Ignoring the viewpoint is usually the first of the seven ways of message control.  Maybe it will go away.  "If you acknowledge it, you give it credence.  Ignore it."

• Examples of ignoring the viewpoint

·        Ignoring early Christians

·        Your viewpoint may be deliberately ignored

·        Deny access to the media

·        Deny access to the schools

Source:

Dr. Frank Wright

Message Control

• Ignore the viewpoint
• Marginalization
• Contention with the Foundational Premise
• Summary Dismissal
• Ad Hominem Attacks
• Obstructions to stating opposing opinion
• Prohibitions against stating opposing opinion