Sentences with phrase «against stupidity»

I am just trying to protect myself against stupidity of the system..
There is Bennett's «savagely Swiftian indignation against stupidity, Philistinism and arrogance in public places [which offers] a passionate argument for the civilizing power of art» (The London Times).
The story generates that kind of urgency we feel when a character is obviously right and is up against stupidity and meanness.
«Against stupidity, even the gods strive in vain.»
Against stupidity, the gods themselves content in vain!
I personally have nothing against any religion at all; I do, however, have something against stupidity.

Not exact matches

Second, the electoral college got stuck in to provide a last line of defense against public stupidity — in case you didn't know it, the electors aren't legally bound to vote as their state's majority has.
Discriminating against talented employees or paying customers just because of their sexual orientation is plain stupidity.
On ChurchofSatan.com there are «Sins against Satan», of all things (I know, I was surprised) but the first one is Stupidity.
Well stupidity is not against the law.
When are people going to start rioting against MEDIA to stop the spread of hatred and stupidity?
The same stupidity prevailed after 9/11 when turban wearing Indian - American Sikhs were physically attacked in the streets because they looked Muslim, and when Muslim communities were subjected to increased state surveillance, extra airport screening, extrajudicial renderings of innocent people to torture chambers, racial profiling, and the heinous crimes committed against innocent Muslims everywhere by the US Military without so much as an expression of regret and remorse from the American public.
Chad, do yourself the disfavor of continuing to argue the stupidity that you do that does more harm to your position and the position of creationists than it does to the theory of evolution that you claim to be against.
I have nothing against the religious, but I do hate stupidity and therein lies the problem.
As Whitehead once put it, «The defense of morals is the battle - cry which best rallies stupidity against change.
He is willing to use stupidity for his own position that he would never accept against it.
«The defense of morals,» said Whitehead (1942), «is the battle - cry which best rallies stupidity against change» (p. 309).
Having said all that, the Muslims do have the right to create a center at a place of their own choosing, regardless of the noises made by Newt and others promoters of stupidity in America, long as they are not promoting laws that are not only against the constitution but against the dignity of what we know as humans, we can not legalize any killing fields.
If there is a war against christianity, it is between christian extremists and those «who require evidence prior to believing», and seeing as how there is no evidence supporting creation by an almighty whatever, and that there is tons of evidence supporting evolution, the most effective weapon in the «war» is the utter stupidity that keeps emanating from the mouths of christian loudmouths.
The number of comments I make against religion is tiny, almost insignificant, compared to the number of times I must be tolerant of the stupidity of religion.
But expect drama and stupidity from your associates and family when you first take a stand against a tradition of man which violates biblical truth.
love your articles galen this just proves the sheer stupidity and arrogance of our manager what are players like ozil and giroud still doing at arsenal after their first season ozil should probably be sold back to shalke in a soft league and who knows he might play his best football and it might help in his national team form cazorla is a good player but not world class he can not be classified on the same level against players like silva iniesta and the old arsenal fabregas sanchez is also good but he needs to add more to his game for him to be put on the same level with world beaters like suarez neymar and bale koscienly is also good but he has too many injury troubles coquelin is a class player but he is not world class he is good technically but not a dominant midfielder like schneiderlin and fernandinho as for cech he is there among the best keepers and he is the only positive in this arsenal team.Needs to work on his distribution though the back four is solid but has alot of light weights strong and powerful foward might find it easy
And I'm going to hold it against them when I see the kind of stupidity, the kind of blindness, that comes with being emotionally drunk.»
Manufacturers would preserve their advantage against UK exporters at home, enjoy a level playing - field against UK producers in the UK, and celebrate our incredible stupidity — without a trade deal in sight.
This is the type of stupidity that led to the democrats voting against the rent - control extension bill last spring.
While it is easy to demonstrate the stupidity of George W Bush and his gang by counterposing the insurgency against his «Mission Accomplished» speech, it is an effective point about the failure of planning that occurred.
Co-written by the duo, its story is a sweeping, multi-generational one set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring New York City of the late 1980s; adoption, teen pregnancy, drugs, hardcore punk rock, the unbridled optimism and reckless stupidity of the young — and old — are all major elements in this heart - aching tale of the son of diehard hippies and his strange odyssey through the extremes of late - 20th - century youth culture.
Both are dark moral fables that play Paxton's evident decency against Thornton's cracker stupidity and meanness until both eventually pull back to discover other, contradictory values in their characters.
She is hampered only by her pregnancy; the men she's up against are hampered by their venality, stupidity and greed.
One of the main criticisms lobbied against Nacho Vigalondo's film was its stupidity, dumb plot twists piled on top of each other, technology that made no sense, and an intriguing gimmick that eventually gets tossed off.
i never had this kind of stupidity against any other vehicle i have owened.
Both deal brilliantly with the anxieties and stupidity surrounding heartbreak — and the fact that we often can't stop ourselves from doing things that go against our own best interests.
And most beginning writers would tell me that writing a series like Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing would kill my career because I have said so many things that are against «common stupidity... I mean knowledge.»
Diversification can protect against ignorance but not stupidity.
Second - guessing stupidity is always difficult, but it really is enormously tempting to consider laying down some real cash against such stocks.
i guess it's okay to team up against a pile of crap of a person EDIT 2: wimpy ass edited his comment EDIT 3: your stupidity amazes me, but your middle school humor of telling me i have a vagina and that i'm crying, even though my comment was entirely an insult to you rather than sulking, «amazes» me more but uh oh!
I do so wish a federal prosecutor would go through with filing charges against J. Christy and R. Spencer under RICO, it would become the final act of stupidity of of these ridiculous people.
[The incredulous stance] Against P (claimed by S), G claims that P is incredible: G can't believe that P. Therefore G concludes that P can only be the result of something silly: a sleight of hand, stupidity, or else.
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