It is nothing more than an expression of contempt.And it gets tiring to say this and see it over and over, but it's worth making the point again: all of these measures alienate the very people we need most: American Muslims.
Patton's support of this measure alienated labor leaders, especially in eastern Kentucky's coal mining communities – which had previously been among his strongest supporters.
Such punitive measures alienate families from government and intensify the stress on parents who are already overwhelmed — while doing nothing to help them address their problems.
Hasty and ill-thought-through measures have alienated the very Muslims who kicked out extremists such as Choudary from their mosques.
Hasty and ill-thought-through measures have alienated the very Muslims who have kicked out extremists such as Choudary from their mosques".
In order to feed Ethiopia's cities and the army, the government tried to force the peasants' associations to deliver grain at below-market prices, a measure that alienated the peasants and did nothing to stimulate production.
Such measures could "alienate the very parents our schools are trying to reach," Dotty Merrill, a lobbyist for the Nevada Association of School Boards, told a Las Vegas Review Journal reporter.
Mr. Basescu was also associated in the public consciousness with painful austerity measures that have alienated many voters.
By sparking international action, the sting has been drawn from the Conservatives' cry of "class war"; George Osborne and David Cameron could not oppose the measure without alienating an angry public.
Burgeoning support for Ukip and the Greens were a measure of how alienated the voters were from the traditional parties.
