People headed to Neil Gorsuch’s Wikipedia page tonight got a real shock – Rare.us

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As soon as they learned the name of Donald Trumps pick for the Supreme Court, many Americans went to Wikipedia to read about Neil Gorsuch, his past experience, and his positions. Wikipedia, the internets encyclopedia, is accessible for anyone to edit at any time.

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That ended predictably.

Just as traffic spiked, someone went into Gorsuchs page to edit it. They named him Neil Taze the Gays Gorsuch. (Gorsuch has never, as far as we can tell, advocated for anyones electrocution, nor conversion therapy; LGBT rights group Human Rights Campaign makes no mention of it in their statement opposing him.)

The phantom editor also rewrote his bio to call him a homophobe and noted that his confirmation was set to fail according to both republicans and democrats. he is not going to get confirmed since he was nominated by trump [sic].

As of press time, Wikipedia had revised the page to its original version.

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February 1st, 2017
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