Word: ipso
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There is a peculiar American cultural convention that "old news is no news," meaning that if any story, no matter how appalling, has seen some light of day a few weeks or months earlier, it is ipso facto drained of moral and political valence. Sure enough, despite the initial shock waves set off by the Starr report, public support for Clinton has remained steady. Two-thirds of Americans still don't want him to resign or be impeached. In fact, two-thirds approve of the job he's doing as President...
...reason homosexual marriages will not be recognized is that America is intensely homophobic. The irony is that by turning an irrational homophobia into policy, set forth to "strengthen that institution," the government only succeeds in weakening the institution. For example, by discouraging homosexual men from marrying, the government is ipso facto discouraging monogamous, meaningful relationships. It is sending a message that what it has deemed "aberrant behavior" is of no value and thus homosexuals themselves have no worth. The problem with having a government that makes fundamental decisions about the rights otherwise ordinary citizens may have is that it becomes...
...Thompson says Perry is less concerned about the agreement, which simply authorizes joint military exercises and research, than in politicking in the region to prevent an arms race between India and bitter rival Pakistan. "Now that the Soviets are our allies," Thompson points out, "all their old allies are ipso facto our allies...
...Harvard speech, he condemned those who believe "that anyone who criticizes a Jew is ipso facto an anti-Semite." I agree. The essential difference here is that Martin is not criticizing a Jew, or even a number of Jews. He is criticizing Jews as a whole, the entire Jewish people. This is the essence of bigotry. To listen to Martin, one gets impression that merely to be Jewish is to be guilty of a crime against the Black race. This collectivization of guilt is an abhorrent concept, which must be combated...
...totally resent this letter and those who put it together," Martin said. He also condemned those who believe "that anybody who criticizes a Jew is ipso facto anti-Semitic...