Word: discreditable
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...accusations against our brothers and sisters cause us special concern because we see the charges as an effort to discredit the Peace Movement in this country. For those of us who would look to our federal officials for leadership and an example that the law has been used for harassment and defamation of character, not only of the defendants but of all those who have shared their goals and ideals, causes severe pain. Our conviction is that the accused have already proven themselves true patriots by their commitment to peace-making...
...therefore state that the allegations against me, late to work, overuse of the telephone, are grossly exaggerated, and are made to discredit me because I hold and express anti-war views and seek discharge as a conscientious objector...
...reflection," an ambiguous appearance that could have been caused by anything (including the camera), that leads to no clearer understanding of "reality" because it neglects answering the question "why?" So what about La Hora de los Hornos? How do its documentary images treat the question of causality and discredit surface verities...
...abortions performed there; among the invaders was L. Brent Bozell, brother-in-law of William F. Buckley and, along with Buckley's sister Patricia, an editor of Triumph magazine. Triumph's editorial support of such activism caused William Buckley last week to write that "such analyses discredit the anti-abortion position." It is the gentler arts of persuasion, so far, that have won some victories for the anti-abortion forces. Liberalized abortion has been thwarted either in the courts or legislatures in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, North and South Dakota, Indiana, Kentucky and Massachusetts...
...seems probable that no conspiracy existed. If the government knew this, then it can hardly argue that its motivation in seeking the indictments was is desire to see crime punished. Other possible motives exist: the government's desire to punish, or harass, or discredit those politically opposed to it. That it acted out of such motives does not seem implausible...