Sentences with phrase «of rhetorical support»

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There is much that could be said about this, but I will stick with one thing, based on discussion at about the 2 minute mark: When atheists insist that atheism does not drive behavior, and then then campaign on behalf of atheism, ridicule religion and religious believers in the name of atheism, seek to change laws in favor of their atheistic positions, recommend the extermination of religion, and practice falsehoods like Dawkins's in support of atheism, they prove that their atheism drives their behavior and that their premise is false, disingenuous, and (as far as I can tell) useless for anything but giving atheism rhetorical cover from being implicated in atheists» atrocities.

Liberals indulge in periodic public rhetorical displays of «So - to - Speak» support for the Constitution, and they like well - told history or biography about the Founders as well as anyone, but they aren't as interested in treating them as a guide.

Kirkland's effort to finesse his program led to a purposeful blurring of nomenclature, and eventually the rhetorical slide ran from simply «Methodist» down through «ownership,» «sponsorship,» «patronage,» «support,» «affiliation,» to «relationship.»

That intelligent people get converted from time to time is certainly not a proof that what they now believe is true, and I don't get the sense that he's using the intelligence of these people as rhetorical weight to support an argument about the truth of what he believes to be true.

These assertions often do not differ markedly from the kinds of theoretical and explanatory arguments prevalent in the social science literature, but they serve as rhetorical appeals aimed at shaping the way we think about our world, the ways we vote, and the policies we support.

The conquest of the political culture of the black community by the culture of the left has allowed someone like Farrakhan to gain an acceptance and support that far exceeds that of any comparable black demagogue in the past including Malcolm X, who in his lifetime, it should be remembered, was condemned and isolated by the leadership of the black civil rights movement precisely because of his rhetorical violence and racial politics.

In the historical frame of the last 230 years, the current proposal by the WA government to remove basic services and infrastructure support from some remote Aboriginal communities is, whatever the rhetorical and «pragmatic» justifications, yet another dispossession of both people, and the country to which they belong and owe the duty of custodianship.

There is strong rhetorical support for strengthening the Commons» scrutiny role, including ahead of legislation.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner made her support for raising the pay of the lowest - paid workers more than rhetorical by increasing the minimum wage for the city's employees to $ 15 an hour, effective immediately.

Maurice Brown, a senior communication and rhetorical studies major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, also said he's glad May supports the New York Health Act.

«There is significant rhetorical support — but not when prioritized against other areas of government spending.

On cue, the rhetorical cycle began again: OERI needed to be «depoliticized,» Rep. Major Owens (D - New York) argued in 1991, «so that... research activities can gain the kinds of credibility and support they merit.»

In «A Strong Start on Advancing Reform,» Burke argues that the administration has already made some positive strides in improving K — 12 and higher education through policy changes, rescissions of Obama - era regulations, and rhetorical support of school choice.

To support comprehension of specific rhetorical terms - purpose, voice, format, topic, context, etc. - and develop a common language, we can practice while conferencing, the class creates general, but tentative, definitions of each.

Despite some early rhetorical flourishes and political posturing, the Coalition has maintained strong support for the core elements of national schooling policy.

The Trump administration deserves credit for recognizing the value of school choice and for lending rhetorical support to its expansion.

As teachers and students read, learn, and write together, teachers point out structural and rhetorical features of written texts such as a thesis or argument, supporting evidence, introductions, conclusions, paragraph organization, and topic sentences.

But I find it hard to reconcile the group's financial support for Climate Depot with its rhetorical embrace of Richard Smalley's vision of a sustainable energy future — which was premised on an inevitable transition away from carbon - rich fuels and included a modest tax on liquid fuels.

There must be some Latinate rhetorical definition for «searching for an argumentative technique that supports a pre-decided conclusion,» but I'm afraid I'm unaware of it...

There is no valid statistical procedure supporting the substitution of tree ring proxy data going the wrong with instrumental temperature data to create a false rhetorical impression of the coherence of the proxy data.

Despite this clear display of community support, when the Board of Education reconvened in April to vote once more on the science standards, the aggrieved board member was allowed to insert into them the kind of equivocating language that has become climate deniers» preferred rhetorical weapon of late.

I see conspiratorial ideation expressed quite often by my much beloved «skeptics» here at Climate Etc. — so I don't really feel like I need Lewandowsky's evidence to support such a conclusion, but: (1) I think that while it is often expressed, it is likely that such expressions of conspiratorial ideation are often only skin deep — and that if you probed more deeply, you'd find that it was mostly back - slapping, yuk - it - up rhetorical hyperbole of the sort we saw from NW in this thread.

Interestingly, this same rhetorical tactic has been used on every prior paper showing a consensus in support of AGW.

Recreation programs Though midnight basketball became the brunt of many a rhetorical attack, leagues spread rapidly across the country in recent years — often with active support from local law enforcement agencies.