869 Before the article was deleted, it said "New page: [[American Taliban]] You site is nothing but a Democratic hate site".</ref> |
| | #Calling conservative humor "unprofessional and meaningless, and degrades the quality of your encyclopedia." <ref>[[Talk:Main Page/archive32#Democratic National Convention|--Tmcfulton 17:36, 13 November 2007 (EST)]]</ref> | | #Calling conservative humor "unprofessional and meaningless, and degrades the quality of your encyclopedia." <ref>[[Talk:Main Page/archive32#Democratic National Convention|--Tmcfulton 17:36, 13 November 2007 (EST)]]</ref> |
| | #Inability or unwillingness to differentiate between genuine conservative arguments and parodies of conservative arguments. | | #Inability or unwillingness to differentiate between genuine conservative arguments and parodies of conservative arguments. |
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| | #Resorts to taking what a conservative opponent says and deliberately and dishonestly twisting it out of context to suit the liberal's own argument. | | #Resorts to taking what a conservative opponent says and deliberately and dishonestly twisting it out of context to suit the liberal's own argument. |
| | #Resorts to bringing religion into a political discussion to use against a conservative opponent when the liberal feels they are losing the argument. | | #Resorts to bringing religion into a political discussion to use against a conservative opponent when the liberal feels they are losing the argument. |
| − | #Frequently use a person's age, gender, sexual preference or race/skin color as shields against criticism of that person's misguided political/ideological beliefs and poor life choices (e.g. [[Greta Thunberg]]), under the belief that that person should be immune from criticism due to age/gender/sexuality/race. | + | #Frequently use a person's age, gender, sexual preference, or race/skin color as shields against criticism of that person's misguided political/ideological beliefs and poor life choices (e.g. [[Greta Thunberg]]), under the belief that that person should be immune from criticism due to age/gender/sexuality/race. |
| | #Like to use the phrase "reflects poorly on the site" when talking about the liberal articles on Conservapedia.<ref>do a search on [[Special:Search|"reflects poorly"]]</ref> | | #Like to use the phrase "reflects poorly on the site" when talking about the liberal articles on Conservapedia.<ref>do a search on [[Special:Search|"reflects poorly"]]</ref> |
| | #Uses the term "controversial" to describe what he opposes (e.g., [[classroom prayer]]), but not to describe what he supports (e.g., [[theory of evolution]]) | | #Uses the term "controversial" to describe what he opposes (e.g., [[classroom prayer]]), but not to describe what he supports (e.g., [[theory of evolution]]) |
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| | *[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-lois-capps/when-silence-speaks-volum_b_98601.html When silence speaks volumes], Huffington Post | | *[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-lois-capps/when-silence-speaks-volum_b_98601.html When silence speaks volumes], Huffington Post |
| | *[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/sen-mitch-mcconnell-his_b_38699.html Another Huffington Post example of When silence speaks volumes]</ref> | | *[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/sen-mitch-mcconnell-his_b_38699.html Another Huffington Post example of When silence speaks volumes]</ref> |
| − | #Calls something disliked a "conspiracy theory," but don't use that term against wacky liberal theories like "[[global warming]]" or the claim the Russia "hacked" the 2016 presidential election (they thought such a claim was silly when it appeared Trump would loose but changed their minds after he won). | + | #Calls something disliked a "conspiracy theory," but don't use that term against wacky liberal theories like "[[global warming]]" or the claim that Russia "hacked" the 2016 presidential election (they thought such a claim was silly when it appeared Trump would loose but changed their minds after he won). |
| | #Responds with "sigh" when presented with repeated examples of harm caused by liberal culture, yet persist in denying the harm despite overwhelming evidence. | | #Responds with "sigh" when presented with repeated examples of harm caused by liberal culture, yet persist in denying the harm despite overwhelming evidence. |
