Let us never demonize or give up on those who disagree with us. We don't want to become like the right-wing talk-show hosts, hammering our adversaries into cartoon characters and denying their humanity.
Quotes about demonize (16 Quotes)
By the time of the Civil War slavery was not an issue in the North. The issue was in the South and so it was very easy to continue to demonize the South after the Civil War.
Apparently, Governor Schwarzenegger has ripped a page from President Bush's re-election playbook, ... Rule number one in the 'Bush-Rove Guide to Running on a Record of Failure' is to demonize groups of people and use them to divide the electorate by rallying the extremists in your base. It's the only way to explain Governor Schwarzenegger's promise to veto the California marriage equality bill after pledging just last year to support equal rights and responsibilities for California's LGBT families if approved by the courts or the legislature.
In response to Tom's passing, we ask that everyone set aside inclinations to vilify or demonize others, no matter what they have done.
Union issues by and large are payroll issues, which are very visible in the state budget and in turn make it easier to demonize. But it's a very one-sided argument to attack labor as if there is no such thing as corporate contributions.
I really think we haven't found a way to allow women to have grace while finding power, particularly in the military. I'm going to get to discover on my feet with Ron and the others what is the truth here, what is the truth of the woman in power, and why do we vilify them, demonize them
They seek to demonize Jews and other minority groups in this country and, inspired by that theology and ideology, believe that violence is the answer, ... Ultimately, their aim is to create a white Christian nation that has no Jews, no minorities living here whatsoever.
We don't demonize our targets. They're individuals. They have families. Although what happened in Munich, I condemn.
In a full-court press by the White House to demonize Democrats, it's great to see we've got at least four Republican profiles in courage.
The restriction of not living within a certain distance of parks or whatever is really just about a stigma, a perceived need for supervising parolees. It will demonize people on parole and make it impossible for any of us to have a second chance, to re-en
People in power need to control others in order to maintain power. One of the ways to do that is to take that which is threatening and demonize it.
Faced with China's rise, we should be benign, optimistic and focused on co-existence and shared prosperity. Don't demonize and vilify China, and don't treat it as a threat.
This deceptive and extreme measure sacrifices women's health in the name of a broad anti-choice agenda to demonize abortion. The federal government has no business making it a crime for doctors to provide the best care possible to women who need abortions.
The case is nonsense. It's a political folly and has been from the outset. It's part of the government's campaign to try to demonize the tobacco manufacturers, and it has failed.
I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the ideological framing of the debate that scares me.
Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize.