cretinization

The fact that anyone even pays attention to Beck is a sign of the cretinization of our politics.

Think Progress » Church Uses Marquee To Speak Out Against Beck: ‘Sorry Mr Beck, Jesus Preached Social Justice’ 2010

The current cretinization of public, political language is often viewed as synonomous with the discourse of patriotism.

About This Volume 2006

The current cretinization of public, political language is often viewed as synonomous with the discourse of patriotism.

Article Abstracts 2006

It would be naive to assume simply the sophistication of a prior civil discourse, but the cretinization of political argument — the reduction of the current political and global catastrophe we face to a few catch phrases of the “war on terrorism,” “good versus evil,” and

Introduction 2006

This vote signals the completion of the cretinization of American politics begun by the nomination of George W. Bush.

Firedoglake » It’s Heating Up in the House… 2006

He consistently employed its delicate system of wheels and pulleys for the aggrandizement of the Order in the first place, in the second place for the control of the Catholic Church, and always for the subjugation and cretinization of the mind of Europe.

Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction John Addington Symonds 1866

Work is a much better explanation for the creeping cretinization all around us than even such significant moronizing mechanisms as television and education.

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