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> First is that "Reality has a well-known liberal bias". Uh...what? Where is the proof of this?
by JavaBatman 5y ago
> First is that "Reality has a well-known liberal bias".
Uh...what? Where is the proof of this?
- legitster 5y agoIt's a common expression. I think Stephen Colbert may have been the first to use it.
- SeanLuke 5y agoIt's a famous Stephen Colbert quote. Google for the video.
- ironSkillet 5y agoHe is quoting political comedian Stephen Colbert, referring to the fact that different political groups all independently believe that their perspective is actually a reflection of reality.
- ethbr0 5y agoAnd it is! If everyone's reality == their politically-oriented news. Which is why objective, quality journalism is so critical to a democracy. Or, as Daniel Patrick Moynihan (and Schlesinger et al.) succinctly put it, "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."
- jancsika 5y agoTo the contrary-- his neocon character is admitting that his perspective does not align with reality. That's a much more scathing critique of the neocons than the generic upshot you wrote above.
- ChildOfEru 5y ago
- RamblingCTO 5y agonot sure if /s or not, but the first page is literally "Overcoming homosexuality". wtf?
- nojito 5y agoconservapedia is 100% real and not satire.
- 3np 5y agoTheir pages on Putin/Ukraine/The Ukraine Crisis were enlightening reads. Not as much on the topics themselves as on the sites authorship. I took Schlafly for a 'merican bananas conservative but its looking like there's some connection to Kreml there..
- shagie 5y agoIt was founded by Andrew Schlafly ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Schlafly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Schlafly ), son of Phyllis Schlafly. You should check out the "Conservative Bible Project" ( https://www.conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project https://www.conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project ) and check its edit history.
- krapp 5y agoThere's no "proof." It's a joke made by comedian Steven Colbert (in character as a self-parody of a Conservative and right-wing pundit) during the 2006 White House correspondents' dinner, mocking the Bush Administration's low approval rating as "reality" having a "liberal bias." In the context of post-Trump politics, the joke would be to dismiss unfavorable poll numbers as "reality" being "fake news."
- thetrip 5y agoI know i will f(l)agged for this. But have some kind on me, it's just my opinion at the end. I know, through my work, some homo lads. The are not well, most of then needs some kind of help. But criminalizing this was the worst idea we ever have: some of my greatest idols were gay or least post as them: Wilde, Melville, Petronius, Capote... Some of them suffers the criminalization, some of them lived in a period when being gay was not a crimen or was not different at all. Edit: Freddie, I miss you as hell, man.