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This last month, the Internet has been particularly mind-boggling. Conservatives - apparently still suffering cognitive dissonance over the failure of the "permanent majority" - have been pulling some particularly bizarre statements out of their hats. Just for fun, I've compiled some of my favorites from the past month and mixed them with a few of my own. See if you can't spot the real right-wing theses. Answers and proof are below the fold.

  1. The Renaissance caused World War II and the Bolshevik Revolution.

  2. The fact that pregnancy is not caused by eating a cupcake proves that gay couples shouldn't raise children.

  3. Too much soy will turn young boys into homosexuals and cause young girls to reach puberty early.

  4. The paper money system is a liberal plot.

  5. Merriam-Webster dictionaries have a definite liberal bent, and children who use them are more likely to vote Democratic as adults.

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Solutions:

Of the five theses, only #5 (on the evils of Merriam-Webster) is made up. That being said, it's similar to statements made by "family values" groups in the past on the inclusion of words like "homosexual" in certain dictionaries. (Sad that I couldn't even fully fictionalize that one, huh?)

The rest of them are all too real. You can find more information about them through the following links:

1: http://sadlyno.com/archives 4448.html

2: http://mediamatters.org/ite ms/200612150001

3: http://scienceblogs.com/pha ryngula/2006/12/satans_perf ect_food_tofu.php

4: http://world-o-crap.com/blo g?p=304


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