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July 12, 2025 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth

Letter to the Editor: Conservative Criticism

To the Editor:

Max Bryer '08's column ("Grow Up, Conservapedia," Feb. 19) was merely a childish jab at people he does not agree with and a liberal mirror image to his main point of contention in the piece. What initially appears to be a commentary on a pertinent issue -- misinformation on the Internet -- devolves into a personal rant against conservatives. Misinformation on the Internet is a problem that extends well beyond the political sphere, but he portrays the problem as solely the fault of the political right and has the gall to implicate all conservatives as contributors to the problem. This is not a "conservative problem," and treating it as such distorts the truth as much as Conservapedia might.

A not-so-underlying motive of Bryer's piece is to trivialize the whole political movement by claiming that all conservatives are just deluded from recognizing the "truth." Conservapedia and strict creationists are not suitable representatives for conservatives as a whole, just like Michael Moore (always reliable for the "facts") and anarcho-feminists do not represent all liberals. The majority of conservatives in this country have legitimate policy stances on serious issues facing the nation, which cannot be addressed through ad hominem attacks like Bryer's. Debate the merits of social security reform; don't accuse conservatives of being stupid. So to echo a passage from his piece, it's high time for Mr. Bryer to grow up.