The left-wing bias of Wikipedia. "It is a widely expressed view among Wikipedia administrators, as well as by Wikipedia’s parent organization, that Wikipedia should show little tolerance for editors perceived as having right-wing points of view."

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    [–][deleted] 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    Ministry of truth

    [–]SnowAssMan 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    Finally some good news

    [–]Chipit[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    How is violating Wikipedia's neutral point of view NPOV a good thing?

    [–]SnowAssMan 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    right-wing is a neutral point of view?

    [–]SMCAB 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Search for "cultural marxism wikipedia". The first thing that comes up is a paragraph on how cultural marxism is a right wing conspiracy theory.

    [–]SnowAssMan 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    in other words: factually correct?

    The mainstream is culturally Hegelist, so to speak (of which you are one). It believes in free will. Science & business are marxist i.e. correct (billion dollar industries depend on the information's accuracy). Business & science both know that, as Marx said: "sein bestimmt bewusstsein" = your demographic determines your consciousness. Behavioural trends follow demographies. We aren't all unique individuals, otherwise no book could ever find mass appeal. Every book would only ever appeal to just 1 person in the whole world.

    The only reason people can be coerced into buying crap is using the marxist theory while exploiting the culture of the everyman that falsely believes in free will. If the everyman knew he wasn't buying the crap due to his mythical free will but rather because he is acting as an automaton, he'd be a lot less likely to buy said crap.

    As usual right-wingers are not educated enough to understand how critical thinking works, instead they spend all their time on a bastardisation of it, finding menace in their own shadow, more blind to reality than even the apathetic masses.

    [–]AcceleratedWallops 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

    "Wikipedia banned shitty alt-right 'news' sources because they fucking lie all the time." News at 11.

    [–]Minedwe 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    "alt-right" lmao, you truly are delusional.

    [–]denverkris 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    That's not what they're saying though. They're saying right-wing points of view are bad, thereby implying that left-wing points of view are good.

    [–]SnowAssMan 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    FYI Wikipedia have banned a number of "left-wing" sources, like The Grey Zone.

    [–]AcceleratedWallops 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Except they don't? They have a list of banned sources.

    I also question the premise of comparing to Encyclopedia Brittanica. Wikipedia has a lot more niche articles and articles that are overtly political. For example, EB does not have an entry for pizzagate, but Wikipedia does.

    [–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    This is the same exaggeration and assuming that anyone to the right of Mao Zedong must be a nazi that the left is so famous for.

    [–]AcceleratedWallops 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    How is it exaggeration? Wikipedia doesn't allow for crappy sources that are known for making shit up, and they shouldn't.

    That these sources tend to be from the right says more about the right than it does Wikipedia.

    [–]Chipit[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    The mainstream media have been caught lying so many times it's not funny. It's just a smear campaign because leftists refuse to recognize the legitimacy of any opposing views. Wokism is a religion, and it does not tolerate dissenters from its moral conclusions.

    [–]SnowAssMan 7 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

    You think American mainstream media is "left-wing"? There is a difference between being partisan & being left-wing. "Both sides" of the mainstream are pro-corporate. The red vs. blue thing is just a game they play. When it comes to anything that matters both sides agree (economic & foreign policy). The real difference exists between the electorate & the federal government. The vast majority of Republican voters are to the left of your average corporate Democrat (Biden, Obama, Hillary etc.)