| | #Uses [[condescension]] against a conservative opponent to belittle the conservative and his viewpoints and to avoid addressing a subject for which the liberal has no logical response. | | #Uses [[condescension]] against a conservative opponent to belittle the conservative and his viewpoints and to avoid addressing a subject for which the liberal has no logical response. |
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| | [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&curid=45295&diff=298366&oldid=298314#.22General_Betray_Us.22]</ref><ref>"IN fact, this should be regarded as 'idiot's style'" Graham 08:26, 23 September 2007 (EDT) | | [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&curid=45295&diff=298366&oldid=298314#.22General_Betray_Us.22]</ref><ref>"IN fact, this should be regarded as 'idiot's style'" Graham 08:26, 23 September 2007 (EDT) |
| | [http://www.conservapedia.com/Template_talk:Examples_of_liberal_bias#Its_just_funny]</ref><ref>"The toilets overflowed at school today...if only the [[liberal]]s had allowed religion in school, this never would have happened." BillOhannity on October 1, 2007</ref> even resorting to outright abuse when mockery fails | | [http://www.conservapedia.com/Template_talk:Examples_of_liberal_bias#Its_just_funny]</ref><ref>"The toilets overflowed at school today...if only the [[liberal]]s had allowed religion in school, this never would have happened." BillOhannity on October 1, 2007</ref> even resorting to outright abuse when mockery fails |
| − | #Uses non sequiturs in argument, such as responding to the point above that liberals over-rely on accusations of hypocrisy by citing an example of conservatives' observing [[liberal hypocrisy]]. But their example does not help their argument. Quite the contrary, use of that example tends to prove that liberals do over-rely on accusations of hypocrisy (relativism). Think about that. | + | #Uses nonsequiturs in argument, such as responding to the point above that liberals over-rely on accusations of hypocrisy by citing an example of conservatives' observing [[liberal hypocrisy]]. But their example does not help their argument. Quite the contrary, the use of that example tends to prove that liberals do over-rely on accusations of hypocrisy (relativism). Think about that. |
| | #Draws an analogy between opponents and racists and/or Nazis, no matter how illogical or hypocritical (and while ignoring and/or denying that racism is a liberal trait and that the Nazis were a product of the Left). | | #Draws an analogy between opponents and racists and/or Nazis, no matter how illogical or hypocritical (and while ignoring and/or denying that racism is a liberal trait and that the Nazis were a product of the Left). |
| | #Deletes a comment, and with it the entire comment thread stemming from it, in an online article's comment section in an attempt to save face if the liberal realizes they have lost an argument they had with a conservative on that thread. | | #Deletes a comment, and with it the entire comment thread stemming from it, in an online article's comment section in an attempt to save face if the liberal realizes they have lost an argument they had with a conservative on that thread. |
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| | #Virtually never criticize hateful comments or behavior by a fellow liberal. | | #Virtually never criticize hateful comments or behavior by a fellow liberal. |
| | #Ignoring or failing to recognize abstract concepts and denying obvious correlations between liberal beliefs and destructive behavior. e.g. [[Hollywood values]] and [[San Francisco values]]. | | #Ignoring or failing to recognize abstract concepts and denying obvious correlations between liberal beliefs and destructive behavior. e.g. [[Hollywood values]] and [[San Francisco values]]. |
| − | #Converse to conservative humor, liberals resort to vulgarity, profanity, bigotry, lies and sophomoric behavior in mischaracterizing conservative public figures and their supporters and call it "humor" or "comedy", even though such attempts at "comedy" are invariably juvenile, unprofessional, pathetic and unfunny (i.e. [[Samantha Bee]], [[Jon Stewart]], [[John Oliver]], [[Stephen Colbert]], etc.). | + | #Converse to conservative humor, liberals resort to vulgarity, profanity, bigotry, lies, and sophomoric behavior in mischaracterizing conservative public figures and their supporters and call it "humor" or "comedy", even though such attempts at "comedy" are invariably juvenile, unprofessional, pathetic and unfunny (i.e. [[Samantha Bee]], [[Jon Stewart]], [[John Oliver]], [[Stephen Colbert]], etc.). |
