pile-on

Well, first of all, I'd like to repeat what has been said elsewhere, which is that the film blogging community's general distaste for Mr. Ratner and his filmography has made him an easy target for a pile-on, a way to overtly claim offense to show that they are oh-so-sensitiveand holier-than-thou when it comes to the rights and feelings of homosexuals.

Scott Mendelson: Thoughts On The Brett Ratner Mess: When Explicit Slurs Become Part Of Everyday Language And How To Deal With Their Casual And Out-of-Context Use Scott Mendelson 2011

Well, first of all, I'd like to repeat what has been said elsewhere, which is that the film blogging community's general distaste for Mr. Ratner and his filmography has made him an easy target for a pile-on, a way to overtly claim offense to show that they are oh-so-sensitiveand holier-than-thou when it comes to the rights and feelings of homosexuals.

Scott Mendelson: Thoughts On The Brett Ratner Mess: When Explicit Slurs Become Part Of Everyday Language And How To Deal With Their Casual And Out-of-Context Use Scott Mendelson 2011

Witness the recent disgraceful pile-on against pro-Palestinian university students by assorted politicians, commentators, university presidents and lobby groups; or Jason Kenney's recent targeting of Muslim associations; or the exclusion from our country of the (admittedly unpleasant) George Galloway.

Archive 2009-03-01 2009

His challenges to Mr. Paul in particular have prompted a four-candidate pile-on, with Mr. Romney, Texas Gov.

Curbing Attack Mode Difficult for Gingrich Douglas Belkin 2011

Years ago, OUR ideas, or the ideas that are the opposite of his, would have been suppressed with a pile-on and everyone would have beaten the expressers of the opinion with a stick and banned them and so forth.

MIND MELD: Books That Hold Special Places in Our Hearts and On Our Shelves 2009

There's a pile-on at one of my favourite blogs: my longtime commenter Marky Mark is getting pummeled for no discernible reason, and the egregious "shlemazl" claims, of course, that it's all motivated by anti-Semitism, as is everything else in heaven and on earth.

Archive 2009-05-01 2009

The companies, which have acknowledged sloppy procedures, want assurances that they won't face pile-on lawsuits if they settle.

Coakley for the Housing Crisis 2012

In this episode they discuss what works, what doesn't, and whether it's time to end the pile-on on Mr. Cage's career.

Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Podcast: Season of the Witch Dan Persons 2011

Fueled by interest in companies like Facebook and Zynga, we saw pile-on investing and everyone wanted to jump on the bandwagon.

Health Care a Laggard for Venture Funds Pui-Wing Tam 2011

Or will people let the pile-on become the method of choice for dealing with those who do not adhere to our party line or believe exactly as we do?

MIND MELD: Books That Hold Special Places in Our Hearts and On Our Shelves 2009