Word: dissenter
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...suggests a discomfort with political dissent, and an inclination for everyone to toe their respective ideological lines, rather than confront difficult questions. This campus missed an enormous chance to ask the questions sparked by Lo’s flag: Whose opinions are we willing to entertain seriously even if we disagree with them? To what extent do we temper our unequivocal support of free speech when faced with ideas we find distasteful...
Gitlin’s critique of fragmentation and contrarianism is more than philosophical dissent. He laments that while the Left was “hanging loose,” the Right took control. Gitlin saves his harshest admonishments for the right wing conservatives who occupy the highest echelons of power (and did so, says Gitlin, before George W. Bush was appointed president by the Supreme Court) and the Naderites who helped boost the current administration...
...There is a strict chain of command in its arrangement of both players and coaches. Players report to position coaches, who report to offensive or defensive coordinators, who then report to the head coach. All orders are to be followed eagerly and wholeheartedly, with little room for dissent...
...recent decision. Discrimination against any of us is discrimination against all of us. If this decision is allowed to stand, who will protect those members of HRCF who have views that differ slightly from the current leadership of the group? Allowing discrimination in officer selection is in effect silencing dissent within the group and this can and will only lead to difficulty for future generations of HRCF officers...
...salute those of your board who had the good judgement to dissent from your unwise and inappropriate editorial...