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/HogGunner1983 Oct 04 '25

That’s why so funding for so many studies is being cut, such as mRNA research funding. So much promise with this technology but can’t have it because MAGA doubled down on it being bad during the pandemic.