Word: condemned
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...easy for Harvard students, many of whom have overcome great obstacles in order to be accepted here, to look disparagingly at the pit kids' lifestyle and supposed "choices." What's hard is resisting the knee-jerk reaction to condemn instead of understand, to draw conclusions about character from outward appearances. There is clearly more to this story than skinheads and hate. As Sullivan said, "There are a lot of people at Harvard who want to help...but there a lot of people who want to turn their heads...
...their mouths shut until their guy was in the White House," the infidels would be vanquished. In fact, party activists, once bent on cutting school breakfasts and midnight basketball, actually applauded Powell--who actually wore a white shirt. He chastised those who "miss no opportunity to roundly and loudly condemn affirmative action that helped a few thousand black kids get an education" but hardly utter "a whimper when it's affirmative action for lobbyists..." He also took them to task for keeping so much wealth on their side of the wall, for building too few schools and too many jails...
...University administrators universally condemn threats by city councillors to block Harvard development without the implementation of a living wage...
...feel that Oppenheim has a perfectly clear vision of what Harvard is, and it is an accurate vision. Rather then condemn him for focusing in on the "weakest link" of Harvard, let us remember that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Instead of complaining about his complaining, we should recognize the truth in his words and try to change it. Instead of accepting the worst of what exists here, we should be campaigning against...
First, false assumptions about evangelical Christians constitute the foundation of the article. For example, your article claims that evangelical Christians are "politically conservative," "don't think the homosexual act is very kosher with the Almighty," and implies that evangelicals do not go to Memorial Church because they condemn Gomes' lifestyle. These statements are sweeping generalizations and completely ignore the fact that many evangelical Christians have totally differing opinions on those topics...