Sentences with phrase «criticisms as personal attacks»

Unfortunately it shows, in my judgment, a current tendency by this group of scientists and their supporters to react by down grading some serious and basic statistical errors and inabilities to place uncertainty measures on results to a level of «minor» flaws and to characterize the criticisms as personal attacks.

when it is not at all intended as a personal attack but he experiences criticism as a personal attack.

Not exact matches

Multiply that numerous times and it's pointless for her to be posting as much as she does because she can't distinguish constructive criticism from a personal attack.

As Cleeremans sees it, the most important thing is to dissociate criticism of the science from personal attacks on the scientist.

Thus, they perceive any criticisms on third parties as personal attacks on their douchebag friends who work at these very same companies.

These criticisms are often interpreted by outsiders as vehement personal attacks, but that is usually not their intent.

When looked at in this light, a lot of the behaviors make perfect sense including those of Real Climate (stifling of disagreement as disagreement is experienced as criticism and criticism is experienced as a personal attack), those of reactions to any «skeptical» papers and the journals that publish them, their avoidance of handing over data and correspondence, etc..

I meant to point out that the simple act of pointing out a mistake to some people can be experienced as a very direct personal attack to which they can (and sometimes do) respond in an over-the-top fashion and can lash out and attempt to utterly destroy the source of criticism.

Criticism belongs on the «walk of shame»; that it, when we criticize, even constructively when uninvited, it can be and often is received as a personal attack or denigration.