| | #Denial that people can grow out of a liberal viewpoint, such as [[atheism]]. See: [[Atheism and its retention rate in individuals]] | | #Denial that people can grow out of a liberal viewpoint, such as [[atheism]]. See: [[Atheism and its retention rate in individuals]] |
| | #Calling the use of the term '''liberal''' when used in a derogatory context "stupid"<ref>"Stop candying Liberal around like that... It just looks stupid." Graham 19:55, 22 September 2007 (EDT) [http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page/archive26#.22General_Betray_Us.22]</ref> | | #Calling the use of the term '''liberal''' when used in a derogatory context "stupid"<ref>"Stop candying Liberal around like that... It just looks stupid." Graham 19:55, 22 September 2007 (EDT) [http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page/archive26#.22General_Betray_Us.22]</ref> |
| | #Will often deny being a liberal, or will claim to be a "true conservative" while spouting liberal and [[Democrat]] talking points and criticizing basic conservative beliefs and principles (e.g. ''[[Washington Post]]'' columnists [[Jennifer Rubin]] and Max Boot). | | #Will often deny being a liberal, or will claim to be a "true conservative" while spouting liberal and [[Democrat]] talking points and criticizing basic conservative beliefs and principles (e.g. ''[[Washington Post]]'' columnists [[Jennifer Rubin]] and Max Boot). |
| | #Often declare that an adversary should be "ashamed of himself," while rarely saying that about a supportive co-liberal (such as [[Ted Kennedy]]).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225839/http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page#I.27m_Done]</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-rnc-scam_us_570e3860e4b08a2d32b86d13?utm_hp_ref=politics "Reince Priebus should be ashamed of himself." -- Donald Trump, April 2016.</ref> | | #Often declare that an adversary should be "ashamed of himself," while rarely saying that about a supportive co-liberal (such as [[Ted Kennedy]]).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225839/http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page#I.27m_Done]</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-rnc-scam_us_570e3860e4b08a2d32b86d13?utm_hp_ref=politics "Reince Priebus should be ashamed of himself." -- Donald Trump, April 2016.</ref> |
| − | #Willing to give away everything held dear by the majority to avoid serious conflict (such liberals who wish to pull our troops out of Iraq, and embolden the [[terrorist]]s). | + | #Willing to give away everything held dear by the majority to avoid serious conflict (such as liberals who wish to pull our troops out of Iraq, and embolden the [[terrorist]]s). |
| | #Thinking in terms of what someone likes or doesn't like, or has or doesn't have, or belongs or doesn't belong. | | #Thinking in terms of what someone likes or doesn't like, or has or doesn't have, or belongs or doesn't belong. |
| | #"Contrariness is creativity to the untalented" - Dennis Miller's general observation about liberal behavior. | | #"Contrariness is creativity to the untalented" - Dennis Miller's general observation about liberal behavior. |
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| | ===Personal traits=== | | ===Personal traits=== |
| − | #Unjustified claims of expertise, authority or knowledge. | + | #Unjustified claims of expertise, authority, or knowledge. |
| | #Deny the obvious and embrace the implausible; see examples of [[liberal denial]]. | | #Deny the obvious and embrace the implausible; see examples of [[liberal denial]]. |
| | #Denial of accountability or responsibility. | | #Denial of accountability or responsibility. |
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| | #Preference for obscenity and profanity.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/node/11171 When It Comes to Profanity, the Left Can't Help Itself] by [[Matthew Sheffield]] at [[NewsBusters]]</ref> | | #Preference for obscenity and profanity.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/node/11171 When It Comes to Profanity, the Left Can't Help Itself] by [[Matthew Sheffield]] at [[NewsBusters]]</ref> |
