Sentences with phrase «threat out of proportion»

It seems that it was the fault of a crowd control strategy that blew any perceived threat out of all proportion, and actually resulted in making the situation far more dangerous than it needed to be.

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Others close to the governor have told Mr. Cuomo and his team that the totality of his response has been out of proportion to the actual threat posed by a celebrity who has not yet even declared her candidacy, and that he should be more measured going forward.

I've had this conversation many times, and I know some people think the whole cholesterol issue has been blown out of proportion, and that carbs are the real threat.

The key issue is not whether blockading civilians is worse than kidnapping an Israeli soldier, or even whether the blockade is out of proportion to the threat of Hamas» rocket and mortar attacks on Israeli civilians.

What is sad is that while I have a no love for terrorism in any form the overreaction government mandated spending to address the terrorist threat is out of proportion to its real impact on our citizens and has been turned in to big business for those posed to profit.