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Line 1: − '''Deliberate ignorance''' is the practice of refusing to consider or discuss logic or evidence disproving ideologically motivated positions. Examples include:+ − − * [[Howard Dean]], a physician, former Governor, and longtime politician, refusing to recognize that [[taxpayer-funded abortion]] increases the number of [[abortion]]s<ref>http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/210vssua.asp?</ref> − * [[abortionists]] refuse to address the undisclosed harm to the mothers who have [[abortions]] − * refusing to acknowledge the inferior credentials of the critics of [[Richard Sternberg]], whom they ostracize for having published an [[intelligent design]] article − * [[Democrats]] refusing to acknowledge [[Barack Obama]]'s appeal to unpatriotic donors and supporters − * [[materialists]] refuse to address the impossibility of material explanation for [[migration]] and [[homing]] − * [[evolutionists]] refuse to address the lack of a plausible evolutionary path for the [[whale]]<ref>This is disputed by evolutionists at a blog worth reviewing further for plausibility [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/02/two_tales_of_whale_evolution.php here].</ref> and the other [[counterexamples to evolution]]. − * [[liberals]] refuse to address how [[socialism]] destroys productivity − * Advocates of the [[global warming theory]] refuse to consider any scientific evidence which shows that natural causes have always had a greater effect on terrestrial air temperature than human activity. − * [[Liberal Christianity|Liberal]] [[Cafeteria Christianity|cafeteria Christians]] refuse to consider [[Bible]] verses that contradict their preconceived notions of what the Bible should say. − * Liberal Internet discussion boards quickly delete posts that present facts contradicting liberal ideology and ban users making such posts. − (add more) − − Common expressions of [[deliberate ignorance]] include: − − *"I find that hard to believe!" (Howard Dean, June 11, 2008, in response to a fact ignored by [[liberals]]<ref>http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/210vssua.asp?</ref>) − * "I'm not aware of that!" (without admitting a failure to look) − * "I've never seen that in the [[New York Times]]!" − * "That's not what it said in my ([[public school]]) textbook!" − * "Let's talk about something else!" − * "I'm not interested in that!" − * "They hate us for our freedom!" − * "Complete suspension of disbelief!" − * "That [[Logical_fallacy#Appeal_to_pity|offends me]]!" (used as an excuse not to consider facts or logic) − − == Crime of Deliberate Ignorance == − − '''Deliberate ignorance''' can be a crime. For example, jurors were instructed "to consider whether ... former Enron Corp. executives deliberately ignored accounting fraud as the energy trader fell into bankruptcy."<ref>http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/05/11/enron_jury_to_consider_deliberate_ignorance/</ref> − − == References == − {{reflist}} − − [[Category:Rhetoric]] − [[Category:Liberal Traits]]
Replaced content with 'Creationism is what is known as deliberate ignorance. They steal your free will. FIGHT THE POWER!!!! Tehpwner.'
Creationism is what is known as deliberate ignorance. They steal your free will. FIGHT THE POWER!!!! Tehpwner.