Conservapedia:Karajou

Karajou is one of Conservapedia's almighty generals admirals. He possesses the strength, fury, intellect and ruthlessness of a hurricane. He is one of the best troll-destructor sysops at Conservapedia, as his method involves automatic suspicion and/or punishment to users who happen to live near where a previous troll has left his(or her) mark; the drawback of this onslaught is a bit too much collateral damage. As of 28/01/08, he has claimed twelve /16 IP's souls. He is also the author of block reasons such as "don't need you", "user was aborted; being a believer in abortion, he should accept it" and "just plain stupid!" though he's usually satisfied with a simple combination of the words "troll", "vandal" and "IP".

In addition to his Conservapedia antics, Karajou has served in the United States Navy, where he has proudly served his country and the people in it, a powerful tool he uses in arguments and complaint mails. Its like an argument from authority but without the authority.

Reading comprehension is not his forte, as evidenced first hand by those who challenge his supremacy by arguing with him.

He is also the most prominent of the Save the Clam Coalition Group, a proud defender of the Great Auk and doesn't like vaccines very much. Whether Karajou stood up for his principles by refusing to accept vaccines while in the Navy, however, is most unlikely.

A fucking ad hominem attack

I am going to start out by affirming that I have nothing against military servicemen. They are brave and selfless people, and they perform a great service to our country. My father was a full-time serviceman for 22 years. However, as BillOHannity mentioned above, Karajou has been touting his military service like it makes him impervious to criticism. By touting it like a magic charm, Karajou himself belittles that service, and makes his own fair game for attack.

So watch me as I belittle that service.

From Karajou's C.V. CP userpage:
Qualifications: United States Navy

• 20 years

Twenty years is nothing special. It also means he wasn't a career soldier, having retired after only twenty years. And yes, Karajou is retired, otherwise he would be bragging even more, and, more significantly, he edits Conservapedia too much for him to not be retired.

• 4 MED cruises; 1 WESTPAC; 1 UNITAS; various other deployments

I like how he thinks throwing around Navy jargon makes it seem more important. Translated: 4 assignments in the Mediterranean Ocean, 1 in the western Pacific Ocean, and 1 assignment with the UN naval task force in the Atlantic.

• Gulf War veteran

You were in the navy... you weren't in the naval air force... if you had actually seen any action, you would have bragged... So you sat on a boat dozens of miles out to sea. How inspiring.

Persian Gulf War (Desert Storm/Desert Shield) :Casualty Summary

Casualty Type	Total	Army	Navy	Marines	Air Force
Killed in Action	143	96	5	22	20
Died of Wounds	4	2		2
Total Hostile Deaths	147	98	5	24	20

Operation Iraqi Freedom (1-May-2003 to 2-Jun-2007): Military Deaths

Casualty Type	Total	Army	Navy	Marines	Air Force
Hostile	2,745	1,939	49	741	16
Nonhostile	596	429	24	131	12
Total	3,341	2,368	73	872	28

Operation Enduring Freedom (7-Oct-2001 to 2-Jun-2007): Military Wounded in Action

Casualty Type	Total	Army	Navy	Marines	Air Force
Hostile	1,292	1,119	10	93	70
Total	1,292	1,119	10	93	70

• NEC 9545: Law Enforcement

You mean you were an MP (military police), or Master-at-arms (MA) to use the Navy parlance for it. "MAs report to the executive officer, help maintain discipline, and assist in security matters" (Wikipedia). Hmm... Sounds an awful lot like what you do at Conservapedia now. Granted, MA encompasses many different jobs, all of them requiring skill, but those jobs each carry their own additional NEC-number label. Since you haven't listed any other such codes, and you have so painstakingly listed all of your other, irrelevant "qualifications", we can conclude that you were only a general MA without any specializations.

• NEC 9585: Recruiting

This is a BIG one. (Before I start, I should mention that my father was a US Army recruiter, so I have a better idea than most how the job works). He was a recruiter. You know what that means? It means that in addition to his regular job of MA, he recruited. When stationed at home, a recruiter's job is to recruit civilians into the military (specifically, into whatever branch they're in). When stationed outside the US, a recruiters job is to get fellow soldiers to re-enlist.

Ah, can't you just see Karajou, hitting up his buddies, trying to convince them to sign up for a few more years?

• USS South Carolina CGN-37
• USS Samuel Gompers AD-37
• USS Shenandoah AD-44
• USS O'Bannon DD-987
• Naval Station Norfolk
• Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek
• Naval Air Station Jacksonville
• Naval Station Mayport

I'll be brutal. Lower-ranking servicemembers get transferred a lot. My own father was only a Sergeant, 1st Class (E7 on the pay-grade scale), and he (and us) were transferred every few years. So there is absolutely nothing special about this list. Anyone who stays in the military full-time for more than a couple years racks up a list like this. Listing all the places you were stationed at just to sound impressive is being an ass, and flashing it at unknowledgeable civilians like it was something special is being disingenuous.

• Rank: ??

You know what's missing? Karajou's rank. He never gives it. He painstakingly lists his rather unimpressive accomplishments, then neglects to supply his rank. Must not be a very impressive rank then. Let's see... he couldn't have been E7.

E7 - Chief Petty Officer
Being a Chief is a big accomplishment for Navy enlisted. It has its privileges and responsibilities. Chiefs generally have their own mess and galley on ship as well as their own bunk rooms separate from the other enlisted. Its generally accepted that in the Navy, Chiefs are the ones who really run the ship. (Factplace)

If Karajou had been anything like that, he'd a' been braggin'. Therefore, we can conclude that Karajou was at most, E6—Petty Officer, 1st Class. Given his craptastic communication skills, he was possibly as low as E5—Petty Officer, 2nd Class. A most unimpressive ranking. What's more, that's as high as he ever got over a twenty year period. So it's kind of sad, almost.

Education

• Recruit Training Center, Great Lakes Naval Station, IL
• Sonar 'A' School, FLEASWTRACENPAC, San Diego, CA

Oh, for Christ's sake, Karajou, stop trying to impress us with Navy acronyms. FLEASWTRACENPAC stands for Fleet Antisubmarine Warfare Training Center, Pacific. Congratulations, not only were you on a fucking ship, you could work the fucking sonar, which comes fucking standard on warships. Any reason to think this kind of training isn't fucking normal?

• Recruiting Command, Orlando, FL
• Navy Police/Law Enforcement School, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX
• Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

Absolutely nothing on this list is noteworthy. For a Navy serviceman of mid-lower rank, with a Master-at-Arms designation, all of these schools are required/standard. Regarding the only civilian school on the list, Middle Tennessee State University, note how Karajou doesn't say what degree he earned. Assuming he earned any degree at all. Can we say "general studies", everyone?
-- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 18:30, 28 January 2008 (EST)

I make no claims to being perfect or impervious. In fact, I practically expect you all to critize my methodology and my conclusions.

Ain't free speech the greatest? -- Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 18:35, 28 January 2008 (EST)