Deliberate ignorance

Deliberate ignorance is the practice of refusing to consider or discuss logic or evidence disproving ideologically motivated positions. Examples include:

• 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
• liberals refuse to address how socialism destroys productivity
• abortionists refuse to address the undisclosed harm to the mothers who have abortions
• 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.

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Common expressions of deliberate ignorance include:

• I'm not aware of that! (without admitting a failure to look)
• Let's talk about something else!
• I'm not interested in that!
• My name is Andy: even though I know I'm wrong, I still think you're using liberal deceit! Goodbye!
• My name is Karajou! I'm going to report you to the FBI, and close my ears to what you're saying, even though I know you're right, deep down, and sing la la la la ala la la.
• My name is TerryH ~ even though your claim is perfect logically, the Bible says it's wrong, so YOU must be wrong! Oops, I blocked you.