Difference between revisions of "Deliberate ignorance"

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Creationism is what is known as deliberate ignorance. They steal your free will. FIGHT THE POWER!!!! Tehpwner.

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-'''Deliberate ignorance''' is the practice of refusing to consider or discuss logic or evidence disproving ideologically motivated positions.  Examples include:
+Creationism is what is known as deliberate ignorance. They steal your free will. FIGHT THE POWER!!!! Tehpwner.
-* [[Howard Dean]], a physician, former Governor, and longtime politician, refusing to recognize that [[taxpayer-funded abortion]] increases the number of [[abortion]]s<ref>http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/210vssua.asp?</ref>
-* [[abortionists]] refuse to address the undisclosed harm to the mothers who have [[abortions]]
-* refusing to acknowledge the inferior credentials of the critics of [[Richard Sternberg]], whom they ostracize for having published an [[intelligent design]] article
-* [[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]]<ref>This is disputed by evolutionists at a blog worth reviewing further for plausibility [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/02/two_tales_of_whale_evolution.php here].</ref> and the other [[counterexamples to evolution]].
-* [[liberals]] refuse to address how [[socialism]] destroys productivity
-* 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.
-* [[Liberal Christianity|Liberal]] [[Cafeteria Christianity|cafeteria Christians]] refuse to consider [[Bible]] verses that contradict their preconceived notions of what the Bible should say.
-* Liberal Internet discussion boards quickly delete posts that present facts contradicting liberal ideology and ban users making such posts.
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-Common expressions of [[deliberate ignorance]] include:
-*"I find that hard to believe!" (Howard Dean, June 11, 2008, in response to a fact ignored by [[liberals]]<ref>http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/210vssua.asp?</ref>)
-* "I'm not aware of that!" (without admitting a failure to look)
-* "I've never seen that in the [[New York Times]]!"
-* "That's not what it said in my ([[public school]]) textbook!"
-* "Let's talk about something else!"
-* "I'm not interested in that!"
-* "They hate us for our freedom!"
-* "Complete suspension of disbelief!"
-* "That [[Logical_fallacy#Appeal_to_pity|offends me]]!" (used as an excuse not to consider facts or logic)
-== Crime of Deliberate Ignorance ==
-'''Deliberate ignorance''' can be a crime.  For example, jurors were instructed "to consider whether ... former Enron Corp. executives deliberately ignored accounting fraud as the energy trader fell into bankruptcy."<ref>http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/05/11/enron_jury_to_consider_deliberate_ignorance/</ref>
-== References ==
-{{reflist}}
-[[Category:Rhetoric]]
-[[Category:Liberal Traits]]

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