It also explains why he embraced some of the Stoic paradoxes, such as the notion that a kingdom should please the wise man no more than slavery (Manuductio III.12), which reinforced Christian humility, while rejecting others, such as the Stoic dictum that the wise man was, by his own decision, at liberty to take his own life (Manuductio III.22 23), which was blatantly opposed to Christian belief.
Why would America support a regime whose values not only run counter to ours, but which blatantly opposes the most basic human rights?
But Adem Carroll, a member of the steering committee of the Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition for Truth and Justice, called the mural "blatantly divisive, opposing Israel against its neighbors in the region".
Desha vetoed the bill, and scolded the legislators for passing a blatantly partisan bill as opposed to a compromise measure.
"We're really just trying to do stuff that nobody would have thought of," Mr. Boon said, "more along the lines of outrageous and over the top, as opposed to just blatantly graphic violence".
What's noteworthy is that in every battle Jackson describes the push and pull that blacks had to engage in with the establishment (read Democratic Party and it's leadership) as opposed to the blatantly racist Jim Crow crowd; from MLK's forcing LBJ's hand on the Civil Rights Act, to challenging the party's values when it refused to demand the release of Mandela in apartheid South Africa.
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Because the General Assembly was heavily Democratic, the law was attacked as blatantly partisan and self-serving to Goebel; it was opposed even by some Democrats.
Claims that she is opposed to increased funding for pandemic flu research are blatantly false and politically motivated.
Unlike its earlier work, "Latch" feels less relaxed, more ambitious, more blatantly pop-oriented, with full-bodied vocals (by Sam Smith) that dominate — as opposed to vocals that have been chopped up and buried in the mix.
Randy M. Mastro, who is representing, pro bono, several elected officials opposed to the term limits extension, dubbed the legislation "profoundly undemocratic" and "blatantly illegal".
