Sentences with phrase «reality as hostile»

Not exact matches

The theological term for this is: you can see reality as gracious — not as hostile, not as indifferent, but as gracious.

The outrage it has prompted will be presented as an over-reaction by liberals driven by a hostile media that is determined to distort the reality of the order.

As many people do when faced with the grim reality of a hostile Home Office campaign, she went underground, cancelled her phone and tried to get her papers in order so she could make a proper case for her right to remain.

So at least someone grasps the problem: hostile media is bad, and as long as the principle of this hostility is» #NotMyPresident - because - I - don «t - like - him - because - he's - not - fitting - inside - my - reality» benefits of being confrontational outweigh costs.

While moments, particularly the resolution to that seemingly throwaway subplot about the dead friend, can be moving despite their dissonance (a Farrelly hallmark), they're always cursory to the central duo, who are unrepentant in their squandering of years on foolish pranks, openly hostile towards reflections of their age (e.g., Fraida), and insulated from harsh reality by not only their wilful ignorance, but a perpetual fog of nostalgia as well.

A more accurate model is: politics is a system that 1) selects against skills needed for rigorous thinking and for qualities such as groupthink and confirmation bias, 2) incentivises a badly selected set of people to consider their career not the public interest, 3) drops them into dysfunctional institutions with no relevant training and poor tools, 4) centralises vast amounts of power in the hands of these people and institutions in ways we know are bound to cause huge errors, and 5) provides very weak (and often damaging) feedback so facing reality is rare, learning is practically impossible, and system reform is seen as a hostile act by political parties and civil services worldwide.