User talk:77OccamsRazor
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I am still learning how I might best contribute to this project. I am fairly contrarian, so even though I might be classified as a radical or liberal- I recently tried to contribute to the "Conservapedia" project. My goal was to lessen the disinformation available to the academically vulnerable population that they cater to. They didn't like my corrections, unfortunately. For instance I tried to correct their claim that the Nazi party was "atheistic" with the claim that it was more likely about 1.5% atheistic, and 97.5% Christian- because those were the national averages.
I am concerned that we are driving away conservative viewers on this site by way of obscurantism and perhaps also overzealous political correctness. At least that is how they would see it. It is a matter of differing standards of "academic excellence", but I am wary of the right-shifting Overton window, and wonder which strategy is most effective at stabilizing it. Match right wing extremism with left wing extremism? Or provide a more reasonable view closer to center. Research suggests that extremism is more effective at nudging the window. That is a shame.
This reads like a journal entry- I apologize. Still getting my feet wet here.