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'''Conservapedia''' is a [[far-right]] [[Christian | '''Conservapedia''' is a [[far-right]] [[Christian extremism|Christian extremist]] hoax website posing as an "encyclopedia." It was created in 2006 by [[Statesian]] [[Conservatism|conservative]] Andrew Schlafly (son of [[Phyllis Schlafly]]) who believed that [[Wikipedia]] was too left-leaning,<ref name=":0">{{News citation|journalist=|date=2007-02-03|title=Conservapedia: christlich-konservative Alternative zu Wikipedia|url=https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Conservapedia-christlich-konservative-Alternative-zu-Wikipedia-152252.html|newspaper=Heise Online|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-09}}</ref> despite the encyclopedia already being a reactionary hive of imperialist misinformation.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Stansfield Smith|newspaper=[[Multipolarista]]|title=US national security state censoring anti-imperialists to control ‘compatible left’|date=2022-07-02|url=https://multipolarista.com/2022/07/02/censorship-anti-imperialists-compatible-left/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830195608/https://multipolarista.com/2022/07/02/censorship-anti-imperialists-compatible-left/|archive-date=2022-08-30|retrieved=2022-09-10}}</ref><ref>Craig Murray. [https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2018/05/the-philip-cross-affair/ “The Philip Cross Affair”], 18 May 2018.</ref><ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Proletarian (newspaper)|Proletarian]]|title=How Wikipedia is used to prop up the imperialist lie machine|date=2018-08-20|url=https://thecommunists.org/2018/08/20/news/how-wikipedia-is-used-to-prop-up-imperialist-lie-machine/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519031628/https://thecommunists.org/2018/08/20/news/how-wikipedia-is-used-to-prop-up-imperialist-lie-machine/|archive-date=2022-05-19|retrieved=2022-12-18}}</ref><ref>Ashley Feinberg. [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wikipedia-paid-editing-pr-facebook-nbc-axios_n_5c63321be4b03de942967225 “Facebook, Axios And NBC paid this guy to whitewash Wikipedia pages”]. ''The Huffpost,'' 14 March 2019.</ref> Although it claims to oppose [[liberalism]], it confuses this term with [[Left-wing politics|leftism]]<ref name=":1">{{News citation|journalist=Liberaltears|date=2021-10-08|title=Liberal|url=https://conservapedia.com/Liberal|newspaper=Conservapedia|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-09|quote=A liberal (alternately called a left-winger or leftist) is someone who advocates an increase in government spending}}</ref> and actually supports [[neoliberalism]].<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Conservapedia|title=Neoliberalism|retrieved=2025-04-15|url=https://www.conservapedia.com/Neoliberalism|archive-date=2024-12-27|archive-url=https://archive.today/2024.12.27-005837/https://www.conservapedia.com/Neoliberalism}}</ref> | ||
== Misinformation == | == Misinformation == | ||
=== United States === | === United States === | ||
[[File:Conservapedia example picture.png|thumb|510x510px|According to Conservapedia, the right-wing [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] are, at the same time, | [[File:Conservapedia example picture.png|thumb|510x510px|According to Conservapedia, the right-wing [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] are, at the same time, neo-Nazis, communists, "globalists," "woke," [[Antisemitism|antisemites]], Marxists, and [[slavery]]-supporters.]] | ||
Conservapedia believes that the [[United States of America]] | According to Conservapedia, the Statesian [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] is a "leftwing [[Fascism|fascist]] [[Totalitarianism|totalitarian]] organization" which supports [[socialism]], [[democratic socialism]], [[communism]], [[Neo-Nazism]], [[authoritarianism]] all at once.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Conservapedia|title=Democratic Party|retrieved=2022-06-23|url=https://www.conservapedia.com/Democratic_Party}}</ref> The [[Social democracy|social-democratic]] politician [[Bernie Sanders]] is called a "[[Marxist–Leninist]]" and accused of calling for the "extermination and genocide of infants from the Third World" (in reference to his calls for more birth control access).<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Conservapedia|title=Bernie Sanders|retrieved=2025-03-30|url=https://www.conservapedia.com/Bernie_Sanders|quote=Bernard "Bernie" Sanders, born September 8, 1941 (age 83), is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist, pro-inflationist limousine liberal elite millionaire 1%er, and demagogue in the pocket of Big Pharma who preys on naive and unsuspecting youth, minorities, and working people with class war hate speech. He currently serves as a United States Senator representing Vermont. His extremism is visible in his 2020 Presidential campaign slogan, "No Middle Ground." Sanders is a pre-eminent leftwing Socialist mass murder denier and proponent of communist dictatorship. Sanders has openly advocated for the extermination and genocide of infants from the Third World.}}</ref> Furthermore, they claim that [[Hollywood]] pushes a "[[Homophobia|homosexual agenda]]," that is "destroying the fabric of American culture," that it is sympathetic to communism, and criticise it for lacking their hardline Christian ideas.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Conservapedia|title=Hollywood values|retrieved=2022-06-23|url=https://www.conservapedia.com/Hollywood_values}}</ref> | ||
