Word: unpopularity
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...Piercing critques" could be achieved in signed pieces just as they are on this page. If one has an unpopular opinion, one must have the courage of one's convictions and not hide behind the curtain of anonymity. Fenno's most recent column illustrates the danger of anonymity--the sprouting of cowardly hate...
...Caperton] was willing to stick with what he believed as right despite being one of the most unpopular governors," said Abigail L. Hing '98. "He really saw what needed to get done and then did it, regardless of its implications...
...idea of the First Amendment is that in a marketplace of ideas, including ideas that are wildly unpopular and possibly even offensive, society will discover the best policies and values by which to govern themselves. Its purpose is not to grant free license of personal offense to those that are too cowardly to claim responsibility for their words...
...should be obvious that aspiring opponents of this new and radical philosophy were given ample opportunity to hone their skills refuting all these unpopular ideas. But what is the best that Ayn Rand's critics at this august institution can throw at her? Objectivism is lumped in with conservatism, as if Ayn Rand's vision of man as a rational, productive, heroic being were compatible with the conservative vision of a wretched sinner who will sacrifice himself for the needy willingly if the government will just let him. Objectivists are caricatured as blind followers, as if being convinced...
...scrambling reflects the Yeltsin team's awareness that they are still deeply unpopular with Russian voters, who, if given the chance, would happily put someone else in charge. That person would probably be Alexander Lebed, the former general whose successful peace negotiations in Chechnya last year have made him the most popular--and electable--figure in the country. If Lebed ascended to the presidency, he would inherit one of the most authoritarian constitutions of any state in the world that aspires to democracy. This is deeply worrisome, and not just to Yeltsin's advisers, because Russia would then...