Talk:Bubba Effect

I received a notice concerning a new page I added to today, The Bubba Effect, when I discovered a treatise on the subject was missing. The notice said my new page was to be deleted because it appeared to be a copy of a page from RationalWiki.
RationalWiki does indeed have a page called "Bubba Effect". However, it is an openly biased treatise which bears little- if any- resemblance to my new page. Here are both; you decide:
page, "Bubba Effect" (https://en. .org/wiki/Bubba_Effect):
The "Bubba Effect" is a worst-case scenario described by United States Army (Ret.) Command Sgt. Major Tim Strong during a discussion December 22, 2009 on the Glenn Beck Program.
Strong explained that in times of widespread civil unrest, a possible scenario might be a general breakdown of government authority where dissatisfied citizens come to believe that the government has become overbearing and is not acting in their best interests. They lose confidence in government and government authority.
In response to perceived government incompetence and rising tension, an incident occurs in which a neighborhood 'good ol' boy'- 'Bubba'- responds with violence. When the authorities try to apprehend Bubba, his neighbors, even though they know Bubba's act of violence was wrong, take justice into their own hands, rather than allow what they perceive as a corrupt or incompetent government to arrest him. The already bad situation deteriorates even further, possibly leading to out-of-control violence.
Wjcfreelancer (talk) 02:29, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
RationalWiki page, "Bubba Effect" (http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Bubba_Effect):
The "Bubba Effect" is a trend of behavior that was postulated on one of Glenn Beck's shows by United States Army (Ret.) Command Sgt. Major Tim Strong about groups of people heading for the hills when they feel threatened or times are uncertain.
It is some bizarre theory that the US Government is going to institute martial law and enslave the citizens of the United States because the economy will collapse in the near future. Apparently it only includes those in rural "Real America" being able to resist in their armed survival compounds with rifles and Bibles in hand. The name itself is an attempt to reclaim the stereotypical "redneck" name, implying that this manner of readiness is a virtue scorned by the effete.
In practice, the Bubba Effect amounts to vague threats springing from a collection of survivalist ideas and brain-dead conspiracy theories. This is about as close as Beck has come to condoning outright violence against government entities, and citizenry that just "don't get it," by casting it in a positive light. It is so broad that it often gathers up a number of Ron Paul supporters as well.
Alex Jones' followers head to the hills on a weekly/bi-weekly basis, whenever they get a FEMA camp deportation emergency. They also have nice picnics, so it's worth joining them.
Wjcfreelancer (talk) 02:29, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

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