Word: vitriolics
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...cried more at times than I would like to admit because to see my name, my character, my person come under attack... It's astonishing to have your name smeared with such vitriol. I wouldn't wish it on people I dislike. It's been agonizing...
Still, over the years, there is no question that my most impassioned adversaries have been the members of organized feminist groups. The vitriol of their rhetoric has gone unmatched. Of course, so has their hypocrisy. Apparently, it is easy to blame the patriarchy for all of your woes, and to silence your opponents with accusations of misogyny, but it is more difficult to actually deny oneself the pleasures of cavorting with said patriarchy's handsome sons. I will never forget the fateful evening when I encountered the leader of one prominent women's organization emerging from the anteroom...
...audience to present substantive questions and not personal attacks. The audience toned down their antics from that moment on, but by then there was little time left in Buchanan's appearance. When the event finally came to a close, those valiant soldiers of the Left who had unleashed their vitriol undoubtedly felt a deep sense of satisfaction. Not every day does a paladin have the opportunity to confront the Devil himself, and besides, it's always nice to vent...
William Cobbett is a pompous English import who bloviated in his Porcupine's Gazette on behalf of Hamilton and his law-and-order Federalists. His rival in vitriol is James Thomson Callender, wanted for sedition in his native Scotland. He was Jefferson's hit man who, when slighted by the Sage of Monticello, spread informed innuendo about his arrangement with slave and lover Sally Hemings. Public reaction to the disclosure makes the Clinton-Lewinsky affair look like a casual game of spin the bottle...
...Editorial, Dec. 7). The Crimson's thesaurus must have received quite a workout: in the space of a few paragraphs, the sponsors of last week's Conservative Coming Out Dinner are accused of "foolishness," "immaturity," "boorishness," "stupidity" and an "abhorrent disregard for the feelings of other students." Amid the vitriol, a few points warrant response...