Word: affrontive
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These "others" are an affront to one's ability to find "happiness" through self-determination. They are an obstacle that must be at least overcome, if not eradicated. This is not mere "self-interest" or selfishness. Instead, self-preservation and self-determination have become pearls of great price and violence has already anointed by some as the means with which to attain these desired ends...
ROTC is a good program. It provides a service to students and our government that only such a program could. It is patriotic and develops a specific style of leadership. It is also discriminatory, and the council's action is nothing less than a direct affront to Harvard's discrimination policy and an endorsement of homophobia in general...
ROTC is a good program. It provides a service to students and our government that only such a program could. It is patriotic and develops a specific style of leadership. It is also discriminatory, and the council's action is nothing less than a direct affront to Harvard's discrimination policy and an endorsement of homophobia in general...
...days of old, brave men and women roamed the countryside in search of wild beasts. They shot those beasts. But in this age of political correctness, the noble sport of big game hunting has come under heavy fire. Critics call it inhumane, a frivolous waste of life, an affront to the sacred majesty of the animal kingdom. We call...
...stands now, the hypocrisy of killing for people for "pro-life"' and lawlessness of these radicals stand as a direct affront to the constitution as defined by the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade. Abortion rights activists must do more to defend their rights against these mounting threats. A lot has changed since 1992 when over 500 pro-choice demonstrators showed up at a Brighton, MA clinic to protect it from Operation Rescuers. Opponents of abortion rights have become even more resistant and violent, while pro-choicers have become increasingly apathetic. It is hard to find more than...