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The whole notion is based on nothing more than junk science foisted on the public by anti-progress, pro-socialist, anti-American thugs who see nothing wrong with crippling the U.S. economy while turning a blind eye to the fact that communist China exports many times more pollution than the U.S. ever does.
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As Ms. Badinter tells it, the thinking that has lead to this baby-bust is not so new, and finds its strongest ideological roots in the 18th-century anti-progress argumen ts of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
In Praise of the Mediocre Mother Emma-Kate Symons 2010
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It brought in "the most progressive City Council" in the words of one who was elected, which turns out to be the most far-left and anti-progress.
Government Overgrowth, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Either way, Republicans need not be anti-science, anti-progress, anti-environment and anti-common sense, need they?
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Lewis added that the fact that Islam's golden age came not long after its founding confirmed that Islamic belief isn't inherently anti-progress or anti-pluralism.
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Consequently, African societies, religion, and knowledge are assessed from a viewpoint that is often construed as evidence of societies that are "traditional" in the sense that they are inefficient, unchanging, and, at worst, "anti-progress"!
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Indeed, the conservative leadership that follows Limbaugh was transparent in both its strategy and its organizing -- the anti-progress forces said were out to hand the president a landmark defeat.
Tom Watson: The Looming Health Care Wreck: It's the Narrative, Stupid 2009
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The one that was a pro-white, protectionist, anti-progress candidate who came in close behind Dole in Iowa and won New Hampshire's Primary in 1996.
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It has allowed them to marginalize their detractors, deprive them of a language to voice their critique and dismiss them as being "anti-progress," "anti-development," "anti-reform," and of course "anti-national" -- negativists of the worst sort.
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I believe this is important as I think the Republican party needs to shift back to its core principles, ala Teddy Roosevelt, liberatarian principles and fiscal conservatisim rather than Gay bashing, Big Business supporting, anti-union, anti-tolerance, and anti-progress agenda.
Hillary On The Morning Shows: Surprised By Photo Of Her And Rezko 2009
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