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*Remarkable [[homing]] and [[migration]] are somehow the result of [[magnetism]].<ref>http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/dn13811-birds-can-see-the-earth</ref> | *Remarkable [[homing]] and [[migration]] are somehow the result of [[magnetism]].<ref>http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/dn13811-birds-can-see-the-earth</ref> | ||
*Believing that they have seen [[UFO]]s representing intelligent life from outer space.<ref>[[Liberal]] President [[Jimmy Carter]] is the only president to have formally reported seeing a [[UFO]]. [http://www.conservapedia.com/Jimmy_Carter#UFO_Sighting]</ref> | *Believing that they have seen [[UFO]]s representing intelligent life from outer space.<ref>[[Liberal]] President [[Jimmy Carter]] is the only president to have formally reported seeing a [[UFO]]. [http://www.conservapedia.com/Jimmy_Carter#UFO_Sighting]</ref> | ||
| − | *Believing that an absence of direct [[evidence]] is necessarily an evidence of absence (for example, the lack of [[WMD | + | *Believing that an absence of direct [[evidence]] is necessarily an evidence of absence (for example, the apparent lack of [[WMD#Saddam%20Hussein%20and%20WMD|WMD's in Iraq]], despite evidence of a program in place, and the supposed extinction of [[dinosaur]]s despite [[Dinosaur#Dinosaur-like_creatures_in_history_and_modern_sightings|modern sightings]]).<ref>See "[[out of sight out of mind]]".</ref> |
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Liberal gullibility is the tendency of some people to easily believe false liberal claims. Michael Moore makes a fortune from liberal gullibility and Al Gore won a Nobel Prize on the back of it.
Examples of liberal gullibility include beliefs such as:
- Taking away guns will prevent gun crime. (Unfortunately, if good people get rid of their guns, criminals will not. In the Luby's massacre in Killeen, Texas, people were essentially sitting ducks which resulted in the deaths of 24 people and 20 people being injured. One of the survivors, Suzanna Hupp, said she was unable to stop the incident because Texas at the time did not allow people to carry concealed weapons. She later became a politician and pushed for legislation to allow Texans to carry a concealed weapon to help prevent/limit massacres like this from happening in Texas again).
- Human beings contribute to global warming. (This has been disputed by a number of scientists including Nobel prize winners).
- Providing government health care for all will reduce illness. (Government provided healthcare would probably result in people going to the hospital more frequently than necessary, causing system overload - this happened in Massachusetts after a similar policy was enacted there. It may also cause a decrease in the number of doctors interested in becoming specialty doctors).
- Government programs reduce poverty. (The problem with such policies is that they create dependence and since poorer people have more children then the rich it only worsens the problem).
- The Piltdown Man was the missing link, and so was the Nebraska Man. (Liberals believed and taught these hoaxes for decades in the 20th century).
- Circular reasoning "proves" something. (For example, assuming an element had a half-life of 700 million years in order to "prove" that the universe is older than 700 million years).
- Legalizing drugs will kill the black market in drugs. (Whereas the black market will simply find a new market).
- Remarkable homing and migration are somehow the result of magnetism.[1]
- Believing that they have seen UFOs representing intelligent life from outer space.[2]
- Believing that an absence of direct evidence is necessarily an evidence of absence (for example, the apparent lack of WMD's in Iraq, despite evidence of a program in place, and the supposed extinction of dinosaurs despite modern sightings).[3]
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References
- ↑ http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/dn13811-birds-can-see-the-earth
- ↑ Liberal President Jimmy Carter is the only president to have formally reported seeing a UFO. [1]
- ↑ See "out of sight out of mind".
