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Cynically Quotes
Naming manipulation for what it is
These quotes use 'cynically' to describe manipulative rhetoric, from claims that extremists cynically invoke religious motifs to justify violence, to criticism of self-serving political messaging.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The terrorists may want to try and legitimize their violence by cynically appealing to Islamic motifs or doctrines, but there is no reason the rest of us should help them do it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If anything, 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is a generic romance cynically engineered to appeal to the lowest common denominator of female fantasy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
While President Obama assumes that at their core the Republican leadership team is just trying to do what's best for America, Mitch McConnell and John Boehner assume that the president is cynically trying to secure his own reelection, power, and legacy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story.
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If the great Government of the United States were a private corporation no bank would take its name on a piece of paper, because it has cynically repudiated the words engraved upon its bonds.
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- Nov 07, 2020