Sentences with phrase «simply dismiss them out of hand»

I would simply dismiss it out of hand.

Frankly I think historians of this social mania are going to wonder why Trenberth was not simply dismissed out of hand by all serious people after what he did.

Trolls / true beleivers simply dismiss out of hand things they do not like.

Everyone's been saying that, I just wanted to explore a different facet of that premise without simply dismissing it out of hand.

Did you even bother to look at the list I linked to, or did you simply dismiss it out of hand?

Not exact matches

«I don't know if what the Archbishop said is true or not, but as a mere observer, it is frustrating to learn from Mr. Mills that certain ideas are dismissed out of hand simply because they might cause offence.»

Athiests and many scientists simply expect people to dismiss religion and creationism out of hand, and take a scientific I.O.U. for all of the assumptions that they make.

Dalahäst If people actually questioned evolution it would be one thing, but almost everyone on here who criticizes it simply dismisses all the evidence supporting it out of hand, which is probably why you see that reaction.

Deniers, as both Lipstadt and Vidal - Naquet show, seem to have an endless supply of polemical tricks and dodges: they simply discount Jewish testimony out of hand as lie or fantasy; inculpatory testimony from the Nazis themselves is said to have been coerced by the triumphant Allies; documents confirming such testimony are said to be forgeries; Nazi statements and memoranda about the Final Solution are taken at face value if they are euphemistically phrased, but are interpreted as hyperbolic or figurative if they are blunt and explicit; photographs and films of executions are dismissed as fakes.

By adroitly combining valid information with culturally affirming meanings, these communications succeed in getting people to reflectively assess evidence that they might otherwise dismiss out of hand (btw, if your goal is not simply to get people to open - mindedly consider evidence using their own powers of reason — if you just want to make them believe something, who cares how — you are not a science communicator; you are a propagandist).

I don't dismiss out of hand the choice to simply deal with whatever consequences climate change brings, but rather it is my considered opinion that this would be the most foolish decision ever seen in history.