Conservapedia believes that from 2021 to 2025, the [[United States of America]] was under a military junta ("[[Joe Biden|Biden]]-[[Kamala Harris|Harris]] junta") headed by [[National Bolshevism|fascist-Nazi-communist]] dictator Joe Biden, who gained power after the 2021 "Biden Putsch", which they think included the [[2021 United States Capitol riot|2021 capital coup attempt]], however, they claim that it was "[[Conspiracy theory|staged]]," and really done by "leftists."<ref name=":2">{{News citation|journalist=Telling|date=2022-01-09|title=Joseph Biden|url=https://conservapedia.com/Joseph_Biden|newspaper=Conservapedia|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-09|quote=}}</ref> It also claims that in 2022, a "Satanic portal" opened above the White House.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Conservapedia|title=The White House|retrieved=2025-01-12|url=https://www.conservapedia.com/The_White_House|archive-date=2024-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803140316/https://www.conservapedia.com/The_White_House|quote=In 2022, conservative activist Roger Stone revealed that under the Biden Regime, a Satanic portal had opened up above the White House.}}</ref> | |||
=== Other content === | === Other content === | ||
Conservapedia denies [[climate change]]<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Shobson20|date=2021-12-22|title=Climate change|url=https://conservapedia.com/Climate_change|newspaper=Conservapedia|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-09|quote=Climate change is the new name used by liberals for their global warming hoax}}</ref> and [[evolution]].<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Barret Brown|date=2009-04-23|title=Conservapedia: Bastion of the Reality-Denying Right|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2009/04/conservapedia-bastion-of-the-realitydenying-right|newspaper=Vanity Fair|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530022101/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2009/04/conservapedia-bastion-of-the-realitydenying-right.html|archive-date=2009-05-30|retrieved=|quote=}}</ref> | Conservapedia denies [[climate change]]<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Shobson20|date=2021-12-22|title=Climate change|url=https://conservapedia.com/Climate_change|newspaper=Conservapedia|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-09|quote=Climate change is the new name used by liberals for their global warming hoax}}</ref> and [[evolution]].<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Barret Brown|date=2009-04-23|title=Conservapedia: Bastion of the Reality-Denying Right|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2009/04/conservapedia-bastion-of-the-realitydenying-right|newspaper=Vanity Fair|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530022101/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2009/04/conservapedia-bastion-of-the-realitydenying-right.html|archive-date=2009-05-30|retrieved=|quote=}}</ref> They believe the myth that video games cause gun violence<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Conservapedia|title=Video games|url=https://www.conservapedia.com/Video_games|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260626160037/https://www.conservapedia.com/Video_games|archive-date=2026-06-26}}</ref> (in reality, crime results from capitalism-induced poverty and desperation). | ||
According to Conservapedia, communism (which they fail to understand is a [[Mode of production|economic system]], not a political one) and [[socialism]] (which they falsely define as a economic system where a "bureaucratic elite" controls the economy) are both "failed" systems. However, Conservapedia nonetheless appears to claim that nearly every political organization in the west that is not far-right is either "socialist" or "communist." Furthermore, Conservapedia claims that socialism has been "tried" in the [[UK]], [[Republic of India|India]], and [[State of Israel|Israel]], but "failed."<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Conservapedia|title=Socialism|url=https://www.conservapedia.com/Socialism|retrieved=2022-6-27|quote=[...]and it has been tried and failed in countries such as the United Kingdom, India, and Israel during the 20th century.}}</ref> They also claim that the [[European Union]]'s purpose is to subject Western Europe to [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]]/"Marxist-[[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]]" thought.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Conservapedia|title=European Union|url=https://www.conservapedia.com/European_Union}}</ref> | |||
