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** In the [http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Global_flood#Fossil_layers article disproving a global flood]: "How was the fossil record sorted in an order convenient for evolution if they were laid down in the turmoil of a single flood? That is usually dismissed with a hand wave by saying the animals quickly sorted each other out based on their ability to compete for the shrinking high ground. The theory also fails to take into account fossilized plants, which show the same type of order as animal fossils, and which are not noted for their ability to flee rising floodwaters."
** A similar example of deadpan snark is found on the page regarding the [http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Peanut_butter_argument Peanut Butter Argument] that life should arise naturally in a jar of peanut butter if evolution is true: "Critics of the argument have pointed out that sealed jars of peanut butter are not, generally speaking, billion year-old volcanic environments rich in ammonia and methane, being bombarded by high energy cosmic rays."
* [[Dirty Cop]]: Their [https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Law_enforcement article] on law enforcement takes a very dim view on the subject, arguing that police officers are there more for the sake of protecting the ''system'' rather than the ''people'', as well as presenting examples of systemic misconduct and abuses by the police, especially in America where LEOs are an [[Acceptable Political Targets|easy subject]] of contempt.
* [[Edit War]]: On RW, edit wars and even wheel wars are extremely common. So common, in fact, that ''accidental'' edit wars have become an issue - sysops assuming vandalism where there is none and performing knee-jerk reverts of edits without reading them, the original contributor re-adding the edit, and things kicking off from there.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Or as they like to call it, "stopped clock" moments where those whom they deem as "crank" would do or say something redeeming for once.
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** [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] with the "Inverse Stopped Clock" moment, where an otherwise rational/intellectual person somehow displayed moments of crankery.
* [[Everyone Has Standards]]:
** Even in light of the [[Strawman Political]] tendencies below, RationalWiki is generally indiscriminate in bashing "woo" or whatever is considered too beyond-the-pale for them, regardless of ideology.
** Despite their advocacy towards irreligion and contempt for organised religion in general, they do stress the distinction between ''scholarly criticism'' of religion and ''blind hatred'' towards religion in general and/or specific religions e.g. Islamophobia and anti-Catholicism.
** If anything, they also lamented how the Saudi dynasty has basically [https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Mecca#Destruction_and_greed_in_Saudi_Arabia desecrated their most sacred shrine] by turning Mecca into what amounts to an Islamic Las Vegas of some kind, all at the expense of dynamiting priceless historical and religious structures not far from the Kaaba. In other words, they may not agree with Islam in an ideological light, but they wouldn't have the gall to support the reckless desecration of historical and cultural heritage either.
** And as much as they would like to critique if not ridicule the [[Bible]], even they agree that the so-called "Conservative Bible Project" is more an insult to Christianity than anything; it was by all intents and purposes an attempt to further twist an already endlessly-translated and manipulated series of scriptures into their agenda as much as how they [[Hypocrite|accuse]] liberals of twisting things to suit their leftist ideology.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: They makes up names for all of their friends at Conservapedia.
** Aschlafly is referred to as Assfly
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