Word: dissenting
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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...
Impressively, Jurassic have continued both musics’ tradition of dissent without sacrificing their mass appeal. At Brandeis, the group made a powerful statement...
...Dissent: Discrimination is Discrimination
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...