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'''Liberal obfuscation''' refers to the tendency of [[liberal]]s to cloak misrepresentations of controversial issues, often by employing spin or [[Liberal wordiness|excessive wordiness]].

'''Liberal obfuscation''' is the name given to the tendency of [[liberals]] to use excessive words or manipulative phrases in order to distort the truth about controversial issues. Examples of liberal obfuscation include:

Examples of liberal obfuscation include:

* instead of admitting that [[abortion]] increases the risk of breast cancer, [[liberals]] inject a compound negative and say, "abortion fails to provide the decrease in risk that giving birth provides"<ref>See [[Talk:liberal denial]]; note that risk is relative and thus the decrease in breast cancer risk from declining an [[abortion]] logically means there is an increase in risk from having an [[abortion]].</ref>

* instead of apologizing for making a bad statement that offends people, liberals use others to explain what they really meant. e.g. Her detractors claim what Michelle [[Obama]] said was un-American. "for the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country". Her defense is for others to say that nothing is wrong here and that her statement has been distorted.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/30/opinion/main4220027.shtml], New Republic, Michelle Obama: Iron Woman, June 30, 2008</ref>

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* Instead of admitting that [[Democrats]] were wrong in opposing the [[Gulf War]], [[John Kerry]] stated, "There is not a right or wrong here. There was a correctness in the president's judgment about timing. But that does not mean there was an incorrectness in the judgment other people made about timing. ...  Again and again and again in the debate, it was made clear that the vote of the [[U.S. Senate]] and the [[House]] on the authorization of immediate use of force on Jan. 12 was not a vote as to whether or not force should be used."

* Instead of apologizing for offensive statements, liberals will rely on their friends and supporters to claim that the statements were "misrepresented." For example, when [[Michelle Obama]] said that "for the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country," it was widely regarded as an unpatriotic or anti-American statement. ''The New Republic'' columnist Ed Kilgore, however, jumped to her defense by saying that her statement had been distorted and taken out of context.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/30/opinion/main4220027.shtml], New Republic, Michelle Obama: Iron Woman, June 30, 2008</ref>

* Instead of utilizing a straightforward understanding of the Second Amendment, liberals make highly convoluted and wordy arguments in order to make it seem to allow heavy [[gun control]].

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== See also ==

== See also ==

*[[Liberal style]]

*[[Liberal style]]

*[[Liberal wordiness]]

*[[Liberal wordiness]]

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