Detractors

Stephen Trout, the new fellow that Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown has brought in to run the state elections division, has some detractors from a recent gig in California. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They are detractors from the the real issues and meaningful debates on subjects that could move this country forward .. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Going off on a rabid rant at your detractors is going to make you look like an asstard and just rally them to the cause of mockery and mob howling-screechiness. ❋ Hal Duncan (2007)

The role of hybrids in the recent history of the Finger Lakes and their various propopents and detractors is something I'd like to know more about. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But as he prepares a White House bid, a small group of detractors is determined to expose him as a wartime traitor. ❋ Unknown (2005)

In time "phased escalation" would be widely seen as the very epitome of insanity in strategy, and it had its detractors from the beginning — notably among those people who knew something about war. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Another defect of socialism, according to its detractors, is its disregard for the role of private property in creating incentives that foster the sustainable use of resources. ❋ Unknown (1995)

The appeal of his posthumous detractors is dismissed with costs. ❋ Unknown (1893)

Concerned scholars of Zimbabwe in the USA and Europe scrambled to assert their expertise on the crisis, to label detractors as gullible victims of Robert Mugabe's anti-imperialist script, to vilify the whole land occupation movement, and to equate it with extreme human rights violations (Scarnecchia, et al). ❋ Unknown (2009)

It also happens to be one of the main detractors from their overall scores, as the urge to speak quickly to cover sufficient content does tend to increase the chances of the students’ utterances becoming harder to understand. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some people have claimed, apparently sincerely, that they didn’t understand why anyone would be disconcerned or alarmed by this, and thought that any objections were from Obama detractors from the start. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Brillat’s study of taste also neatly analyzes the interaction of taste and smell, addressing certain detractors who would denigrate this sense because it is supposedly sensitive to just four qualities: sour, bitter, sweet, and salty, the rest of the taste spectrum being supplied by smell. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But the major item I’ve noticed with most of his detractors is that they refuse to read him closely, that they read him through the prism of their own biases, and having rational discussions with such individuals is almost impossible. ❋ Unknown (2006)

“But the major item I’ve noticed with most of his detractors is that they refuse to read him closely, that they read him through the prism of their own biases, and having rational discussions with such individuals is almost impossible.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

Speaking of time: In other news, regarding the George R.R. Martin detractors. ❋ Wendigomountain (2009)

“DOOD THIS FUCK IS A [DETRACTOR] IM [ALWAYS RIGHT] [SEND ME] BITS!” ❋ FunnyDank (2018)

"Behold! I just made a 3 hour video about another [neckbeard] [eating a sandwich]. I'm the most awesome [detractor] ever! Now where's my Nobel prize, bitches?" ❋ Stiffkittenbabelfish (2021)