Prince Walid offered a two-pronged explanation for why he was opposed to the project: he said out of respect for Islam, it does not belong at the proposed location because of its proximity to a strip club; and out of deference to the families of 9/11 victims who might feel antagonized, the Islamic center should not be near ground zero.
As Bremmer warned, "A Kremlin that feels antagonized and isolated but not substantially constrained is a dangerous prospect.
These crackdowns make Muslim groups feel antagonized and perpetuate fear that the security apparatus might scoop up troubled but innocent individuals.
Hawass — in whom there seems to be a perfect alignment of national and personal ambitions — has never felt sufficiently antagonized by the unscientific approach to want to give up the language of spooky Egypt: he'll say that a Sphinx "talks" to him, or bemoan a "curse" on his CAT scanner.
Voice of the Faithful, which started in February with 40 people in a church basement discussing the clergy sexual abuse crisis and now claims 25,000 members in 40 states, has been careful to avoid stances that leaders felt might unduly antagonize or alienate the archdiocese.
"In his passion to focus on correcting the inequities in the system, he has antagonized people who feel they are making a positive contribution," said Kathryn S. Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, a business group that supports mayoral control.
He started the performance with a single looped vocal sample—"The white man, I say to you over and over again"—for what felt like an eternity, seemingly antagonizing the mostly young, white crowd that gathered for his performance in Bushwick.
He recalls Pope Paul VI reassuring him about the outrage some Roman Catholic circles felt about his religious-themed novels: "Your books will always antagonize certain Catholics.
She failed & antagonized black voters.
because he antagonized McCarthy's friends.
