Sentences with phrase «most reactionary»

One of my jokes about Heiner Friedrich and Philippa de Menil was that they were rednecks in kaffiyehs, since around 1980 they became Sufi Muslims, supposedly the most reactionary group in Turkey.

Film is an art form of repressed desires, built on the voyeur impulse and geared to serve some of our most reactionary compulsions.

Fans of Vanity Fair's Oscar podcast Little Gold Men are, by now, all too familiar with the almost existential crisis that those tasked with this most reactionary of pastimes have been suffering in the wake of Moonlight toppling La La Land.

Recently, the most reactionary Star Wars fans have jumped into two camps: Those who hated The Force Awakens for being too faithful to the old movies, and those who hated The Last Jedi for being too different from the old movies.

«I look with disgust at the behaviour of the Corbyn - hater MPs who join forces with the most reactionary elements of the media establishment and I understand why there is a growing demand for mandatory reselection,» he wrote.

As we enter the run - up to the 2018 midterm elections, Trumpism is weakening under its own self - inflicted wounds, the ambivalent legitimacy of Trump's election by a popular minority due to the eccentricities of the Electoral College, and a spreading realization that behind the economic populism of his campaign rhetoric is the most reactionary Republican economic and social policy agenda since the late nineteenth - century era of Social Darwinism and Jim Crow.

I am absolutely astounded that Woolas (who seems to be among the most reactionary ministers - unless it's just what every minister becomes when they get the migration brief) thinks applicants should gain points by joining political parties.

We are the side that is most reactionary in europe right now.

Some in the church tend to believe that the seminary — at least «liberal» interdenominational seminaries like ours — are, with horrendous results, hopelessly detached from the realities of the workaday world and — such is the mind of our most bitter (and most reactionary) critics — that our graduates are rendered in fact maladroit if not downright incompetent by the very training designed to fit them for ministry.

• A U.S. aid package to Nicaragua approved by the U.S. Congress in 1980, a year after the ouster of the U.S. - backed dictatorship, targeted the most reactionary business organization for substantial aid.

It is more than a little bewildering how a trade deal negotiated by the Stephen Harper regime — widely recognized as one of the most reactionary governments in Canadian history — can by some magical process become a truly progressive agreement because the government — not the agreement — changed.

Not exact matches

The causes of the crisis that nearly killed Bilinkis's company were many: a patronage system, started by Juan and Eva Perón in the 1950s, that grew into a bloated government bureaucracy; a corrupt privatization of government services that sold off some of the country's most valuable assets at fire - sale prices; and a reactionary monetary policy that exacerbated both of these problems.

This is the case, for instance with most resurgent or reactionary movement and that is the reason why such movements are described by the term [loaded now with negative connotation] fundamentalism.

And Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most renowned Afro - American woman writers, wrote reactionary essays (some of which appeared in the Reader's Digest) and gave her allegiance to the Republican Party — facts often overlooked by her contemporary feminist followers.

Although Barth himself was one of Hitlerism's «most determined foes,» Barthian theology abetted Hitler's type of reactionary politics: «Here,» said Niebuhr, «religious absolutism which begins by making the conscience sensitive to all human weakness ends in complacency toward social injustice» (June 6, 1934).

Both agreed that traditional Protestantism was intellectually reactionary, and within only about fifty years, they effected a remarkable revolution that eliminated most traditional Christian views from respectable academia.

The effortless linkage between reactionary religion and reactionary politics is most troubling, especially in terms of an aggressive and at least potentially bellicose nationalism.

Politically, what is most troubling is the effortless linkage between reactionary religion and reactionary politics, especially in terms of an aggressive and at least potentially bellicose nationalism.

• Even if one agrees with Mark Noll, who is perhaps the most distinguished Evangelical historian we have, Dale at least offers a helpful insight into the history and thought of a movement most other Christians in America tend to dismiss as rubes, fundamentalists, reactionaries, crazies (snake handling?

Obnoxious evangelicals who do not mind their own business and who do not respect even the most basic tenets of Christianity are not in a position to whine when someone challenges their reactionary political agenda.

