They, too, were avoiding the troublesome implications of their ideology.
"I wanted to deal in reality," he said recently, thinking back to a time when he was grappling with the troublesome implications of his new celebrity, "and I wanted to start a conversation about that".
"Any tendency for these longer-term inflation expectations to drift higher or even to fail to reverse over time would have troublesome implications for the outlook for inflation," he said.
Yet the presence of paid FreedomWorks operatives at meetings like the one in Cicero, handing out Obamacare Translator leaflets and legislator "leave-behinds," would be cause for greater skepticism if the civilians in attendance weren't already compiling binders of their own and reciting from memory the troublesome implications buried on page 59 of House Resolution 3200.
Few making this argument, however, seem to realize the peculiar origins of the phrase "American exceptionalism" or the idea's troublesome implications for the study of history.
Shoehorning in a white savior, as when a leak this fall led many to fear that the live-action "Mulan" would feature a white love interest and hero, brings with it its own set of troublesome implications and consequences.
Imaginatively liberating as this may be, its political implications are troublesome.
This kind of nonsense seriously undermines an otherwise worthwhile and instructive book and, by implication, excuses many troublesome abuses in the current administration.
Google's proposed "Policy Violation Checker" would allow software to peek over peoples' shoulders while they type to alert individuals -- and potentially their employers -- when their written text contained "problematic phrases" that "present policy violations, have legal implications, or are otherwise troublesome to a company, business, or individual," according to the patent filing.
The agronomic implications of this are that the major troublesome Amaranthus weed species would not be manageable with glyphosate, and the evolutionary implications are the potential transfer of adaptive traits among related Amaranthus species (Trucco et al. 2009).
