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|41 years | |41 years | ||
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| + | |[[Lenin]] and [[Leon Trotsky|Trotsky]] being as genocidal as Stalin | ||
| + | |1917 | ||
| + | |present | ||
| + | |102 years and counting | ||
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|[[Alger Hiss]] as a communist spy | |[[Alger Hiss]] as a communist spy | ||
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|[[Joseph Stalin]] starving millions | |[[Joseph Stalin]] starving millions | ||
| − | | | + | |1933 |
| − | | | + | |1986 |
| − | | | + | |53 years |
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|[[Population bomb]] hoax | |[[Population bomb]] hoax | ||
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|[[global warming]] hoax | |[[global warming]] hoax | ||
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| − | | | + | |present |
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|1975 | |1975 | ||
|present | |present | ||
| − | | | + | |44 years and counting |
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|How Reagan caused the fall of [[communism]] | |How Reagan caused the fall of [[communism]] | ||
|1991 | |1991 | ||
|present | |present | ||
| − | | | + | |28 years and counting |
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|Harm caused by the [[New Deal]] during the Depression | |Harm caused by the [[New Deal]] during the Depression | ||
|1933 | |1933 | ||
|present | |present | ||
| − | | | + | |86 years and counting |
| + | |- | ||
| + | |The falsehood of [[Charles Darwin]]'s theory of [[evolution]] | ||
| + | |1859 | ||
| + | |present | ||
| + | |160 years and counting | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |That [[materialism]] and evolutionary thought played a role in [[Hitler]]'s rise to power | ||
| + | |1933 | ||
| + | |present | ||
| + | |86 years and counting | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |The racist Southern Democrats did not become Republicans after LBJ reluctantly passed the Civil Rights Act | ||
| + | |1964 | ||
| + | |present | ||
| + | |55 years and counting | ||
| + | |- | ||
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[[Category:Liberalism]] | [[Category:Liberalism]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:16, April 7, 2019
Liberal denial is a familiar phenomenon. What are the longest liberal denials in history? Here's a growing list:
| Denial | Beginning of denial | Ending of denial | Length of denial |
| Piltdown Man hoax | 1912 | 1953 | 41 years |
| Lenin and Trotsky being as genocidal as Stalin | 1917 | present | 102 years and counting |
| Alger Hiss as a communist spy | 1947 | 1998 | 51 years |
| Joseph Stalin starving millions | 1933 | 1986 | 53 years |
| Population bomb hoax | 1968 | 1987 | 19 years |
| global warming hoax | present | ||
| Effectiveness of supply-side economics | 1975 | present | 44 years and counting |
| How Reagan caused the fall of communism | 1991 | present | 28 years and counting |
| Harm caused by the New Deal during the Depression | 1933 | present | 86 years and counting |
| The falsehood of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution | 1859 | present | 160 years and counting |
| That materialism and evolutionary thought played a role in Hitler's rise to power | 1933 | present | 86 years and counting |
| The racist Southern Democrats did not become Republicans after LBJ reluctantly passed the Civil Rights Act | 1964 | present | 55 years and counting |
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