One may just be accused of being negative or even of being unpatriotic and disloyal to one's country. |
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One of the Bush administration's achievements is to have fermented a climate in which any kind of criticism is instantly deemed unpatriotic. |
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Planes fly into buildings in New York, then suddenly you are unpatriotic if you question other aspects of your government. |
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Wounded by what they consider an unpatriotic ambush, the Marines rejected the union's olive branch and secured an alternative parking lot. |
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To oppose the drift of history is to invite a charge of treason, to be characterised as un-Australian, un-American or unpatriotic. |
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A conscientious objector throughout history has often assumed the position of someone who is against his or her country, or unpatriotic. |
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He implied that Oppenheimer was confused, complicated, unpatriotic and disloyal. |
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Democrats facing re-election are scared of appearing unpatriotic, fearing for their one-seat Senate majority. |
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They disdained Kerry's internationalism as effeminate, unpatriotic, a character flaw, and elitist. |
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And it is not unpatriotic and not disloyal to dissent with the views of the President, or anyone else for that matter. |
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Abramovich's decision to opt for Chelsea over a Russian club has seen him branded unpatriotic by some within Russian football. |
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At the same time, critics of his position are painted as disloyal, unpatriotic and anti-American. |
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The movements condemned goods of foreign provenance, in part by defining them as unnecessary, unpatriotic, and unvirtuous luxuries. |
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They're condemning and browbeating anyone who questions any of this, branding dissenters as unpatriotic and treasonous. |
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Just to express some concern about his bully-boy tactics was enough to tar someone as unpatriotic. |
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For his efforts, he often gets tagged with labels that would dismiss him as a left-wing nut or an unpatriotic freak! |
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We don't have to be concerned about the right-wingers labelling us unpatriotic. |
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Fans are finding it almost unpatriotic to criticise teams and players, or to revel in their triumphs. |
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Traditionally, spies revolt against Labour governments because they fear the party is made up of unpatriotic reds. |
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Instead, most black leaders didn't raise their voice in protest, apparently out of concern that they might be branded unpatriotic for doing so. |
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Anyone who questioned his actions was portrayed as unpatriotic, a threat that caused many people to clam up. |
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And if the stance of peace protesters like me is seen to be unpatriotic then so be it. |
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My apologies to any non-British readers for excluding you but read the answers and realise how unpatriotic the Brits probably are. |
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There are a few people who continue to say that what I do is unpatriotic and somehow treasonous. |
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After many noisy toasts had been drunk, and none to the nation, the national cockade was said to have been trampled as the air rang with unpatriotic slogans. |
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While the act of destroying an American flag may be repulsive, the proposal of this amendment is itself unpatriotic and un-American. |
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It would be next to impossible for citizens of the new Kitchener to be considered unpatriotic. |
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It is important because it has been suggested that Canadians who have some concerns with this mission are somehow unpatriotic or unsupportive. |
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Among other things they have suggested that the Bloc supports pedophiles, Liberals are anti-Semitic or unpatriotic. |
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So, I think that he's going to begin to see a reluctance to just rubber stamp every administration policy and just basically accept the principle that dissent is unpatriotic. |
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Standing up and standing out can be dangerous in these contexts, and raise suspicions that women are unpatriotic, guerrillas, spies or traitors. |
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Despite Enron's close ties with politicians, it had an unpatriotic approach to taxation and had established subsidiaries in tax havens. |
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It is not unpatriotic, it is not disrespectful of our troops and it is not failing to support them to engage in these debates. |
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I do not know when this became something that was wholier than thou, that when people criticize a general, they are unpatriotic. |
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Those who did not want to fight were commonly seen as being lazy, or unpatriotic. |
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In other words, the federal government patronizes these unpatriotic companies that seek to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. |
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It implies that those questioning its out-of-control spending are unpatriotic. |
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To have our children in this condition, one in five struggling with hunger is unpatriotic. |
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The perception that liberals are unpatriotic stems from that moment in time and from actions just like that. |
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But the vast cultural rift is diminishing, and as a result, calling Democrats unpatriotic is becoming a bit harder. |
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The feeling is starting to bubble up elsewhere, too, among people who feel that what Darby did was unpatriotic, un-American, even faintly treasonous. |
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Conversely, anything that limits that freedom is unpatriotic. |
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I am about as unpatriotic a person as one could hope to find. |
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Reporting a stolen cellphone for blocking is no longer helpful because of some unpatriotic technicians who receive bribes to unblock stolen cell phones. |
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When Ron Paul says that the act itself is unpatriotic, Gingrich responds with the example of Timothy McVeigh. |
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People wonder why Terry Rockefeller has never seemed to be out for revenge, and when they hear her talk, they sometimes tell her she is unpatriotic. |
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The other great boon, and in my book the main reason to consider a Scottish holiday above an unpatriotic flight to the humid south, is the quality of the light. |
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Time and time again we have been thanked for the service we provide and the moment we ask for fair pay we became criminals, unpatriotic and even child murderers. |
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So Gerard thinks Murray is being unpatriotic declaring himself a Scot? |
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The same is practised by Saddam Hussein, who calls unpatriotic all his citizens who dare argue with him. |
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Now it's considered to be unpatriotic to speak your mind. |
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In the context of a civil conflict or a war of occupation, denouncing government abuses can lead to defenders being vilified as disloyal, unpatriotic, even treacherous. |
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To do their bit, students and housewives thronged the streets this week to burn effigies of unpatriotic spendthrifts who buy Gucci handbags and take their holidays in Guam. |
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For two years, the Prime Minister and his ministers have used inflammatory language, accusing anybody who questions the mission of being unpatriotic, but recently the government has said that this mission needs to change. |
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The Democrats in the United States have expressed these concerns, and if they dare challenge the President of the United States they are called unpatriotic. |
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We do not want the government portraying all parties, the Liberals, the NDP and the Bloc, as being unpatriotic and supposedly not supporting our military just because we ask tough questions. |
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After the assault, Muhannad al-Hassani made a statement to police in the presence of his attacker who threatened him throughout and accused him of being unpatriotic. |
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It is not unpatriotic to want to improve one's fate. |
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But if it risks being seen as unpatriotic, foreign help may be concealed. |
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Swift-boating is the new term used to describe a dirty campaign that tries to paint a war hero as unpatriotic. |
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Hammon received criticism from some Americans, including the US national team coach, even being called unpatriotic. |
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Democrats say no, it is because Republicans are too heartless to care about the middle classes, and because unpatriotic billionaires send jobs overseas. |
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The controversy eventually became public, and Paine was then denounced as unpatriotic for criticising an American revolutionary. |
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But formally giving up the claim is something no Indian prime minister could contemplate unless he was absolutely sure that no one would impugn him as weak, unpatriotic or pro-China. |
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Thatcher and her henchmen are not dead, they live on in the present set of privileged, uncaring and unpatriotic chinless wonders. |
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So much lobbying, arm-twisting and brownnosing has been invested in this that any misgivings about the Beijing Olympics are seen as disloyal and unpatriotic. |
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