While Conservapedia calls nearly everybody who is even slightly less [[reactionary]] and hateful than them "far-left," Conservapedia also claims that the term "far-right" was developed as a conspiracy by [[Joseph Stalin]] and the "[[Frankfurt School]]."<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Conservapedia|title=Political spectrum|url=https://www.conservapedia.com/Political_spectrum|retrieved=2022-7-25|quote=Usage of terms like "right wing", "far right", and "ultra-right" by liberals about conservatives is usually intended to conjure up images of fascism and Nazi genocide (though any objective interpretation of the left-right political spectrum would reveal that the fascist regimes of WWII Europe were closer to the left-wing than to the right-wing). Indeed, some critics openly liken Israel and its leaders to "Nazis", even though Israel is the most democratic country in the entire Middle East. The misapplication of the right wing and far right to that of the Nazis is due to Josef Stalin stating after World War II that Nazis and fascism were "far right" or "right wing" both to paint truly right-wing organizations in a negative light and to deflect any blame from the Soviets regarding similar actions they may have conducted, as well as the Frankfurt School taking advantage of the post-war attempt by the American Jewish Committee to research the events of Nazism to prevent it from coming back to mislead people per their Marxist agenda.}}</ref> | |||
Conservapedia's stance on [[United States imperialism]] appears entirely partisan: the invasion of [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libya]] under [[Barack Obama]] (a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]) is condemned, while the [[Iraq War|invasion of Iraq]] under [[George W. Bush]] (a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]) is defended.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Conservapedia|title=Regime change|url=https://www.conservapedia.com/Regime_change|retrieved=2025-03-30|quote=More successful historical regime changes occurred in [...] the removal of the dictator Saddam Hussein in Iraq in 2003 and establishment of a parliamentary democracy.<br> | |||
It should be noted, many extreme leftists in the United States vehemently opposed the establishment of a parliament democracy in Iraq and supported Iraqi fascism.<br> | |||
[...]<br> | |||
By contrast, the Obama administration, Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power secured a U.N. Resolution to establish a No-fly zone during the Libyan uprising.<br> | |||
The results were catastrophic: (1) slave markets were set up in the new regime Clinton and Obama created; (2) a tide of three million displaced persons invaded Europe; (3) a breakdown in international Superpower relations as Russia and China vowed to never trust American leaders' promises and assurances again.}}</ref> The website supports [[Vladimir Putin]] and the [[Russian Federation]], not because they play a positive role against imperialism, but because of Russia's socially conservative policies (such as the so-called "Gay Propaganda Law").<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In fact, Conservapedia denies the existence of the Ukrainian nation.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Conservapedia|title=Ukraine|url=https://www.conservapedia.com/Ukraine|retrieved=2022-08-31}}</ref> Conservapedia is also ardently [[Zionism|Zionist]] and defends the actions of [[State of Israel|"Israel"]] frequently; in their discussion of the [[2023 Israel-Gaza War]], they repeat [[atrocity propaganda]] about Hamas supposedly beheading babies.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Conservapedia|title=Swords of Iron|retrieved=2024-10-29|url=https://www.conservapedia.com/Swords_of_Iron}}</ref> | |||
Though it correctly claims that [[National Socialism]] "does not seek to abolish capitalism," Conservapedia still classifies National Socialism as a "far-left" ideology. It also claims that the [[People's Republic of China]] under [[Xi Jinping]] is an example of National Socialism.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Conservapedia|title=National Socialism|url=https://www.conservapedia.com/National_Socialism|retrieved=2022-08-31|quote=National socialist ideology does not seek to abolish capitalism; rather it seeks to use capitalism and racial or ethnic identity, as in Nazi Germany and contemporary China and Ukraine, to gather more strength and power to itself.}}</ref> Despite claiming to be against Nazism, it openly supports the [[Spanish State (1939-1975)|dictatorship]] of [[Francisco Franco]] in Spain, which was backed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Conservapedia|title=Essay:Worst Liberal Movies|url=https://www.conservapedia.com/Essay:Worst_Liberal_Movies|retrieved=2024-12-24|quote=Promotes the Communistic Spanish Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War as "good guys" while demonizing Francisco Franco's forces. These themes, promoted by Marxist director Guillermo del Toro, were later expanded upon in Pan's Labyrinth.}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Conservapedia|title=Francisco Franco|url=https://www.conservapedia.com/Francisco_Franco|retrieved=2025-03-30}}</ref> | |||