(2) somewhat linked to the previous comment in that we never seem to be prepared to hit the ground running with our best potential lineup come opening day... it's become so common, in recent years, that many fans actually hope we stumble a little in the first couple games just so it forces Wenger to bring in reinforcements... unfortunately this can be problematic, thus one of the most common phrases associated with Wenger, «panic buy»... this situation is also negatively impacted by the ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the summer months... right now I'm watching the Super Cup and not a single player is unavailable to either manager, including Ronaldo, yet somehow we have a list of players half a mile long that haven't seen game - time so far this preseason... I can only assume this is a reactionary policy created due to the multitude of injuries this club has faced over the years... just another sign of the fragility that permeates this club

It's the post-game write ups that are truly the most anger - filled, reactionary, Turgeon - hating wastelands... which obviously makes them the most entertaining.

Sending a semi-useful (most importantly, cheap) veteran PG out the door to facilitate DET dumping an abuser for a possible better tasting, still stale, cookie years from now still seems pointless, and like a reactionary trade because it was at least «something».

Casual bettors are often very reactionary and place an inordinate amount of importance on the most recent games.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Most casual bettors tend to be reactionary and this week all they will hear is that the Giants season is over after two games.

IF, and it's a big IF, there were to be a hung Parliament next time around, far better that the LibDems (and I guess this applies to the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Dr. Dick Taylor too) act as kingmakers by voting for or against the government, whether it be Labour or Conservative, * on the merits of each individual piece of legislation * than propping up some of the most loathsome, reactionary policies this side of the self - styled moral crusaders from the ear of High Thatcherism.

«Theresa May's speech comes as the Tories signal they are poised to target foreign workers in the most disgraceful display of reactionary rightwing politics in living memory.

In the last fifteen years, Norman Lear has been justifiably canonized as a pioneer and innovator in the world of socially conscious television; but his most recent TV projects, such as the very shortlived Sunday Dinner, tend to be sourly reactionary efforts, lacking the cutting - edge brilliance of his best work.

Steve is also more reactionary to Brydon, who dominates most of the jokes and becomes the shallower of the two men as he cheats on his wife.

Most damning of all the evidence against this film, however, is the review given by Donald Clarke of the Irish Times who said, following his viewing, that «Hollywood is incapable of seeing the Irish as anything but IRA men or twinkly rural imbeciles» and described it as «offensive, reactionary, patronising filth».

As proto - fascist, reactionary Hollywood action films go, American Assassin is mercifully not the most distasteful of recent examples.

It's not good to be so reactionary, and frankly I think that most people can actually be better off by focusing that time and energy on making money that can later be invested

He is inclusive and hopeful to the extent that he extends a hand to the most obdurate and reactionary shelter director much as he would to a grumpy, badly behaved dog.

Although the game does require a fair amount of strategy from the players part, the fact that you control so little of what happens during the battle means that most of it is reactionary strategy.

Despite being formally expelled from the Surrealist group in 1934 for his reactionary political views, he is today most often associated with this movement.

Shrug - worthy, disappointing, too slow, reactionary, lacking ambition, could - do - better: the scientist's attitude to most UK politicians» policy statements on reducing carbon emissions.

Under Stephen Harper's Conservatives, one of the world's most spitefully reactionary governments on the climate change file, Canada became a global poster child for the cause of the crisis.

Studies show that people with health insurance seek preventative treatment for issues that arise, which is most often far less expensive than reactionary care after a problem has necessitated emergency room visits.

And while men aren't the only ones guilty of this relationship ricochet, they are, by far, the most - likely to engage in this particular type of reactionary behavior.

The mental health industry and a small portion of lawyers will continue to benefit from these reactionary changes, but litigants, most lawyers, and the court system assuredly will not, as they have not since the rise of therapeutic jurisprudence in the early 90s.

The age - old fear of starvation is built in to our psyches, and for the non-thinking reactionaries (most of us) that fear never subsides for long.

Because most of us are non-thinking reactionaries, and most of us are ever fearful of the future, especially so if our incomes are derived via commissioned sales efforts, the greed factor looms large.