In the event, besmirching McCain did Trump no harm and his criticism was something of a relief for those who had watched with irritation over many years as the Senator posed as a military expert while talking misleading nonsense about Iraq and Syria.
The reality, though, is that if a company backs away from CSR, it risks doing itself even more harm than the criticism it was trying to avoid.
In fact, the overreaction to criticism harms our political discourse, damages the effort to combat real anti-Semitism, and because it serves to enable destructive Israeli policies, it makes a just peace a near unattainable goal.
Offence is not a "harm", and to eschew criticism because the targets might take offence is to infantilise them.
Remember that more harm is done by criticism than by over-praising employees.
He's convinced Rocky did not intend to harm Stevie, despite facing public criticism following Stevie's death.
Second, there was a growing consensus that there should be restrictions on the ability of companies to sue for libel by making them demonstrate actual or likely financial harm before trying to silence criticism.
His backers point the finger at the irascible Mr Thaksin, who denies disloyalty to the throne while cocking a snook at "aristocratic" Thai government.But the efforts of self-proclaimed royalists are arguably doing as much harm to the institution as criticism by their opponents.
Jeremy Newmark, chair of the Jewish Labour Movement, was speaking at the end of a sometimes fractious debate which had heard Momentum's vice-chair say claims of antisemitism had been exaggerated and "weaponised" so as to harm Corbyn and quash any criticism of Israel.
By saying, "Hey, everyone, our 9-year-old is gay!" we are opening ourselves up for criticism and possible harm.
