User:PalMD/litterbox

What's with Andy's racism? Did a half-Kansan/half-Kenyan kill his mom?

Affirmative action in summary

I'm sorry about not discussing the recent change I made- I didn't see how it was major, as MexMax suggests, or even arguable. Here's why I did it:

The summary contains an anti-Obama statement claiming he is nothing more than a black man, who gained his status due to affirmative action. I removed the section because this very article states that he not only graduated Harvard Law, but did so magna cum laude ("with highest honors"). I can understand someone having issue with the possibility of his getting accepted due to his race, but graduating at the top of his class is far from proven to be race-based.

Regarding the paper he wrote, it's just fluff. His lack of a background in physics is unrelated since he was not authoring a paper in physics. He was writing about law, using physics as an analogy of legal matters. If the editor who put this text here actually bothered to read the reference, they would have seen that the context of the quote was actually a compliment Tribe: "...he was certainly the most all-around impressive student I had seen in decades." Again, where is affirmative action in this?

Conservapedia is about truth, not spreading propaganda (correct me if my impression is mistaken). I understand that Obama does not share conservative values but lying is morally wrong as well and we should not tolerate it here.

-- NepotisMonachus 12:00, 30 January 2008 (EST)

Obama's record and support is full of puffery, preferences, and advantages based on his race. Your comments above only reinforce some of them, rather than rebut them. He was credited with analyzing a paper on physics, without any background in the topic. In fact, he apparently had no formal background in constitutional law at the time either! We're going to tell the truth here.--Aschlafly 15:08, 30 January 2008 (EST)

You should be a bit careful, though, Andy. You don't want to get hung out to dry like you did over Dawkins. A word to the wise! MatthewHopkins 15:13, 30 January 2008 (EST)

Removed the personal opinion on Tribe's remarks regarding Obama. Tribe can state whatever he wants regarding Obama, and if it's going to be referenced, do so straight up. CP isn't the place to debate Tribe's remark as he can't respond. If we include his remark (or the reference) we shouldn't be expounding on it. I didn't think an encyclopedia should contain personal opinion. --Jdellaro 15:17, 30 January 2008 (EST)

Accounts will be blocked if they remove facts or quotes here, or in the Dawkins entry.--Aschlafly 15:26, 30 January 2008 (EST)

How is "absurdly insisted" a fact and not an opinion? If it just said insisted, that's a fact because it was a direct quote. But to add the adverb "absurdly", that makes it opinion.--Jdellaro 15:27, 30 January 2008 (EST)

You deleted the Tribe quotes also, which is unacceptable. If you want to remove "absurdly" then insert "liberal" next to Tribe's name so that readers can see for themselves how ridiculous the quotes are.--Aschlafly 15:31, 30 January 2008 (EST)

Jdellaro's right, you know. MatthewHopkins 15:29, 30 January 2008 (EST)

"MatthewHopkins", you seem to love to talk, talk, talk. I'm going to check your edits now to see if there is any substance there.--Aschlafly 15:31, 30 January 2008 (EST)

That's rich. Check away, old horse. You'll find good stuff there, and most of the talk is attempting to argue sense into Liberals. MatthewHopkins 16:05, 30 January 2008 (EST)

Aschalfly- First, we can't change things without talking, now Matt gets slammed because he tried to discuss the issue. You claim this is a meritocracy, but you push people around just because you don't know them. Your action here is that of a tyrant- threatening someone who is only trying to help the encyclopedia. I know you are concerned about liberals defacing the encyclopedia, but I don't think you've found one in this case. I've checked his edits without malice, and he seems to deserve good standing. You should be ashamed when you finish your witch hunt and apologize. NepotisMonachus 07:44, 31 January 2008 (EST)