== See also == | |||
* [[Liberapedia]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Far-right groups in the United States]] | |||
[[Category:Imperialist propaganda]] | [[Category:Imperialist propaganda]] | ||
[[Category:Imperialist organizations]] | [[Category:Imperialist organizations]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:57, 23 August 2026
Conservapedia is a far-right Christian extremist hoax website posing as an "encyclopedia." It was created in 2006 by Statesian conservative Andrew Schlafly (son of Phyllis Schlafly) who believed that Wikipedia was too left-leaning,[1] despite the encyclopedia already being a reactionary hive of imperialist misinformation.[2][3][4][5] Although it claims to oppose liberalism, it confuses this term with leftism[6] and actually supports neoliberalism.[7]
Misinformation[edit | edit source]
United States[edit | edit source]
According to Conservapedia, the Statesian Democratic Party is a "leftwing fascist totalitarian organization" which supports socialism, democratic socialism, communism, Neo-Nazism, authoritarianism all at once.[8] The social-democratic politician Bernie Sanders is called a "Marxist–Leninist" and accused of calling for the "extermination and genocide of infants from the Third World" (in reference to his calls for more birth control access).[9] Furthermore, they claim that Hollywood pushes a "homosexual agenda," that is "destroying the fabric of American culture," that it is sympathetic to communism, and criticise it for lacking their hardline Christian ideas.[10]
Conservapedia believes that from 2021 to 2025, the United States of America was under a military junta ("Biden-Harris junta") headed by fascist-Nazi-communist dictator Joe Biden, who gained power after the 2021 "Biden Putsch", which they think included the 2021 capital coup attempt, however, they claim that it was "staged," and really done by "leftists."[11] It also claims that in 2022, a "Satanic portal" opened above the White House.[12]
Other content[edit | edit source]
Conservapedia denies climate change[13] and evolution.[14] They believe the myth that video games cause gun violence[15] (in reality, crime results from capitalism-induced poverty and desperation).
According to Conservapedia, communism (which they fail to understand is a economic system, not a political one) and socialism (which they falsely define as a economic system where a "bureaucratic elite" controls the economy) are both "failed" systems. However, Conservapedia nonetheless appears to claim that nearly every political organization in the west that is not far-right is either "socialist" or "communist." Furthermore, Conservapedia claims that socialism has been "tried" in the UK, India, and Israel, but "failed."[16] They also claim that the European Union's purpose is to subject Western Europe to Marxist-Leninist/"Marxist-Trotskyist" thought.[17]
While Conservapedia calls nearly everybody who is even slightly less reactionary and hateful than them "far-left," Conservapedia also claims that the term "far-right" was developed as a conspiracy by Joseph Stalin and the "Frankfurt School."[18]
Conservapedia's stance on United States imperialism appears entirely partisan: the invasion of Libya under Barack Obama (a Democrat) is condemned, while the invasion of Iraq under George W. Bush (a Republican) is defended.[19] The website supports Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation, not because they play a positive role against imperialism, but because of Russia's socially conservative policies (such as the so-called "Gay Propaganda Law").[1][6] In fact, Conservapedia denies the existence of the Ukrainian nation.[20] Conservapedia is also ardently Zionist and defends the actions of "Israel" frequently; in their discussion of the 2023 Israel-Gaza War, they repeat atrocity propaganda about Hamas supposedly beheading babies.[21]
Though it correctly claims that National Socialism "does not seek to abolish capitalism," Conservapedia still classifies National Socialism as a "far-left" ideology. It also claims that the People's Republic of China under Xi Jinping is an example of National Socialism.[22] Despite claiming to be against Nazism, it openly supports the dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain, which was backed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.[23][24]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Conservapedia: christlich-konservative Alternative zu Wikipedia" (2007-02-03). Heise Online. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
- ↑ Stansfield Smith (2022-07-02). "US national security state censoring anti-imperialists to control ‘compatible left’" Multipolarista. Archived from the original on 2022-08-30. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
- ↑ Craig Murray. “The Philip Cross Affair”, 18 May 2018.
