Liberal denial

From Conservapedia

Liberal denial is the tendency of liberals to go into "denial mode" and conceal, deny or censor the truth for ideological reasons. A list of the top ten common instances of liberal denial are the following:

liberals deny they are liberal, and that most of the media are liberal
Hollywood values, professor values and general liberal values have consequences for those who believe in them, and also for innocent victims
the intellectual justification for Hitler's attempt to build a master Aryan race was the theory of evolution
liberals have censored prayer in public school^[1]
a woman significantly reduces her risk of breast cancer by having children rather than abortions
about half of promiscuous people carry sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and those STDs cause infertility^[2]
the strident promoters of evolution generally have weaker credentials than advocates of intelligent design^[3]
college faculties at nearly every school are completely dominated by liberals, and have virtually no conservatives
homosexuality shortens lifespan for a variety of reasons
more than 80% of child molesters are pornography addicts
reducing the number of guns, which are primarily defensive weapons, results in an increase in crime
people like young mass murderers who take atheistic beliefs to their logical conclusions are not "crazy" or "insane", but are true believers

(need to reduce the above list to ten!)

More generally, liberals also deny:

feminists censor discussion about differences between men and women, and boys and girls
state run health care has lead to Islamic terrorism in Britain, and would do so in the US. ^[4]
obesity is a bigger problem than hunger in the Western world
that a school having virtually no conservative teachers and many atheists and liberals is a liberal school
that liberals attempt to intimidate and ostracize conservatives, particularly in school environments and some occupations.^[5]
that liberals support taxpayer-funded abortion
that girls and women in sports have debilitating ACL knee injuries at 3-4 times the rate of men,^[6] and are vulnerable to other injuries^[7]
that young mass murderers fit the profile of public school-trained atheism
that the numerous premature deaths of Hollywood stars are the result of Hollywood values^[8]
that homeschoolers often do better than those who attend public school
that culture affects politics, and people's views and lifestyles
that successful democracy, both historically and logically, is the result of Protestant Christianity^[9]
that Lawrence Summers was fired as President of Harvard for making a politically incorrect suggestion about women and math aptitude
that Ronald Reagan's public exhortation, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall," helped cause the nearly 30-year-old Berlin Wall later be torn down
that gun control increases crime
that reducing taxes stimulates the economy
that choosing abortion over childbirth increases the risk of breast cancer
that the mainstream media is biased
that privately-run transport is more efficient than government-run transport
that public health care is inferior medical care
that unions interfere with employment opportunities
that liberal leaders engage in shocking wrongdoing, hypocrisy, and abuse of power^[10]
that ideas do matter, and can cause great harm, including liberal falsehoods
that Islamic extremism is a threat to the Western civilization^[11]
that banning same-sex marriage is analogous to banning polygamy
that aggressive interrogation is often the only way to obtain answers from terrorists
how the liberal ideology is pushed on unsuspecting others, particularly youngsters
that free trade strengthens global democracies
that a child in a mother's womb has rights established by the Constitution
that a vote for (yea) or a vote against (nea) is an absolute position
that you can be held accountable for the statements uttered
that climate forecasts 50 years from now are as inaccurate as 15 days from now
that politicians that proclaim 'Change' actually do not break with policies of the past
that removing Saddam Hussein from power was a good thing.
that eating meat and dairy is important for physical and mental health.
that marijuana use has no lasting psychological effects.
that illegal immigrants contribute to crime and poverty in the towns and cities they occupy.
that English will cease being the language of the United States in 20 years unless it is protected as the official language (and that this would be a loss if it happened).
that President Bush didn't cause Hurricane Katrina.
that President Clinton was responsible for Rwanda inaction.
that the Democratic party discriminates against African-Americans.

Often liberals refuse to admit that they are liberals, in the hope of appearing more reasonable. Hillary Clinton refused to admit in a presidential debate in 2007 that she is a liberal. Similarly, Michael Dukakis refused for a while to admit that he was a liberal during the 1988 presidential campaign. Only out of desperation did Dukakis admit that he was a liberal, and even then he admitted only that was a liberal like President Harry Truman, who served 40 years earlier.

References

↑ A public school student who once "tape recorded a teacher making religious remarks to his students" to complain about it then later objected to a textbook explaining how prayer is censored from public school schools by court decisions. [1]
↑ "Among those who admitted having sex, the rate was even more disturbing -- 40 percent had an STD."[2]
↑ See, e.g., Richard Sternberg
↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMu6wCqdeyQ FOX News analyzes the new terror in state healthcare.
↑ See liberals and friendship.
↑ Compare [3] (with an explanation of why there is a big difference) with New York Times (downplaying the difference and pretending that no one knows why). The New York Times denies overwhelming evidence, including the following:
"Female athletes, particularly basketball players, are far more likely than their male counterparts to suffer ACL [Anterior Cruciate Ligament] injuries." Stephen Hargis, "Girls have more torn ACLs," Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee), D1 (Feb. 4, 2005). According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the risk of women tearing their ACL is 1 in 100. This number drops significantly to only 1 in 500 for men. See Nikki Usher, "Knee injury takes toll on girls playing soccer five times more likely than males to suffer a torn ACL," Philadelphia Inquirer, A01 (Nov. 29, 2004). "Compared with guys, female athletes run an eight-times-greater risk of tearing the ACL, a fibrous band that connects the shinbone (tibia) to the thighbone (femur). Basketball, soccer and other sports that require cutting moves or jump shots can put athletes at risk." Kathleen Fackelmann, "Girls face higher knee injury risk," USA Today, 15B (Aug. 24, 2004). Timothy Hewett, PhD, the lead researcher on a definitive study at the Sports Medicine Biodynamics Center at the University of Cincinnati, says this is "close to a billion-dollar problem in girls and women in the USA. ... Even after girls have recovered from the acute injury, the changes in the joint may set the stage for osteoarthritis of the knee ...." Id. That obvious suspicion was quickly confirmed: a study subsequently published in Arthritis & Rheumatism demonstrated that "more than half of ... 103 soccer players, who were ages 14 to 28 at the time of the ACL injury, suffered osteoarthritis of the knee at the time of the study -- about 12 years later." Kathleen Fackelmann, "Girls' knee injuries have later consequences," USA Today, 9D (Oct. 7, 2004). "Many of the women, who were about 31 by that time, also said they had pain or some other disability that made it hard to conduct daily activities." Id.
↑ "Amber Scull ruptured her spleen after she was tackled during a practice drill at Nature Coast Tech in Brooksville 2 1/2 months ago. Had she [not] arrived at the hospital 30 minutes later, doctors told her mother, she might have died." [4]
↑ Liberal Wikipedia lists numerous actors who died of drug overdoses, but will not acknowledge the role played by Hollywood values, for which Wikipedia does not even have an entry. [5]
↑ Calvinism and the Success of Liberal Democracy, by John Snyder
↑ See, e.g., leading liberal Eliot Spitzer and how fellow liberals downplayed or were silent about his misconduct.
↑ Leftist Sam Harris admitted and complained about this liberal denial here.