Sentences with phrase «such obstructionism»

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Obstructionism is the practice of deliberately delaying or preventing a process of change and here I am linking it to politics.Generally obstruction here denotes the deliberate interference with the progress of policies by various diabolic means such as filibustering or slow walking in our parliament, and wickedly packaged lies meant to undermine activities of Government.

But the rank hypocrisy and lack of empathy demonstrated by those who use «NIMBY» to casually dismiss those whose lives are going to be thoroughly rogered by such proposals is, to my mind, far worse than the perceived obstructionism of the unfortunates who are watching their retirement plans go up in a puff of train steam.