Word: backlashers
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Given that the bias in science is acknowledged by scientists themselves, many modern political and philosophical thinkers are joining a backlash against science to remove the influence it now holds over modern culture...
...godmother of the backlash against divorce curls in a couch before a window overlooking San Francisco Bay. "I don't know whether the right word is backlash, she admonishes. "That implies that there's no logic to it. I hope what we're talking about is something more rational." But, yes, Judith Wallerstein allows, "I'm glad people are concerned...
...reactionary backlash--from the solitary Forrest Gump that battled Natural Born Killers for the number one spot in box office returns last summer to the resurgence of the Republican Party, trumpeting its "traditional values"--indicates that the nation is beginning to sense this impending upheaval and is nostalgically longing for the cultural value system of a safer time. It longs for a time when America was more unified, before cynicism overpowered politics, and when the most disturbing image to be found in popular culture was Edvard Munch's "The Scream," a painting of introspection and angst, not razor blades...
Furthermore, the imposition of a new requirement may provoke a backlash from students--including those students who are not racist--who may see the policy as an attempt at "brainwashing." Many students at the College have reacted unfavorably to being forced to sit through the lengthy and platitudinous presentations of peer group outreaches. Being compelled to take an entire course on race relations would make these students even happier...
...those deemed overly dependent. ``I see people buying food with food stamps, and they're buying better stuff than I am,'' gripes Chicagoan Vicky Baron. ``I mean, they've got all their steaks just lined up!'' The revolt against the disadvantaged, ranging from calls for welfare reform to the backlash against illegal immigrants, has emerged as a national policy prescription. Will self-reliance turn mean? Will it lift America's spirits? Pessimists abound. Mario Cuomo, New York's ousted Governor, predicts that voters will keep reversing themselves: ``Unless the mood changes dramatically, you won't be able to do enough...