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* [[Democrats]] refusing to acknowledge [[Barack Obama]]'s appeal to unpatriotic donors and supporters | * [[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]] | * [[materialists]] refuse to address the impossibility of material explanation for [[migration]] and [[homing]] | ||
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* [[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> | * [[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> | ||
* [[liberals]] refuse to address how [[socialism]] destroys productivity | * [[liberals]] refuse to address how [[socialism]] destroys productivity | ||
* [[abortionists]] refuse to address the undisclosed harm to the mothers who have [[abortions]] | * [[abortionists]] refuse to address the undisclosed harm to the mothers who have [[abortions]] | ||
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* 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. | * 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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* "I'm not aware of that!" (without admitting a failure to look) | * "I'm not aware of that!" (without admitting a failure to look) | ||
* "I've never seen that in the [[New York Times]]!" | * "I've never seen that in the [[New York Times]]!" | ||
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* "That's not what it said in my ([[public school]]) textbook!" | * "That's not what it said in my ([[public school]]) textbook!" | ||
* "Let's talk about something else!" | * "Let's talk about something else!" | ||
Revision as of 20:27, August 28, 2008
Deliberate ignorance is the practice of refusing to consider or discuss logic or evidence disproving ideologically motivated positions. Examples include:
- Howard Dean, a physician, former Governor, and longtime politician, refusing to recognize that taxpayer-funded abortion increases the number of abortions[1]
- 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[2]
- 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 find that hard to believe!" (Howard Dean, June 11, 2008, in response to a fact ignored by liberals[3])
- "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!"
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."[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/210vssua.asp?
- ↑ This is disputed by evolutionists at a blog worth reviewing further for plausibility here.
- ↑ http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/210vssua.asp?
- ↑ http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/05/11/enron_jury_to_consider_deliberate_ignorance/