There is «
damn by faint praise» and Dr. Curry is engaging in «validating by faint criticism» by ignoring politically corrupt forces and limiting the discussion to narrow
topics like «The Pause» or using terms such a «advocacy» rather than spelling
out exactly what kind
of advocacy we all know she means.
I designed it and built it with my own hands and my own money, and it is fast as a bat
out of hell, but more importantly, nobody, but nobody, has access to its controls but me, Competition Bureau bureaucrats and highjackers be
damned Hmmm... sounds familiar to the jist
of the
topic, does it not?