Clarence Thomas declaring that he was figuratively being lynched was a masterpiece of cynicism, and it came in the wake of his own denunciations of laziness and welfare dependence among impoverished black people.
With its mournful austerity, its vicious ferocity, its programmatic clues, his music conveyed his own denunciations: of state tyranny, of the persecution of Jews, of the suppression of the human spirit.
Reagan worked with the Soviet leader, despite heartfelt criticism from his own staffers and fevered denunciations from activists--dissention that Reagan acknowledged in his diary.
At least, it should: denunciation for its own sake sometimes proves irresistible.
Nec Habeo, nec Careo, nec Curo (1621; "I Don't Have, I Don't Want, I Don't Care"), an assertion of his own virtue and a lively denunciation of others' vices, he was again imprisoned.
One reason may well have been Mr. Miller's passionate denunciation of his own Democratic Party in a recent book as well as his keynote speech at the Republican convention.
The aftermath of the occupation, the exhibition shows, posed its own moral challenges, marked by denunciations and purges.
Meanwhile the voices of extremism translate anti-Americanism into denunciations of Americans' own treasured ideals: democracy, liberalism, tolerance and women's rights.
Summoning a convincing blast of righteous indignation, he declared the charge "offensive", making Mr Romney look like the opportunist.But Mr Romney responded to Mr Obama's assertiveness in kind, with plenty of interruptions, finger-pointing and denunciations of his own.
