Sentences with phrase «character assassination as»

Seems to me it would seem to me it must begin with enough respect for each other to avoid the character assassinations as a means of dialogue.

Not exact matches

Character assassination is part of rejecting reality as a basis for action, but it has a life of its own and is very old.

It brands accusations brought against the 50 - year - old from North Carolina as an «absurd collection of anonymous accusations, flights of fantasy, and random character assassination».

I just don't understand why I can't get a discussion on the thesis as opposed to character assassinations of the author.

He mentioned Steven Woolfe, the MEP who was supposedly punched by MEP Mike Hookem, as well as character assassinations within the party.

It may interest you to know that Hon. Paul Afoko has been a target of vilification, character assassination and death threats ever since he was elected as National Chairman of the party last year.

Any person casually acquainted with the theories of conflict studies and research knows that when individuals or groups in conflict do not have credible facts to defend their side of disagreement or conflict issues, they resort to odious personal attacks and / or the assassination of the character, honour and integrity of their opponents as a cover for their inability to rebut the objective issue in conflict.

I had intelligence back then that Koku Anyidoho as the Communications Director at the Presidency was the conduit that was used to orchestrate the personal attacks and character assassinations because I was exposing those involved in Woyomegate.

He said he will file a class - action lawsuit and restraining order early next week to block the shutdown, and curb what he called «character assassination» by the media and Cuomo, who, as state attorney general, initiated the investigations into Espada's management of Soundview.

I don't really like political books, particularly biographies, for the simple reason that biography tends to end up as character assassination and autobiography as self - justification, a variation on the theme of «If only they'd listen to me, it would all have been alright.»

In response, he lashed out at his accusers, dismissing the allegations as «character assassination.»

The script, credited to Reynolds, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, finds the mutant Deadpool meandering his way to the X-Mansion and joining various X-Men members — including Domino (Zazie Beetz) and Colossus (computer effects plus the voice of Stefan Kapičić)-- as they try to protect an alienated, rebellious teen mutant called Firefist (Julian Dennison) from assassination by the Terminator, er Looper, er mercenary - from - the - future Matthew Cable (Josh Brolin, aka Young Nick Nolte Returned, playing his second Marvel character in less than a month).

While The Interpreter doesn't have as dynamic characters and it's slower paced, they are both thrillers about assassination plots, the Secret Service, and political intrigue.

Over a dozen explicit shootings are seen (blood is shown), and the assassination is repeated many times — as seen from the vantage point of various characters.

It's as mean - spirited as anything in Match Point, which uses a rifle to go by its character assassination.

Jackie, which stars Portman as the title character, chronicles the four days in Kennedy's life after the assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963.

Though the movie isn't afraid to reveal his flaws both as a leader and husband, it doesn't exploit them for unnecessary melodrama either, and that allows Oyelowo to explore the complexities of the character (this is a man that had accepted his fate years before his assassination) without it feeling hokey or contrived.

One minute he's ordering Langdon's assassination, the next he's saving Langdon's life, and Khan plays the character as a weary contractor - consultant who's having a bad day and doesn't have the time to explain why he's much smarter than you.

But the after playing games like Shadows of Mordor and Batman: Arkahm Knight I was hoping for similar mechanics but so far the stealth system is pretty poorly designed as you need to hit the run button to access the assassination commands etc so alot of times I find myself running and ruining my stealth instead of quietly killing... First world problems but anyway so also my complaint was when I am running the characters fingers must just be super sticky because he grabs every wall and item around him and sometimes wont let go which can be frustrating... Maybe I am.

For the first time, players were invited to step outside of the royal family and take on the role of fan - favorite character Billie Lurk as she pulls off the ultimate assassination: killing the Outsider.

It might appear to the casual observer as though there has been a concerted and co-ordinated effort to double down on the message for the cause by character assassination of respected academics, perhaps in the hopes that Their climate guru might have his alleged criminal perversions swept into the ever - growing hillock of ignorance under the carpet.

When I stepped back and reflected on it, I felt pretty good about it because I realized there was nothing wrong about the book that they could critique, so as a result they resorted to character assassination instead.

When this approach was not sufficiently successful, they resorted to character assassination of the scientists involved in writing the IPCC report, as in Climategate.

It would be back to business as usual once the obligatory apologies were made to Congressional committees for the attempted demonization of and character assassination attempts on Nader and they agreed to participate in powerless automotive safety committees.

I am sorry that you have seen my eyes narrow into little slits, my mouth contort into utter disgust, and my heart turn into a block of ice as my complaints skyrocket from frustration to full - on ad hominem character assassination.