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Liberal obfuscation (view source)
Revision as of 01:32, February 16, 2008
, 01:32, February 16, 2008explained in footnote
'''Liberal obfuscation''' is the name given to the alleged tendency of liberals to use excessive words or manipulative phrases in order to distort the truth about controversial issues. Examples of liberal obfuscation include:
'''Liberal obfuscation''' is the name given to the alleged tendency of liberals to use excessive words or manipulative phrases in order to distort the truth about controversial issues. Examples of liberal obfuscation include:
* instead of admitting that [[abortion]] increases the risk of breast cancer, [[liberals]] inject a compound negative and say, "abortion fails to provide the decrease in risk that giving birth provides"<ref>[[Talk:liberal denial]]</ref>
* instead of admitting that [[abortion]] increases the risk of breast cancer, [[liberals]] inject a compound negative and say, "abortion fails to provide the decrease in risk that giving birth provides"<ref>See [[Talk:liberal denial]]; note that risk is relative and thus the decrease in breast cancer risk from declining an [[abortion]] logically means there is an increase in risk from having an [[abortion]].</ref>
* instead of admitting that [[Democrats]] were wrong in opposing the [[Gulf War]], [[John Kerry]] stated, "There is not a right or wrong here. There was a correctness in the president's judgment about timing. But that does not mean there was an incorrectness in the judgment other people made about timing. ... Again and again and again in the debate, it was made clear that the vote of the [[U.S. Senate]] and the [[House]] on the authorization of immediate use of force on Jan. 12 was not a vote as to whether or not force should be used."
* instead of admitting that [[Democrats]] were wrong in opposing the [[Gulf War]], [[John Kerry]] stated, "There is not a right or wrong here. There was a correctness in the president's judgment about timing. But that does not mean there was an incorrectness in the judgment other people made about timing. ... Again and again and again in the debate, it was made clear that the vote of the [[U.S. Senate]] and the [[House]] on the authorization of immediate use of force on Jan. 12 was not a vote as to whether or not force should be used."