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* The late [[Mickey Rooney]] denied to his death that not only was there nothing wrong with his portrayal of [[Breakfast at Tiffany's|Mr. Yunioshi]] ([[Ethnic Scrappy|an outrageously racist Asian caricature]]), but flat out denied that anyone has ever even complained about it!
* Anorexic people will insist that they're fat even when they're as skinny as a weed. The tragedy of it being that due to their perspective being extremely distorted by the condition, it isn't a lie from their point of view. In some cases, though, many are aware of their condition but are told by their subconscious to keep fasting. Also, for some, fasting is not due to a wish to lose weight in particular but a demonstration of power and self-restraint.
* The Chinese government denies that [[w:1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre|the
** As of 2024, the occasional Chinese journalist can be found on social media "explaining" how the whole story was a Western fabrication.
** And a PRC shill has attempted to delete information about it here on All The Tropes, only be thwarted by the Moderation system.
* "In Iran, we do not have homosexuals like in your country. I do not know who told you that we have them." - Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, President of Iran
* The Church of Scientology denies that it believes the Xenu story (as famously lampooned by ''[[South Park]]'' and just about everyone else), despite recordings of [[L. Ron Hubbard]] discussing it being readily available, numerous former Scientologists describing it and the Church's lawyers, spokesman and leader publicly alluding to it.
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