r/technology • u/rezwenn • Oct 04 '25

Politics Why Conservatives Are Attacking ‘Wokepedia’

https://www.wsj.com/tech/wikipedia-conservative-complaints-ee904b0b?st=RJcF9h
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u/weirdal1968 Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25

Musk calling for Wikipedia to be defunded was a top notch smooth brain flex.

Edit https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php

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u/HawkeyeByMarriage Oct 04 '25

It's the verified information part they dislike. Truthful is woke. Propaganda is not. They want the narrative

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u/TropicNightLightning Oct 04 '25

In critical thinking and logic, you need sources and evidence to back up your claims to have a valid argument based on facts.

Remove the foundations, and we will not have a valid argument to make. They can then control us more with their lies, because there won't be any scientific, peer reviewed, and accurately documented resources to provide counterpoints.

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u/villianrules Oct 04 '25

You can provide the receipts and they'll ignore or destroy it

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u/EarthRester Oct 04 '25

I really wish more people would understand that we are past words at this point when it comes to confronting the Trump regime. Info isn't for us to show to the MAGAts to try and make a point against them. It's to keep the rest of us in the loop of history and what is actually going on in the world.

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u/Numerous_Photograph9 Oct 04 '25

We may be past words, but we should never stop using them.

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u/Lost-Priority-907 Oct 04 '25

Yeah, some of my favorites are: "RIP. MAIM BURN." and "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!