Open scorn for Islam has become a staple ingredient in the speeches of conservative Christian leaders since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Through the name-calling and open scorn, what becomes evident is what they share: an attraction to the other's spirit, a longing to confirm that they can, in fact, connect with someone else.
By the same illogic, statistics and independent studies are now often greeted with open scorn and, in the US, a lot of the electorate seem to have decided that facts are a form of witchcraft.
It's not the first sign of his own sense of humour – after being a figure of open scorn for some years, the singer has recently gone through a dramatic reputational rehabilitation thanks to his witty ripostes to Twitter critics.
He wins his job back, makes a fortune and starts to look like a viable mate for the beautiful Anna Jennifer Garnerr), a woman who has previously regarded him with open scorn.
But it is consistent, albeit in a small way, with a lamentable pattern: the tendency of media firms to opt for a leadership structure based on a dominant mogul, weak boards and open scorn for what shareholders regard as the best practice in corporate governance.
She sounds like a folk singer, her diction clear as a mountain stream while she weaves whimsical tales of ships (Night Before Mutiny), conversations with Venus (The Moths Are Real), and rivals who meet at dawn "with pens and open scorn" (Lady Fortune).
Elements in US society, unable to keep up or compete, began to see government, not as a tool of civilization, but rather an enemy viewed with open scorn.
With sad irony, our biggest fans are the ones we have the most open scorn for: Poles – only 12percentt of them think we're a negative influence on the EU, compared to 24percentt of the French.
