We had trepidations at first, not wanting people to think that we were
standing on our soapbox.
We oversimplify issues;
we stand on soapboxes; we scream and yell at those who disagree with us (all in the name of God, of course).
Fine... no one is suggesting you be silent... freedom of speech insures you can
stand on your soapbox all day long and shout your ideas of values to the masses... however... attempting the legislate them into law and force others to live by your ideals... THATS UNAMERICAN!
We don't need to
stand on a soapbox to make people listen to our message.
Meaning, if you want to be an idiot and
stand on a soapbox in a park and scream at people about how they fall short of Biblical perfection, this is your right.
It's the first week of class at the University of Southern California, and a young woman named Sarah is
standing on a soapbox in Hahn Plaza giving her testimony.
[
Standing on soapbox] Can we just take a moment here to recognize the sun that has finally decided to come out for the first time in like 10 days?
Do
you stand on your soapbox and preach about all the benefits...
Do
you stand on your soapbox and preach all the benefits of breast milk or do you just want to go and hopefully find support elsewhere?
It's the Thursday morning north Queens Cyber Soapbox, and like the times of ancient Rome when people would
stand on their soapbox and preach to the crowd, now we do it on the internet.
I have traveled around to speak, been featured on many podcasts and written tons of guest articles around the web to
stand on my soapbox and spread my message that «YES!»
If they don't, these author unions will be relegated to
standing on a soapbox and shouting into the wind.
Blackberry is
standing on its soapbox, proclaiming that it has 70,000 apps on the first day of launch.
That is not a discussion, it's just
them standing on their soapbox.
If you're an animal activist, you can
stand on your soapbox all day and call people murderers or worse.
But no matter how tall they try to
stand on their soapboxes or how loud they try to roar, they simply have ZERO credibility when they say that these other colours are in any way non-purebred, since clearly two of the most respected registries in the world, the CKC and AKC, will gladly tell you that they ARE 100 % purebred, but simply can not be shown in conformation shows due to written standards decided by show clubs.
You can't
stand on a soapbox to shout about «the hydrological», and expect an audience to obediently go away, to rebuild society on the premise of the seemingly correct understanding of climate.
He wants the academic community to respond with collective action: «If one accepts that writing for Wikipedia is more like
standing on a soapbox addressing a crowd than a contribution to a highly refined academic debate, it's possible to make it a better read.
(King was the only one who didn't actually
stand on the soapbox.)
Not exact matches
After all, it gives them a
soapbox to
stand on to enact better data security policies, practices and employee training.
1) appearance — clean, shaven, rich or fine clothing 2) by
standing on raised platforms or «
soapbox» 3) by loudness or clarity of words 4) by medallions or pins — striped uniforms
The part of me that is comfortable and happy in my job at Rehab wants to
stand up
on a
soapbox and rail and scream and throw things at the religious people at that small religious college.
I called them «gluten free hamburger buns so I don't cry,» and I took a
stand on my smallest of
soapboxes against pretending that it's all the same — even for those of us who simply want a good, soft gluten free hamburger bun.
First Amendment allows you to
stand on your own
soapbox and criticize your government without being chraged with sedition.
Here is a movie that
stands proudly
on its
soapbox to promote something.
It is possible that the tale of Anna (Kristen Bell) and Elsa (Idina Menzel) could just be a tweak to the standard princess template, but projecting a LGBT theme onto the picture makes it a much easier target for criticism and gives Swanson a
soapbox to
stand on.
Lately, he has transcended from being a writer to perpetually
standing on his virtual
soapbox.
They are basically
standing on their own little
soapboxes proclaiming that library lending would be the death mark
on mainstream bookstores such as Waterstone's and mom and pop stores across the country.
«A
Soapbox is a raised platform
on which one
stands to make an impromptu speech, often about political subject.»
You can not
stand up
on a
soapbox and preach the virtues of Android phones or Windows operating systems.
Nevertheless, I welcomed the opportunity to
stand on this wonderful
soapbox and communicate to each one of you several simple messages.
It's funny to see so many people
on Twitter, Facebook and other social media
soapboxes taking a
stand against a TV sitcom.
This Box is perfect for small corners, maybe a plant
stand, a low bedside table, stackable storage
on top of another
Soapbox!