Sentences with phrase «ideological groups of»

Instead of being a hatemonging, fearmonging, or demagogue type of proclamation, we have one that seeks to remind everyone that individuals commit crimes, not ideological groups of whatever stripe.

Not exact matches

And, again, this is the core example of the evolution of environmental bullshit: a long history of industry creation of lies; conservative funding of think - tanks, front groups and the echo chamber; the development of an ideological imperative of denialism; and then the necessity of completely groundless bullshit to shore up the lies.

Studies of the economic impact of existing laws sponsored by groups across the ideological spectrum have found that while the costs to employers of paid sick leave mandates tend to be low on average, they tend to be more significant in certain industries, like food services, where paid sick leave is less common and workers typically are younger.

With a common ideological foundation» the American Way of Life» underlying each social group, the three groups could then properly contest for society's rewards.

In a study of his earlier pictures, Kolker notes that «Scorsese is interested in the psychological manifestations of individuals who are representative either of a class or of a certain ideological grouping; he is concerned with their relationship to each other or to an antagonistic environment... [and finally] there is no triumph for his characters» (A Cinema of Loneliness [Oxford University Press, 19881, p. 162) The Jesus of the Last Temptation fits this pattern (as do Travis Bickel in Taxi Driver, Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull and Paul Hackett in After Hours) By eschewing any reference to a resurrection — and, in an interesting theological note, allowing Paul to suggest that his preaching of the risen Christ is more important than the Jesus of history — Scorsese presents the crucifixion as the final willful act of a man driven by a God who makes strange demands on his followers.

But by aligning themselves with those who use a combination of racial theory and customized theology to promote a false narrative for the sake of Palestinian nationalism, the Telos Group is complicit in an ideological process that is not only anti-Israel, but one that leads to some very dark consequences.

Against secularism, the same theologians point to the many ideological distortions of science and technology in which scientific reason is used to dominate and victimize the same groups of persons and nature.

I find myself turning off news programs when I feel that all I am hearing are the prefabricated ideological sound bites of spokespersons from interest groups.

20This is not, however, to say that all interest is «biased» or «ideological» in the sense that it expresses, in Ogden's words, «a more or less comprehensive understanding of human existence, or how to exist and act as a human being, that functions to justify the interests of a particular group or individual by representing these interests as the demands of disinterested justice» (The Point of Christology [San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1982], p. 94).

Lacking a fertile ideological soil on which to stake a claim — even in respect to the once fashionable ideology of liberation for the blacks, the poor, the Third World — the theologian purports to turn his back on all ideologies and reclaim «raw» consciousness, which supposedly is free of any group or material biases.

Present an injustice or atrocity in a way that appeals to a combination of perceived self «interest, ideological fit, and group superiority, and all classes of human beings, regardless of intelligence, educational level, or social position, will likely embrace it.

What is needed to make this a relevant proposal is a critical empirical analysis of the present situation in terms of whether there is any real likelihood of any class, group, or coalition of groups emerging as the agency of both ideological and political change.

If the Black Muslim call for the establishment of «a separate state or territory» supported by the government once sounded improbable, it sounds almost rational today as some ethnic leaders and intellectuals rationalize and legitimate political and ideological group claims.

The priority of particular group loyalties has protected the Italians from the worst extremes of ideological passion of the twentieth century — even fascism never went very deep — but it has also operated to undermine a genuine commitment to democratic and liberal values when these did not seem to pay off for particular groups.

But Morton Grove Park District Commissioner Dan Ashta's symbolic actions have spurred an ideological tug of war with a local veterans group, which recently halted cash donations to the Park District until its entire board stands for the pledge at park board meetings.

Which brings us back to your question: If violence against a ideological group is allowed, that introduces a large amount of variance (Who is considered part of the group?

The problem with supporting violence against an ideological group, lies in the nature of society and the unspoken rules that are required for it to function.

Gradually, the NDC is abandoning its core ideological value and becoming a pragmatic coalition of interest group just like the NPP.

SH: I use «myth» to denote an idealized representation of a phenomenon, either by a collectivity as a whole, or within a specific ideological framework — it can refer to a historical moment, like the French Revolution; certain moral and political values («we are a freedom - loving people»); exemplary social groups like the bourgeoisie or the proletariat; or leaders like Napoleon or de Gaulle.

Networks of armed groups, ideological and otherwise, emerged and expanded over time.

While actions perpetrated by Anonymous often conflict with various laws, it is not because they are political and ideological anarchists or want to destroy governments in principle and create stateless society, but rather because they perceive specific governments and organisations acting contrary to their (i.e. specific group of individuals perpetrating specific action) wishes and want to punish them for that.

Today, Renzi's PD is a (not particularly comfortable) home for a number of ideological and interest groups, frustrated activists and local leaders exerting a strong micro-level power (Calise 2013).

But certain ideological groups who love to fight, want to proclaim one group of victims, the supreme victim in said event.

To measure the ideological position of the different groups, survey instruments usually carry a question asking respondents on where they see themselves in a left to right scale.

