Subverted

When national identity is subverted, in other words, when those fundamental ideals that make a country who and what it is are negated in the name of power and reinforced symbolically in the built world, the outcome is revolution. ❋ Jake Townsend (2011)

Like I’ve said before, the law does not exist to be subverted, which is exactly what the terrorists do when it comes to warfare. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Reply Obj. 1: This very modesty demands that the heretic should be admonished a first and second time: and if he be unwilling to retract, he must be reckoned as already "subverted," as we may gather from the words of the Apostle quoted above. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

It's YOUR way of life you feel is being "subverted". ❋ Unknown (2009)

Jasun Wurster and those who support the effort are in the process of being subverted by right wing ideologues who could care less about Portland, but would use this as an issue to say "Look at those liberals who would rather keep a child molester in office ... blah blah blah" in order to justify their fringe values and policies to gain some ounce of momentum for the 2010 election. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ironically, the actuality of my having subverted my dreaming practice made the fact of my dreaming of great interest. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In Portland, we have "do process" -- there's no limit to what the city will "do" to its citizens to make sure that dissident voices (a) are ignored, (b) are subverted to look as though they support whatever scam the politicians and bureaucrats are into at the moment, or (c) are jerked around with procedural maneuvers to prevent them from getting organized in an effective way. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On the last day of June and in the very midst of the forces hunting them, four chiefs and 120 warriors resolved to continue resistance and execute any who subverted their policy. ❋ Col. Matthew Moten (2011)

Watching quite a lot of administration pushback on the socialism thing get casually subverted by some guy in China trying to sell some T-shirts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Stink Bombs have subverted the role of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, al Nahda in Tunisia, the Ikhwan in Jordan, and stirred sectarian strife between Shia and Sunni in Bahrain and Yemen -- two countries that also depend on the Iran card to justify all their unlawful actions against civilians. ❋ Sharmine Narwani (2011)

The risk in such situations is always that businesses use ready-made political allies to play Chicken Little and proclaim that the country is being subverted as a means to protect their own privileges. ❋ Christopher Sabatini (2011)

It imposes hassles on innocent folks that are fairly easily subverted by the bad folks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In practice, however, the big society strategies that Mr Cameron developed in opposition, and which he was still articulating in his lecture 18 months ago, belong to an era that no longer exists and have now been subverted by some of his government's own actions. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Jasun Wurster ... in the process of being subverted by right wing ideologues." ❋ Unknown (2009)

The United States must reckon with the past policies and practices that subverted American values and principles and badly damaged our moral leadership. ❋ Human Rights First (2011)

However, the security company has seen the "Signed by Symbian" certification process subverted a couple of times. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This would subvert the [principles] of all [knowledge]. --Locke. ❋ Kyle (2004)

[Look at that] large subvert [hidden] in [the seaweed]. ❋ Psnorb (2007)

A. Star Wars: [The Last Jedi] did [a great job] of subverting audience expectations! B. No, it was just a narrative mess. A. Your report written in crayon was very [unprofessional]. B. Come on! I was just trying to subvert expectations! ❋ OkiShisa (2018)

Did you watch the last episode of Game of Thrones? D&D love to [subvert expectations]. Yesterday, they transformed [Jon Snow] into a wolf and made him eat [Sansa]. ❋ Bang-gang (2019)

"We kind of forgot about good writing and logic so we decided to subvert expectations this season because, you know, [shock value]." [D&D] on GoT [S8] ❋ NotAnotherMartha (2019)

Yo gonna [check] [SC] and [be cool] too! ❋ 8bits (2005)

- Dude, that [last season] of Game of Thrones was a real [letdown]. I expected something deeper. - Yeah, it's called "[subverting expectations]" these days. ❋ Dfx413 (2019)

[The Last Jedi] is subverting expectations of [the Star] [Wars] fans. ❋ Hrnek (2022)

“Who’s your hero Cartman?” “[Tom Brady].” “And what does Tom Brady do after [breaking the rules]?” “Deny and Subvert.” “What would Tom Brady says if he was caught shop lifting?” “Everybody shoplifts, why [are you coming down] on me?” ❋ Mydtog (2023)

[Hym] 😧 "Subverted again... I... [I just can't] [believe it]. It's like one massive subversion after the next!" ❋ Hym Iam (2023)