"dissent toward" is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is usually used to describe a disagreement or difference of opinion towards someone or something. Here is an example: "Some members of the committee expressed dissent toward the proposed budget, stating that it did not allocate enough funding for education."
Any whiff of dissent toward the military or suggestion of government corruption was removed.
The more immediate questions is how will Iran manage the rising dissent toward and within the ranks of Hezbollah over the militia group's involvement in Syria's war?
Anand Panyarachun, a former prime minister who is seen as one of the country's leading statesmen, said in a television interview in June that Thais must be more prepared to tolerate dissent toward the monarchy.
Yet over the past two years some of the opacity has thinned away: The public backlash last year over the financing of the Chinese stadium complex in Vientiane was considered by many as a milestone in public dissent toward the traditionally autocratic government.
"But it appears that the slow dissent toward stagnation that began in March, on both the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sides, is over," he said.
Just three years ago, even a hint of dissent toward the Obama Administration was met with the kind of verbal blitzkrieg that would make a grown man cry.
It's quite factual — and not cynical — to suggest that China's rise has been aided by a particularly damaging brand of mercantilism as well as a brutally effective suppression of meaningful dissent directed toward its authoritarian leaders.
Religious tolerance aside, what they have in common with Tunisia is a general intolerance toward dissent, whether secular or religious.
"The general climate of dissent, the mistrust toward the upper classes and governing classes — these aren't things we normally associate with the United States," he said.
The arrests of the scholars are part of a larger, recent pattern of increasing intolerance -- some say paranoia -- by China toward dissent or any public discourse that challenges the wisdom of the Communist Party.
