Conservapedia:Conservapedian
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A conservapedian is a "genuine" editor (not an evil liberal sockpuppet, random troll or deceitful vandal) of Conservapedia. In other words, a "Friend of Andy".
[edit] Terms that usually apply
[edit] Religious zealot
Fundamentalist (in the authoritarian, terrorist-style meaning), fundamentalist (in the religious meaning), deceitful (as in they try to cover their own lies), and narrow minded (as in they are not able to accept any other view, except their own, as valid).
[edit] Anti-British
As in they do not allow British spellings, they trivialise the contribution of the UK to world history, economics, etc.
[edit] Authoritarian
As in unable to tolerate anything they don't agree with[1], leading to blocking/banning.
[edit] Blindly Patriotic
As in "America can do no wrong". The majority of Americans are sensible, nice people who have a conscience (ref. the anti-Iraq war sentiment in the US at the moment). A very, very small number are Conservapedians, and do their fellow Americans a great disservice by spouting their rubbish.
[edit] Homophobic
As in "homosexuality is against the Bible, ergo homosexuals should be stoned to death". Cos the Bible sez so.
[edit] Racist
Well, they're conservatives, aren't they? Goes with the territory. (This might be a bit unfair--most modern Conservatives aren't racist--they hate ALL poor people, regardless of color. While Conservapedia just hates the more successful differently colored folks.)
[edit] Sexist
Ditto.
[edit] Willfully ignorant
Only aware of the most ridiculous strawmen of scientific concepts that don't directly support a literalist reading of the Bible, and only willing to do enough research to reinforce their ignorance, not enough to actually learn how these scientific concepts actually work. See Carbon 14 dating and Evolution. <References/citations to be added - feel free to edit'n'cite>
