Word: offendable
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...Pelosi may have few good options in the current dilemma. If she decides to replace Harman with someone other than Hastings, she could easily offend the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), which has insisted that Hastings' seniority entitles him to the position. But some aides have also rumored that there might be another solution: installing a former panel member, Georgia Rep. Sanford Bishop, who is also African-American, in place of either Harman or Hastings. Whatever happens, one thing is clear: after her Murtha debacle, Pelosi - and the Democrats, for that matter - cannot afford another misstep so early in her tenure...
...insincerity to the political sphere. He says that pop culture’s criticism of the Bush Administration is often equally hypocritical. He has harsh words for comedians who court an audience on both sides of a debate by saying, as he puts it, “we just offend everybody, we’re equal opportunity offenders.”South Park, a show that frequently skewers anti-war Hollywood activists along with neo-conservative policy, is one such example, he says.According to Rees, the creators of South Park act “as if there?...
...enlists Ed Harris to play the German genius, and though both director and star create much bluster and intensity, neither of them offer the audience much more than empty sound and fury. Apart from the music itself, the story told in the film is blatantly fictitious and will likely offend the aficionado’s sense of history. The role of a twenty-something copyist, played by the lovely Diane Kruger (“Troy”), is a device created by the film’s writers to see into the last days of an increasingly reclusive Beethoven...
...work with this style of confrontational comedy (popular on shows now from “Curb” to “The Colbert Report”), milking awkward pauses and misunderstandings for all their comedic gold. The lengths Cohen goes to in the effort to actually offend people are staggering; his Southern dinner party doesn’t end until he orders an African-American hooker sent to the plantation house of his hosts...
...exists within its student body. Anyone who walks onto our campus can appreciate this diversity simply by observing the variety of posters that adorn kiosks, bulletin boards, and other public spaces. With such a range of passionate opinions, it’s almost inevitable that some poster campaigns will offend students with different views. However, although we value freedom of expression, even when that expression offends others, there must be limits: activists have a responsibility to express their opinions without creating a hostile or pernicious environment for other students. Unfortunately, Harvard Right to Life (HRL) has acted irresponsibly by running...