- ↑ "How Wikipedia is used to prop up the imperialist lie machine" (2018-08-20). Proletarian. Archived from the original on 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
- ↑ Ashley Feinberg. “Facebook, Axios And NBC paid this guy to whitewash Wikipedia pages”. The Huffpost, 14 March 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 “A liberal (alternately called a left-winger or leftist) is someone who advocates an increase in government spending”
Liberaltears (2021-10-08). "Liberal" Conservapedia. Retrieved 2022-01-09. - ↑ "Neoliberalism". Conservapedia. Archived from the original on 2024-12-27. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ↑ "Democratic Party". Conservapedia. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
- ↑ “Bernard "Bernie" Sanders, born September 8, 1941 (age 83), is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist, pro-inflationist limousine liberal elite millionaire 1%er, and demagogue in the pocket of Big Pharma who preys on naive and unsuspecting youth, minorities, and working people with class war hate speech. He currently serves as a United States Senator representing Vermont. His extremism is visible in his 2020 Presidential campaign slogan, "No Middle Ground." Sanders is a pre-eminent leftwing Socialist mass murder denier and proponent of communist dictatorship. Sanders has openly advocated for the extermination and genocide of infants from the Third World.”
"Bernie Sanders". Conservapedia. Retrieved 2025-03-30. - ↑ "Hollywood values". Conservapedia. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
- ↑ Telling (2022-01-09). "Joseph Biden" Conservapedia. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
- ↑ “In 2022, conservative activist Roger Stone revealed that under the Biden Regime, a Satanic portal had opened up above the White House.”
"The White House". Conservapedia. Archived from the original on 2024-08-03. Retrieved 2025-01-12. - ↑ “Climate change is the new name used by liberals for their global warming hoax”
Shobson20 (2021-12-22). "Climate change" Conservapedia. Retrieved 2022-01-09. - ↑ Barret Brown (2009-04-23). "Conservapedia: Bastion of the Reality-Denying Right" Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 2009-05-30.
- ↑ "Video games". Conservapedia. Archived from the original on 2026-06-26.
- ↑ “[...]and it has been tried and failed in countries such as the United Kingdom, India, and Israel during the 20th century.”
"Socialism". Conservapedia. Retrieved 2022-6-27. - ↑ "European Union". Conservapedia.
- ↑ “Usage of terms like "right wing", "far right", and "ultra-right" by liberals about conservatives is usually intended to conjure up images of fascism and Nazi genocide (though any objective interpretation of the left-right political spectrum would reveal that the fascist regimes of WWII Europe were closer to the left-wing than to the right-wing). Indeed, some critics openly liken Israel and its leaders to "Nazis", even though Israel is the most democratic country in the entire Middle East. The misapplication of the right wing and far right to that of the Nazis is due to Josef Stalin stating after World War II that Nazis and fascism were "far right" or "right wing" both to paint truly right-wing organizations in a negative light and to deflect any blame from the Soviets regarding similar actions they may have conducted, as well as the Frankfurt School taking advantage of the post-war attempt by the American Jewish Committee to research the events of Nazism to prevent it from coming back to mislead people per their Marxist agenda.”
"Political spectrum". Conservapedia. Retrieved 2022-7-25. - ↑ “More successful historical regime changes occurred in [...] the removal of the dictator Saddam Hussein in Iraq in 2003 and establishment of a parliamentary democracy.
It should be noted, many extreme leftists in the United States vehemently opposed the establishment of a parliament democracy in Iraq and supported Iraqi fascism.
[...]
By contrast, the Obama administration, Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power secured a U.N. Resolution to establish a No-fly zone during the Libyan uprising.
The results were catastrophic: (1) slave markets were set up in the new regime Clinton and Obama created; (2) a tide of three million displaced persons invaded Europe; (3) a breakdown in international Superpower relations as Russia and China vowed to never trust American leaders' promises and assurances again.”
"Regime change". Conservapedia. Retrieved 2025-03-30. - ↑ "Ukraine". Conservapedia. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ↑ "Swords of Iron". Conservapedia. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
- ↑ “National socialist ideology does not seek to abolish capitalism; rather it seeks to use capitalism and racial or ethnic identity, as in Nazi Germany and contemporary China and Ukraine, to gather more strength and power to itself.”
"National Socialism". Conservapedia. Retrieved 2022-08-31. - ↑ “Promotes the Communistic Spanish Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War as "good guys" while demonizing Francisco Franco's forces. These themes, promoted by Marxist director Guillermo del Toro, were later expanded upon in Pan's Labyrinth.”
"Essay:Worst Liberal Movies". Conservapedia. Retrieved 2024-12-24. - ↑ "Francisco Franco". Conservapedia. Retrieved 2025-03-30.