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'''Liberal denial''' is the tendency of [[liberals]] to conceal, deny or censor:

'''Liberal denial''' is the tendency of [[liberals]] to conceal, deny or censor:

*examples of how the [[liberal]] ideology harms people

*examples of how the liberal [[ideology]] harms people

*admitting that that they are [[liberals]] themselves

*one's own liberal ideology

*how the [[liberal]] ideology is pushed on unsuspecting others, particularly youngsters

*how the liberal ideology is pushed on unsuspecting others, particularly youngsters

[[Hillary Clinton]], for example, refused to admit in a presidential debate in 2007 that she is a [[liberal]]. [[Michael Dukakis]] refused for a while to admit that he was a [[liberal]] during the 1988 presidential campaign, until finally he declared himself to be a [[liberal]] in the sense that President [[Harry Truman]], who served 40 years earlier, was a [[liberal]].

[[Hillary Clinton]], for example, 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, however he later  declared himself to be a liberal, in the sense that President [[Harry Truman]] who served 40 years earlier, was a liberal.

There are also specific examples of [[liberals]] denying, for ideological reasons, facts that are plainly true:

There are also specific examples of liberals denying, for ideological reasons, facts that are plainly true:

# that the numerous premature deaths of Hollywood stars are the result of [[Hollywood Values]]<ref>[[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. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drug-related_deaths]</ref>

# that the numerous premature deaths of [[Hollywood]] stars are the result of [[Hollywood values]]<ref>Liberal [[Wikipedia]] lists numerous [[actor]]s who died of drug overdoses, but will not acknowledge the role played by Hollywood values, for which Wikipedia does not even have an entry. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drug-related_deaths]</ref>

# that [[homeschoolers]] do better than those who attend public school

# that [[homeschoolers]] do better than those who attend [[public school]]

# that culture affects politics, and people's views and lifestyles

# that [[culture]] affects [[politics]], and people's views and lifestyles

# that successful [[democracy]], both historically and logically, is the result of [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Christianity]]<ref>[http://www.apologetics.com/default.jsp?bodycontent=/articles/cultural_apologetics/snyder-democracy1.html Calvinism and the Success of Liberal Democracy, by John Snyder]</ref>

# that successful [[democracy]], both historically and logically, is the result of [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Christianity]]<ref>[http://www.apologetics.com/default.jsp?bodycontent=/articles/cultural_apologetics/snyder-democracy1.html Calvinism and the Success of Liberal Democracy, by John Snyder]</ref>

# that [[Lawrence Summers]] was fired as President of [[Harvard]] for making a politically incorrect suggestion about women and [[math]] aptitude

# that [[Lawrence Summers]] was fired as President of [[Harvard]] for making a [[political correctness|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 wall to be torn down later

# that [[Ronald Reagan]]'s public exhortation, "[[|Mikhail Gorbachev|Mr. Gorbachev]], tear down this wall," helped cause the nearly 30-year-old [[Berlin Wall]] later be torn down

# that [[gun control]] may increase crime

# that [[gun control]] may increase [[crime]]

# that group prayer is censored from [[public school]]

# that group [[prayer]] is censored from public school

# that reducing taxes stimulates the economy

# that reducing [[taxes]] stimulates the [[economy]]

# that choosing [[abortion]] over childbirth increases the risk of breast cancer

# that choosing [[abortion]] over childbirth increases the risk of [[breast cancer]]

# that the mainstream media is biased

# that the [[mainstream media]] is [[bias]]ed

# that privately-run transport is more efficient than government-run transport

# that privately-run [[transport]] is more efficient than government-run transport

# that public health care is inferior medical care

# that [[Universal Health Care|public health care]] is inferior medical care

# that unions interfere with employment opportunities

# that [[union]]s interfere with [[employment]] opportunities

# that Islamic extremism is a threat to the Western civilization<ref>Leftist Sam Harris admitted and complained about this liberal denial [http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061009/REPOSITORY/610090301/1028/OPINION02 here].</ref>

# that [[Islam]]ic extremism is a threat to the [[Western civilization]]<ref>Leftist [[Sam Harris]] admitted and complained about this liberal denial [http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061009/REPOSITORY/610090301/1028/OPINION02 here].</ref>

== References ==

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