Word: disrespected
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...society," says Berkeley Economist Margaret Gordon, who also serves on the city council. "Their rage and frustration at them can break out uncontrollably even in the historically well-disciplined and polite Berkeley police department." What most upset Chicago police during the Democratic Convention was obscenity from women and disrespect to the flag. When demonstrators blithely pulled down the Stars and Stripes in Grant Park, several cops at the scene could not hold back their tears...
Lynd concedes that the ultimate risk of this position invites "generalized disrespect for law," but he slides away from consequences. When in doubt, he radiates an unqualified trust in the natural goodness and perfectibility of man that makes such an early wishful-thinker as Rousseau look like a cynic...
...that the looting of stores and the destruction of homes and lives has upon these people does not help the fight for equal opportunity. The cause gains little when a Negro robs a liquor store or steals a television set; it is hurt tremendously. I question whether replacing the disrespect and unconcern that white America has shown for the Negro with fear is progress towards the end of racial prejudice...
...professional golf has been invaded by an army of ambitious newcomers who can belt a ball every bit as far as their elders (or farther), dig divots on the greens with the bite of their approach shots, and putt as if the cups were canyons. Their dedication, determination and disrespect ("Arnie who?") underline their promise. Five of the best...
...peace remains the issue or our times, if cultural misunderstanding, disrespect and economic backwardness are prelude to inevitable violence, the unpleasant facts of life remain in our own and in a hundred nations. Despite the Peace Corps' distance from perfection, despite a bigoted mayor or the sadness of a war-torn land, the needs and dreams, the hopes and the frustrations of three billion people remain throughout the globe. These hopes are less tortured now, but agony tomorrow is certain if we shut them out today...