Sentences with phrase «right knee jerks»

Wilson's right knee jerks to the left as a result of his right shin making contact with Cole's shin.

Not exact matches

Now I realize that I've written recently about the scourge of stupid and knee - jerk sharing, but in these kinds of specific instances, smart sharing gets the job done right.

I am no right - wing knee - jerk opponent of government.

Mirroring some questions that Michael Walzer, in 2002, had for the Left after what he then deemed to be a successful military venture in Afghanistan — questions Walzer had regarding knee - jerk criticisms of the war as being beholden to the discredited ideologies of «rag - tag Marxism» and «blaming America first» — Sam likewise wonders if the Right has the resources to offer a similar analysis of contemporary conservatism.

Also, Id prefer if people stopped talking like the season is down the swanny when we are still in three comps, wait till after the next three fixtures but if we end up right back in it I would like the swanny talkers to come in here and say ok I've been a knee jerk drama queen before telling us how our world is about to be destroyed.

That's the only proper knee - jerk response, right?

I didn't like this article, fans have the right to protest and as much as it infuriates me to see knee jerk reactions against the manager, it also bugs me to see mindless support for the manager.

(Because everyone loves knee - jerk reactions before a player has even kicked a ball for us right?)

I always have the knee - jerk reaction to get defensive when it's brought up, like I'm worried the questioner will think I didn't try hard enough or didn't have the right information.

Indeed, there is a real danger that social democracy will concede the mantle of mutualism and community ownership to the Centre - Right, through knee - jerk opposition to Cameron's «Big Society» agenda.

We live in a society that is too tempted to criminalise and this can be a knee - jerk and right - wing reaction to any social problem.

Mr. Paladino's knee - jerk proposal to abuse property rights and the First Amendment will worsen our state's budget crisis.

It seems, if I read this right, that the public revenue is being tapped as a knee jerk political response, and no real evidence of need or accountability is in open debate.

In Europe, the British prime minister is friendless and isolated after he sacrificed a place at the dominant centre - right grouping to form an alliance of fringe elements — all in a knee - jerk bid to satisfy his own eurosceptics.

Faso cautioned against having a knee - jerk reaction that leads to people jumping on the perceived left or right solutions.

This knee - jerk response may be unsurprising, but what is far from clear is whether criminalisation is the right thing to do to reduce drug harms.

Huge number of myths around indie publishing and going to a traditional publisher, so many that most writers won't think of indie publishing, will just knee - jerk right into the old agent / editor / publisher system without one thought of going another way.

Those in favor of his suspension generally point out that America's 1st Amendment guarantee of free speech only protects you from government interference regarding political speech (and does not prevent employers from exercising their rights to discipline employees), whereas those defending Robertson have been quick to lament the knee - jerk reaction to those expressing counter-progressive cultural beliefs in a very clumsy fashion, and claim there is a double standard in which politically unpopular conservative viewpoints are quicker to result in job terminations than politically unpopular liberal viewpoints that are also clumsily expressed.

I am certain the overwhelming majority of pet professionals are opposed to this ban, not only because of the restriction it would enact on our collective ability to do profitable business, but also because this bill is a knee - jerk reaction to the environmental problems of one state (Florida) that attempts to impair the rights of the other 49 states.

«SC has fallen prey to misconceptions right out of the standard, knee - jerk skeptic playbook, either because he didn't read the IPCC report carefully»

SC has fallen prey to misconceptions right out of the standard, knee - jerk skeptic playbook, either because he didn't read the IPCC report carefully (or in an open - minded enough way) or because he hasn't kept up with the literature (e.g., Damon and Laut, 2004).

But the knee jerk reactions we're seeing so far — more drilling from the right, more alternatives from the left — don't augur well.

It is a violent knee - jerk reaction that never pauses to ask «who is right?»

Those concerned about a knee - jerk reaction affecting the wider industry should take urgent legal advice on the compliance of their data gathering, processing and retention policies and procedures, and their rights and obligations should they receive an information notice from the ICO.

Moreover, because of all the buzz about Miers» religion and how this background might bespeak a new right on sentencing issues, broader public examination of the criminal justice system in the context of the Miers» nomination holds some hope of avoiding the usual knee - jerk right / left discussion of being tough or soft on crime.

By going with your knee jerk reaction to swerve you run the risk of hitting a car in your blind spot, a center divide, or even right off the road.

Neither is a knee jerk reaction to discussions Quebec boards have every right to explore, with either and abandoning or move forward with.

For me (a former and still sometimes crazy), I have started putting decorating / project concerns into 2 categories: 1) Knee jerk, that is not right, there's something really WRONG and 2) That is not what I had in mind, but I know there are several ways to get the look I want so I know I need to live with it for a while then decide.