Word: dissenting
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...Thompson’s dark fantasy lurks the same suppression of dissent that tolerance classes usually promote. By suggesting that Pappin lacks “appreciation for contemporary morality,” we have to question what exactly Thompson’s definition of “appreciation” is. Since Thompson wrote in the throes of moral indignation that Pappin does not agree with him, “appreciation” clearly means conforming to Thompson’s own views on “contemporary morality,” lest one be labeled an intolerant bigot...
...intellectual community, each of us already has the capacity to identify bigotry where it exists and to distinguish valid argument from hate. We don’t need outspoken proponents of “tolerance” to do it for us. What we do need is dissent from students like Pappin, who challenge us all to examine the limits of our inclusiveness and to question the bitter hypocrisy of whom we choose to tolerate and whom we choose to silence...
...election foreshadowed the presidential vote of 2000. The race between Spitzer and the incumbent, Dennis Vacco, was so tight that it took six weeks before Spitzer was finally declared the winner, by about 25,000 votes. (In a memorable dissent, Vacco claimed that "dead people" and illegal immigrants had voted for Spitzer, a charge immortalized in the tabloid headline ALIENS STOLE MY ELECTION.) The new attorney general began looking for cases that mattered. Using an obscure section of the federal Clean Air Act, he took on polluters in the Midwest in 1999, arguing that winds bring their acid rain...
...Dissent: Don't Discriminate Against Religion
...Dissent: No New Cigarette Taxes