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* [[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>
 
* [[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>
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* refusing to acknowledge the inferior credentials of the critics of [[Richard Sternberg]], whom they ostracize for having published an [[intelligent design]] article
 
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* [[Democrats]] refusing to acknowledge [[Barack Obama]]'s appeal to unpatriotic donors and supporters
 
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* [[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>
 
* [[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>
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* [[liberals]] refuse to address how [[socialism]] destroys productivity
 
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* [[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.
 
 
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*"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 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>)
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* "I'm not aware of that!" (without admitting a failure to look)
 
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* "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!"
 
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* "Let's talk about something else!"
 
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* "I'm not interested in that!"
 
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* "They hate us for our freedom!"
 
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* "Complete suspension of disbelief!"
 
  
 
== Crime of Deliberate Ignorance ==
 
== Crime of Deliberate Ignorance ==

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Deliberate ignorance is the practice of refusing to consider or discuss logic or evidence disproving ideologically motivated positions. Examples include:

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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])

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

  1. ↑ http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/210vssua.asp?
  2. ↑ This is disputed by evolutionists at a blog worth reviewing further for plausibility here.
  3. ↑ http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/210vssua.asp?
  4. ↑ http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/05/11/enron_jury_to_consider_deliberate_ignorance/
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