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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 the truth for ideological reasons: |
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| − | *examples of how the liberal [[ideology]] harms people
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| − | *one's own liberal ideology
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| − | *how the liberal ideology is pushed on unsuspecting others, particularly youngsters
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| − | [[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.
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| − | There are also specific examples of liberals denying, for ideological reasons, facts that are plainly true:
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| | # that [[young mass murderers]] fit the profile of [[public school]]-trained [[atheism]] | | # that [[young mass murderers]] fit the profile of [[public school]]-trained [[atheism]] |
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| | # that banning [[same-sex marriage]] is analogous to banning [[polygamy]] | | # that banning [[same-sex marriage]] is analogous to banning [[polygamy]] |
| | # that aggressive interrogation is often the only way to obtain answers from terrorists | | # that aggressive interrogation is often the only way to obtain answers from terrorists |
| | + | # how the liberal [[ideology]] harms people |
| | + | # how the liberal ideology is pushed on unsuspecting others, particularly youngsters |
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| | + | Often [[liberal]]s refuse to admit that they are [[liberal]]s, in the hoping 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, however he later declared himself to be a liberal, only in the sense that President [[Harry Truman]], who served 40 years earlier, was a liberal. |
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| | == References == | | == References == |