Other attempts at dismissing awkward facts received less attention, because they're only discussed among those who understand climate change. (drtimball.com)
But in these post-Enlightenment times one can't help but suspect that the fuss over Antarctic glaciers (by silly rags like WaPo) is to obscure a very large and awkward fact of recent years: (judithcurry.com)
Even today when pressures such as «outing» seek to enforce a gay identity on all homosexuals, many of them take the view that homosexuality is just one facet of their identity - whether an advantage, or a curse, or simply a slightly awkward fact about themselves - which has little bearing on the rest of their lives outside the bedroom. (firstthings.com)