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# 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>
 
# 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>
 
# that banning [[same-sex marriage]] is analogous to banning [[polygamy]]
 
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Often [[liberal]]s refuse to admit that they are [[liberal]]s, in the hope 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.  Only out of desperation did Dukakis admit that he was a liberal, and even then he admitted only that was a liberal like President [[Harry Truman]], who served 40 years earlier.
 
Often [[liberal]]s refuse to admit that they are [[liberal]]s, in the hope 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.  Only out of desperation did Dukakis admit that he was a liberal, and even then he admitted only that was a liberal like President [[Harry Truman]], who served 40 years earlier.

Revision as of 16:16, February 20, 2008

Liberal denial is the tendency of liberals to conceal, deny or censor the truth for ideological reasons:

  1. that ideas do matter, and can cause great harm, including liberal falsehoods
  2. that girls and women in sports have debilitating ACL knee injuries at 3-4 times the rate of men[1]
  3. that young mass murderers fit the profile of public school-trained atheism
  4. that the numerous premature deaths of Hollywood stars are the result of Hollywood values[2]
  5. that homeschoolers often do better than those who attend public school
  6. that culture affects politics, and people's views and lifestyles
  7. that successful democracy, both historically and logically, is the result of Protestant Christianity[3]
  8. that Lawrence Summers was fired as President of Harvard for making a politically incorrect suggestion about women and math aptitude
  9. that Ronald Reagan's public exhortation, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall," helped cause the nearly 30-year-old Berlin Wall later be torn down
  10. that gun control may increase crime
  11. that group prayer is censored from public school
  12. that reducing taxes stimulates the economy
  13. that choosing abortion over childbirth increases the risk of breast cancer
  14. that the mainstream media is biased
  15. that privately-run transport is more efficient than government-run transport
  16. that public health care is inferior medical care
  17. that unions interfere with employment opportunities
  18. that Islamic extremism is a threat to the Western civilization[4]
  19. that banning same-sex marriage is analogous to banning polygamy
  20. that aggressive interrogation is often the only way to obtain answers from terrorists
  21. how the liberal ideology is pushed on unsuspecting others, particularly youngsters

Often liberals refuse to admit that they are liberals, in the hope 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. Only out of desperation did Dukakis admit that he was a liberal, and even then he admitted only that was a liberal like President Harry Truman, who served 40 years earlier.

References

  1. ↑ Compare [1] (with an explanation of why there is a big difference) with New York Times (downplaying the difference and pretending that no one knows why)
  2. ↑ 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. [2]
  3. ↑ Calvinism and the Success of Liberal Democracy, by John Snyder
  4. ↑ Leftist Sam Harris admitted and complained about this liberal denial here.
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