Word: denialism
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...Former-Associate Professor of Government Bonnie Honig was denied tenure in the spring of 1997 despite lavish praise and recommendations from her department and peers in the field. Fifteen female senior faculty members wrote another infamous letter, this time to President Rudenstine, insisting that he reconsider the denial on the grounds that Honig may have been at a disadvantage because of her gender. No action was taken, and in the summer of 1997, Honig accepted a position at Northwestern University, where she now holds a tenured political science professorship...
...event, we cannot endorse the formal denial of civil rights and benefits afforded to others—call it marriage, civil union or any other name. Neither can we condone the perpetuation of a divisive culture war whose battles are all too staged, spurred by transparent and cynical ploys to deceive voters and distract attention from pressing issues of national concern. While politicos do their best to fuel America’s supposedly dire and disquieting culture war, a real war rages on in the Middle East...
...black America put forth a new set of demands for the Democrats to meet in order for black votes to be cast for the next Democratic nominee. First, Democrats must push for a new voting rights amendment that guarantees everyone the right to vote, not just protection from its denial. The Republicans have now mastered black voter suppression like Jordan did his jumpshot. If black votes were counted fairly, Bush would probably be somewhere in Texas reading books upside down—in 2000 and 2004. If Democrats really want black votes, it is imperative that they work tirelessly...
Just before Election Day, I quizzed some of my liberal friends about how they would cope with a Kerry loss. Their answers were variations on the famous five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Of course, the more politically obsessive the friend, the more anger and depression were emphasized. One die-hard Bush hater couldn't even contemplate acceptance. "I will be incapacitated," she declared...
...endure the kind of treatment White House aides received every week. "This is the gift that keeps on giving," said Bartlett at the time. "It's fun being on the other side of it for a change and watching them do all the things we get criticized for: denial, spin and stonewalling." Eventually, Rather had to acknowledge on-air that the documents might be forgeries and apologize for vouching for them. CBS appointed a two-person panel--Richard Thornburgh, Attorney General under the first President Bush, and Louis Boccardi, former president of the Associated Press--to investigate what had gone...