Liberal denial

Cover of Rolling Stone Magazine, one of many published "halo-effect" photos of Barack Obama; the emphasis is on the claims that he is a "messiah," and is an example of liberal deification of a government official in accordance with line #6.

Liberal denial is the tendency of liberals to conceal, deny or censor the truth for ideological reasons. A list of the top common instances of liberal denial are the following:

1. Liberals deny that human intelligence inevitably and demonstrably declines from generation to generation, and that if there were another 100 generations into the future the people would not be able to understand simple concepts.
2. Liberals deny the very real existence of fetal pain during abortion.
3. Liberals deny the very real existence of Hell. Jesus talked about Hell more than Heaven.
4. Liberals deny how they censor the Bible from their daily activities, and encourage the censorship for others too.
5. Liberals deny that Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public since his intestinal surgery 3.5 years ago, is likely to be deceased.
6. Liberals deny the Nobel Prize is an award given by liberals to other liberals, and sometimes even granted in an awkward manner designed to punish a critic of liberal falsehoods.
7. Liberals deny how they deify government officials, similar to how communists deified Stalin and Lenin and still deify Castro.
8. Liberals deny how fellow travelers engage in deceit, or at least refuse to admit it.
9. Liberals deny they are liberal, and that most of the media are liberal.
10. Liberals deny that Hollywood values, professor values and general liberal values have consequences for those who believe in them, and also for innocent victims.
11. Liberals deny that they have censored prayer in public school.
12. Liberals deny that a woman significantly reduces her risk of breast cancer by having children rather than abortions
13. Liberals deny that about half of promiscuous people carry sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and those STDs cause infertility
14. Liberals deny that the strident promoters of evolution generally have weaker credentials than advocates of intelligent design
15. Liberals deny that College faculties at nearly every American school are completely dominated by liberals, and have virtually no conservatives
16. Liberals deny that Homosexuality shortens lifespan for a wide variety of reasons
17. Liberals deny that reducing the number of guns, which are primarily defensive weapons, results in an increase in crime
18. Liberals deny that the war in Iraq was needed and also deny that the surge has worked
19. Liberals deny that Hitler and the Nazi party were in fact Liberals (anti-Semitism is a well-documented characteristic of Liberal Christianity as is the PETA-like Green wing of the Third Reich)

More generally, liberals also deny:

