Word: silentes
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...remaining pockets of intolerance and let them wither away.” This idea is based on the erroneous assumption that discrimination against minorities is no longer commonplace. More dangerously, it advocates that, in response to actions that aim to silence and stigmatize, minority communities should be submissively silent in the face of these incidents. If Hastrup believes that hate crimes hurt entire communities, then these communities should not be criticized for coming together to console their members and to raise public awareness that violence and harassment are not just in the past...
...final report as conclusive evidence that the justification for the war had been a farce, the President did not speak up to set the record straight. When Cindy Sheehan haunted the gates of his Crawford ranch and precipitated a flood of anti-war sentiment, the President remained silent. Amidst ever-accumulating incidents of roadside bombs killing American troops and the resulting public discontent with his administration’s war policy, the President responded only by regurgitating stale party lines during press conferences and minor speeches. Bush, in short, has missed every major opportunity to reclaim prominence in the heated...
...only artists who released discs with remixes of entire albums were…Linkin Park?But now, it’s the “indie” thing to do! Earlier this year, Bloc Party put out a sliced-and-diced “Silent Alarm,” Death From Above 1979 gave the thumbs-up to a supefluous retooling of their last jaunt, and now, everyone’s favorite genius-posing-as-a-poseur, Beck, has jumped on the remixwagon. The results are tepid, at best.“Guero” was unjustly derided...
...speech, Liu said, "I have awoken to a hard fact: in today's China, if one speaks or writes and does not incur somebody's opposition, one might as well not have spoken or written at all. The only alternative is to cower in a corner and fall silent. But if we do that, why live...
...room, Berenger receives a threatening phone call from the rhinoceroses—there is no sound, but the audience watches with trepidation as he frantically unscrews the receiver to reveal a miniature red umbrella within the phone. In the chilling final set, hundreds of umbrellas, motionless and silent, provide an unsettling backdrop for Berenger’s anguished cries...