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Debate:Can Conservapedia Succeed? (view source)
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:::Nope no sarcasm at all, honest and earnest belief. --[[User:Puellanivis|Puellanivis]] 22:07, 18 December 2007 (EST)
:::Nope no sarcasm at all, honest and earnest belief. --[[User:Puellanivis|Puellanivis]] 22:07, 18 December 2007 (EST)
The heading for this section can easily be turned around: "When conservatives spend time refuting an idea ... it's already a success." Which major ideas do conservatives then "make a success" by trying to refute? Evolution? Global Warming? Public education? Other religions? An entire branch of Christian theology, Apologetics, exists to refute other religions or false doctrines. So before throwing around such an assertion, it might be useful to see it as a double-edged sword. Sometimes, as in scientific discourse, refutations are simply that. They point out weaknesses of existing research, usually by offering more recent research that refutes. Positing and refuting comprise the core of debate, and BOTH (or all) sides should be expected to posit and refute.
== ''"There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."'' - Oscar Wilde ==
== ''"There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."'' - Oscar Wilde ==