| | #Often displaying [[snowflake|childish behavior and a lack of maturity]] (which often goes hand-in-hand with the need to use obscenity/profanity, [[Millennial|particularly if]] [[Generation Z|the commenters]] [[Generation Alpha|are young]]). | | #Often displaying [[snowflake|childish behavior and a lack of maturity]] (which often goes hand-in-hand with the need to use obscenity/profanity, [[Millennial|particularly if]] [[Generation Z|the commenters]] [[Generation Alpha|are young]]). |
| − | #Gleefully, obnoxiously and childishly [[gloating]] and celebrating when a high-profile conservative individual or group suffers a misfortune or setback (particularly if a conservative individual is reported in the news to have died, as in the recent cases of [[Ashli Babbitt]] and [[Rush Limbaugh]]), or when a public measure or movement which liberals support and conservatives oppose (such as [[Obergefell v. Hodges]]) is successful (or conversely, when a public measure or movement supported by conservatives and opposed by liberals [such as overturning illegal [[vote fraud]] committed by corrupt [[Democrat]]s] is defeated because of corrupt liberal public officials). | + | #Gleefully, obnoxiously and childishly [[gloating]] and celebrating when a high-profile conservative individual or group suffers misfortune or setback (particularly if a conservative individual is reported in the news to have died, as in the recent cases of [[Ashli Babbitt]] and [[Rush Limbaugh]]), or when a public measure or movement which liberals support and conservatives oppose (such as [[Obergefell v. Hodges]]) is successful (or conversely, when a public measure or movement supported by conservatives and opposed by liberals [such as overturning illegal [[vote fraud]] committed by corrupt [[Democrat]]s] is defeated because of corrupt liberal public officials). |
| | #Upvoting of their own comments and viewpoints on sites like YouTube and blog comment hosting services like Disqus, in a narcissistic and transparent attempt to pretend support for their comments. When caught and called out on their self-upvoting, some liberal trolls may delete their own upvotes, them [[liberal lies|flimsily claim not to have upvoted themselves]] and [[liberal immaturity|behave childishly]] toward the accuser; the best weapon against such trolling behavior and denial of same by the troll is to take screenshots of their self-upvotes as evidence (with the mouse cursor hovering over the upvote button to show who voted) and post the evidence against them on the comment thread (in cases where posting of images is enabled on a particular site's Disqus or similar comment board). | | #Upvoting of their own comments and viewpoints on sites like YouTube and blog comment hosting services like Disqus, in a narcissistic and transparent attempt to pretend support for their comments. When caught and called out on their self-upvoting, some liberal trolls may delete their own upvotes, them [[liberal lies|flimsily claim not to have upvoted themselves]] and [[liberal immaturity|behave childishly]] toward the accuser; the best weapon against such trolling behavior and denial of same by the troll is to take screenshots of their self-upvotes as evidence (with the mouse cursor hovering over the upvote button to show who voted) and post the evidence against them on the comment thread (in cases where posting of images is enabled on a particular site's Disqus or similar comment board). |
| | #Silly demands for apologies.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RPBHO80&show_article=1 Senate Condemns "General Betray Us" Ad]</ref> | | #Silly demands for apologies.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RPBHO80&show_article=1 Senate Condemns "General Betray Us" Ad]</ref> |
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| | ===Social issues=== | | ===Social issues=== |
| − | #Cannot (or refuse to) understand the difference between identity (e.g., color of one's skin), perspective (e.g., Judeo-[[Christian]]) and bias (e.g., [[Bias in Wikipedia]]). | + | #Cannot (or refuse to) understand the difference between identity (e.g., the color of one's skin), perspective (e.g., Judeo-[[Christian]]), and bias (e.g., [[Bias in Wikipedia]]). |
| | #Denying something widely known to be true but difficult to prove, such as observing that men are far more likely to work in gas stations than women. | | #Denying something widely known to be true but difficult to prove, such as observing that men are far more likely to work in gas stations than women. |
| | #Reluctance to admit that anything is morally wrong. | | #Reluctance to admit that anything is morally wrong. |