Sentences with phrase «places themselves above criticism»

and I see it today in South Africa (and in the Soviet Union, Chile and El Salvador, to name only a few other countries) The common factor in the posture of these governments is that the state is placed above criticism: one is disloyal if one criticizes it.

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Users of the social network are notoriously brutal, and alongside the outpourings of grief were criticisms of Hoffman's drug use, questions of why this story got top news billing above far more worthy tragedies, and then, in increasing waves, attempts by people to place themselves in the story.