RenewAmerica

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'''RenewAmerica.com''' is a [[fringe]] [[Right-wing|right]] website that promotes [[Christian fundamentalism]] and makes [[Townhall.com]] look sane in comparison (though some of their pundits also post on TownHall, their overall [[crazification factor]] is significantly higher). In fact, it is so far to the right it has criticized [[Roger Ailes]] and [[Fox News]] for ''not being conservative enough''.<ref>http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/kincaid/130718</ref>

==Nuttiness==

The site is openly [[homophobic]] and long winded rants about how [[gay marriage]] is "[[Satanic]]", and will bring about [[God]]'s punishment, are not uncommon.<ref>http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/bresciani/130719</ref> The site also carries extreme homophobe [[Bryan Fischer]]'s column, where he posts nonsense, such as [[Godwin's Law|claiming]] gays [[Scott Lively|ran]] the [[Nazi Party]] (and thus "forgetting" that thousands of gays were murdered in concentration camps by the Nazis. You can't get real wingnuttery without a pinch of [[Holocaust denial]], right?).<ref>http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/fischer/130719</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20100628012232/http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/fischer/080515</ref>

Being a far-right website, it also promotes the usual suspects, including:

*[[Global warming denialism|Global warming is a lie]].<ref>http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/mostert/080719</ref>
*[[Evolution]] [[Creationism|is a lie]].
*[[Barack Obama]] and [[Michelle Obama]] are secretly [[Muslim]] "sleeper cells".<ref>[http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/swank/110209 At least the "sleeper cells" part is kind of original in it's craziness.]</ref>
*[[Birtherism]].<ref>[http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/sfarrell/110409 Nearly all the writers seem to be Birthers]</ref>
*[[Abortion]] is a black [[genocide]], even though the [[African American]] community's population is expected to double by 2050.<ref>http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/childress/110222</ref><ref>http://www.motherjones.com/media/2010/09/abortion-black-genocide</ref>
*'''IMPEACH OBAMA!!!'''<ref>[http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/keyes/130718 Hey, it's Alan Keyes!]</ref>

==Meet the wingnuts==
The site lets any fundamentalist with something of a reputation contribute articles, leading to the site having a ton of contributers. This is just some of their more notable columnists. 

;Michael Bresciani
:Writes about the coming [[rapture]] and how we must soon do battle with the [[Antichrist]].<ref>[http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/bresciani/130623 That description was actually toned down compared to his articles.]</ref> 
;Tim Dunkin
:Predicted a "solid" [[Mitt Romney]] victory in 2012. And a [[John McCain|McCain]] victory in 2008.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121108040518/http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/dunkin/121106 Whoops]</ref>
;[[Bryan Fischer]] 
;Fred Hutchison
:Goes on long rants against the evolutionist "old guard" of the scientific community because they oppose [[Intelligent Design]].<ref>[http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/hutchison/130110 It's really long]</ref>
;[[Alan Keyes]]
;Cliff Kincaid
:Hates [[Glenn Greenwald]] with a passion and calls Obama a [[socialist]].<ref>http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/kincaid/130305</ref> Likes to engage in [[red-baiting]] because he's apparently unaware that the [[USSR]] collapsed.
;Barbara Kralis
:Has pushed [[conspiracy theories]] about abortion being a "[[Post-hoc fallacy|minority genocide]]".<ref>http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/kralis/110301</ref>
;Rev. Austin Miles
:Creationist who mocks the [[Big Bang Theory]] and has called [[Carl Sagan]] "corrupt". [[Quote mine]]s Sagan to make arguments.<ref>http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/miles/130611</ref>
;Mary Mostert
:Global warming denialist who uses [[Christopher Monckton]] as an [[appeal to authority]] in her arguments.<ref>http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/mostert/080719</ref>
;Laurie Roth
:Thinks Obama has sided with radical [[Muslim]]s who support [[Sharia law]].<ref>http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/roth/121026</ref> She also thinks [[gay marriage]] will lead to the legalization of [[bestiality]].<ref>[http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/roth/130626 She actually says "slippery slope", not realizing it's a logical fallacy.]</ref>
;Grant Swank
:Gave us that lovely "evolution is a crock" quote.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120721022126/http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/swank/071222</ref>
;Marsha West
:[[Religious]] lunatic who opposes [[yoga]] because, in her words, "According to God's Word, mystical practices of any sort are evil".
;Sher Zieve
:Quite possibly the most batshit insane member of the site, which is really saying something. Her screeds freqently go into [[Poe's Law|self-parody territory]].<ref>[http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/zieve/130509 In this column she tries to compare Common Core to Nazism ''and'' Marxism]</ref>
;Steve Kellmeyer
:Rabidly batshit Christian author who compares homosexuals to murderers, parrots [[David Barton]] 'America as a Christian Nation' talking points, and has a habit of using the [[PIDOOMA]] method of fact gathering to back up his assertions.<ref>[http://www.secularleft.us/archives/2007/08/the_distorted_h.html#.U8cmwECCUTA. Who needs facts when you can resort to borderline slander, amirite?!]</ref> Also claims secular humanism promotes abuse of women.<ref>[http://www.secularleft.us/archives/2005/08/kellmeyer_doesn.html#.U8co10CCUTA Because ALL atheists love beating their wives; it's part of our moral code. Or something.]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Wingnut welfare]]
*[[WND]]

==References==
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