Good government and fiscal watchdog groups had advocated for 5 major clean contracting reforms during the legislative session, with 78 different lawmakers across party and ideological lines signing on to legislation supporting at least one of the reforms.

In addition to the overwhelming popularity of the common sense proposal, the measure continues to be broadly supported by New Yorkers from every part of the state and every ideological group.

Islamic State is a group of extremist fundamentalist Muslims, many of whom are learned Islamic scholars, who are apparently willing to sacrifice everything in the name of ideological purity.

Long served as counsel to the Judicial Crisis Network (back when it was the Judicial Confirmation Network) and worked closely with a number of conservative ideological groups to support George W. Bush's court nominees, and later, to oppose, President Obama's picks.

The Union for Europe of the Nations (UEN) was a parliamentary group which traced its ancestry back to its origins as a Gaullist ideological alignment.

But the above analysis demonstrates that Labour's problems in Scotland go far deeper than mere ideological perceptions, with a large group of natural Corbyn supporters apparently likely to be dissuaded by Labour's position on independence.

'' The people belong to many varied interest groups — religious, ideological, political and social — and you are the father of them all.

When political parties and public policy groups with such divergent views unite in a common cause it clearly attests to the fact that ballot access reform is not a partisan or special - interest group issue, but a question of fundamental freedom that transcends political and ideological differences.

Groups have been abusing public disclosure laws, the legal defense fund said in the amicus brief, «to harass scientists whose findings — or entire fields of study — they perceive as threatening their financial interests and ideological beliefs.»

«Every country has its own home - grown marriage of folks who are skeptical of the science and the ideological groups who just don't want regulation,» said Aaron Huertas, spokesman for the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Other aspects of our news diet are out of whack, too: a nationally representative survey done in 2014 by the Pew Research Center found that conservatives are far more likely than other ideological groups to rely on a single outlet — Fox News — for political and government news coverage.

Filmmaker Matthew Heineman, director of City of Ghosts, hopes his film sheds light on the ideological conflict between the armed group and citizens.

An array of ideological and budgetary considerations that reject tracking, ability grouping, «pull - out» programs, and other forms of educational separation (often including both acceleration and grade repetition) on grounds that such practices are morally wrong, socially and educationally undesirable, politically imprudent, and just plain unaffordable.

Nonchargeable activities: lobbying and ballot initiatives; external public relations; litigation, «unless specifically related to collective bargaining, contract administration or organizational maintenance»; get - out - the - vote activities; contributing to charitable, religious, or ideological causes; supporting political organizations or candidates for public office; organizing or recruiting new members and «defending against challenges to exclusive bargaining representative status»; and «monitoring and opposing activities of groups and individuals whose purpose is to undermine public education.»

This is why it is so important to have intellectual and ideological diversity within any group or institution whose goal is to find truth (such as an intelligence agency or community of scientists) or to produce good public policy (such as a legislature or an advisory board).

The issues they commonly support are quite controversial with criticism of the NEA coming from some other education and civil rights groups, but the organization's spirit is the right one — to attempt to reach across the ideological divide.

So far, DeVos has largely remained silent on her plans for any major policy shifts, but we asked a group of experts across the ideological spectrum to discuss what changes might be in store for federal school choice policy and for the Office for Civil Rights.

Given the dissatisfaction among civil rights groups with the efforts by both the administration and congressional leaders to eviscerate No Child's accountability provisions, the unwillingness of the administration to back away from the effort, and the successful court challenges launched by those opposing implementation of the Affordable Health Care Act, it is quite likely that reformers on both sides of the ideological line will take Obama and Duncan to court.

Projects like the one in Memphis financed in the last decade by Gates and other foundations and the work of reform policy groups like the New Teacher Project, which has been involved extensively in Delaware, paved the way for reform, as has the ascent of less ideological, more executive - minded Democrats like Bredesen.

«These extreme animal rights groups have become so ideological and irrational that they would rather risk importing rabid dogs from Asia and Africa than support humane, responsible breeding in the U.S. so consumers can purchase the dog of their choice from a responsible and in many cases regulated American breeder,» Strand said.

Each represents diverse political and ideological modes of thinking and activity, i.e. Islamist groups, Ugandan insurgent constituencies, and right - wing Israeli factions.

Opening on April 27, 2018, the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania (ICA) will present a group exhibition by four artists investigating how geographical, ideological, and spatial paradigms determine and reproduce uneven social relations.

The group showed no stylistic or ideological consistency, no preferred medium, and many would argue that most of them had no «artistic skills» either.

Mason, a New York founder of the American Abstract Artists group, spent a career resisting stylistic or ideological grooves.

The (In) constancy of Space - Struggle for Identity is a group multimedia exhibition which includes works by eminent Dutch and Croatian Contemporary visual artists dealing with the concept of man made space and its (in) constancy, not only in physical sense but also on sociological, symbolical, psychological and ideological level.

Performing the Grid brings together an intergenerational group of artists and cultural producers that utilize the grid as a performative strategy to examine, challenge and position philosophical, political, social, domestic, corporeal, mythical and ideological perspectives.