1. That Obama ran the dirtiest campaign since Lyndon Johnson
2. That more than 80% of child molesters are pornography addicts
3. That people like young mass murderers who take atheistic beliefs to their logical conclusions are not "crazy" or "insane", but are true believers.
4. That young mass murderers fit the profile of public school-trained atheism
5. That the intellectual justification for Hitler's attempt to build a master Aryan race was the theory of evolution
6. That feminists censor discussion about differences between men and women, and boys and girls.
7. That Lawrence Summers was fired as President of Harvard for making a politically incorrect suggestion about women and math aptitude
8. That state run health care has lead to Islamic terrorism in Britain, and would do so in the US.
9. That obesity is a bigger problem than hunger in the Western world
10. That a school having virtually no conservative teachers and many atheists and liberals is a liberal school
11. That liberals attempt to intimidate and ostracize conservatives, particularly in school environments and some occupations.
12. That liberals support taxpayer-funded abortion
13. That girls and women in sports have debilitating ACL knee injuries at 3-4 times the rate of men, and are vulnerable to other injuries
14. That the numerous premature deaths of Hollywood stars are the result of Hollywood values
15. That homeschoolers often do better than those who attend public school
16. That culture affects politics, and people's views and lifestyles
17. That successful democracy, both historically and logically, is the result of Protestant Christianity
18. 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
19. That gun control increases crime
20. That reducing tax rates stimulates the economy
21. That choosing abortion over childbirth increases the risk of breast cancer
22. That the mainstream media is biased
23. That privately-run transport is more efficient than government-run transport
24. That universal health care is inferior medical care
25. That unions interfere with employment opportunities
26. That liberal leaders engage in shocking wrongdoing, hypocrisy, and abuse of power
27. That ideas do matter, and can cause great harm, including liberal falsehoods
28. That Islamic extremism is a threat to the Western civilization
29. That banning same-sex marriage is analogous to banning polygamy
30. That aggressive interrogation is often the only way to obtain answers from terrorists
31. That the liberal ideology is pushed on unsuspecting others, particularly youngsters
32. That free trade strengthens global democracies
33. That a child in a mother's womb has rights established by the Constitution
34. That a vote for (yea) or a vote against (nea) is an absolute position
35. That you can be held accountable for the statements uttered
36. That climate forecasts 50 years from now are as inaccurate as 15 days from now
37. That politicians that proclaim 'Change' actually do not break with policies of the past
38. That removing Saddam Hussein from power was a good thing.
39. That eating meat and dairy is important for physical and mental health.
40. That marijuana use has lasting psychological effects.
41. That illegal immigrants contribute to crime and poverty in the towns and cities they occupy.
42. That English will cease being the language of the United States in 20 years unless it is protected as the official language (and that this would be a loss if it happened).
43. That President Bush didn't cause Hurricane Katrina.
44. That President Clinton was responsible for Rwanda inaction.
45. That the Democratic party discriminates against African-Americans.
46. That restricting free speech by the Fairness Doctrine is actually not fair nor democratic.
47. That we can drill oil our way out of high gas prices.
48. That we can't replace our dependence on oil with green technologies, when in fact we need both oil and green technologies to solve our energy crisis.
49. That opposing same-sex marriage is justified and point to decriminalized interracial marriage bans as proof.
50. That they are intolerant of opposing viewpoints and then try to stifle further discussion.
51. That socialism and liberalism have the same political agenda.
52. That God should have a place in government
53. That modern drilling methods result in minimal environmental impact, even if they were implemented in uninhabited lands such as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
54. That companies like Exxon should pay billions of dollars in damages to the general public, in addition to the money they spend to clean up industrial accidents and to recompense those directly affected
55. That selective logging keeps forests healthier by reducing the risk of wildfire
56. That high food prices are not caused by ethanol production, but rather by the million acres of crop- and pastureland that have been taken out of production in the interest of wildlife conservation.
57. That the life of a human is more important than the life of an animal or plant.
58. That modern technology can make coal clean
59. That a fence is the most effective and ultimately, the most peaceful way to protect our large border from illegal immigrants trying to get in
60. That socially dangerous people exhibit a well-documented pattern of reading habits
61. That heavy metal music is generally anti-Christian and promotes themes such as drugs, sex and Satan worship.
62. The existence of God and Jesus, our Lord and Savior.
63. That they make sweeping generalizations about Conservatives.
64. That Wikipedia has a systematic bias.

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.

Liberals like to bash President Bush as a war monger and cite President Clinton for his eight years of peace and prosperity. Liberals will deny record low unemployment, more people owning their homes and President Bush going after terrorists while protecting Americans from further attacks. Liberals will selectively forget that during Clinton's term: the Rwanda massacre occurred, the bombing of the USS Cole, the war in the Balkans, the two US embassies bombed in Africa, the Kobar tower bombing in Saudi Arabia, the Somalia conflict, the missile strike against Afghanistan and the bombing campaign against Iraq. Also, liberals will deny that Clinton's economic policy ignored a series of high profile companies that eventually collapsed due to fraud: Enron, Tyco, Worldcom and Qwest.

As part of their denial, liberals often use the word "denial" pejoratively against conservatives. Alleging that conservatives are racist and reject science, they use terms like "global warming deniers" and "climate change deniers" in an attempt to link conservative viewpoints with Holocaust denial, Nazism, conspiracy theories, and pseudoscience.

See also

• ACLU
• Longest liberal denials