Critics of neoliberalism, at times, claim that it is the newly predominant form of imperialism.

Critics of these versions, such as Taoism scholar Eugene Eoyang, claim that translators like Stephen Mitchell produce readings of the Tao Te Ching that deviate from the text and are incompatible with the history of Chinese thought.

Critics claim the vocabulary and style of the Pauline letters could not have been written by Paul according to available biographical information and reflect the views of the emerging Church rather than the apostle's.

Critics may dispute the positive interpretation of results obtained in scientific studies of ESP, as they claim they are difficult to reproduce reliably, and are small in effect.

Critics have claimed that the Nazis ' claim of scientific reasons behind their promotion of racism and hostility to homosexuals is pseudoscience.

Critics dispute the claim that in practice free markets create perfect competition, or even increase market competition over the long run.

Critics of Moore's arguments sometimes claim that he is appealing to general puzzles concerning analysis ( cf.

Critics of hypertext claim that it inhibits the old, linear, reader experience by creating several different tracks to read on, and that this in turn contributes to a postmodernist fragmentation of worlds.

Critics claim that, in political contexts, labeling certain opinions and statements " hate speech " can be used to silence unfavorable or critical opinions and play down debate.

Critics claim that existing tests do not adequately measure student mastery of the stated objectives.

Critics of the privilege claim its use has become a tool for the government to cover up illegal or embarrassing government actions.

Critics claim that the terms " instantiation " and " copy " are not further defined and that participation and inherence are similarly mysterious and unenlightening.

Critics claim that in elastic, price-sensitive markets, price increases cause some consumers to seek substitutes for that product.

Critics tended to claim the film was either sensationalizing nuclear war or that it was too tame.

Critics of the Seventeenth Amendment claim that by altering the way senators are elected, the states lost any representation they had in the federal government and that this led to the gradual " slide into ignominy " of state legislatures, as well as an overextension of federal power and the rise of special interest groups to fill the power vacuum previously occupied by state legislatures.

Critics use these statistics to support the original claim that originally it was not a merger of equals, that it was a takeover of UMIST by Manchester University and that this was not in UMIST's best interests.

Critics claim the World Food Programme to be harmful to the aided countries.

Critics have described this as " Saudi vandalism " and claim that in Medina and Mecca over the last 50 years 300 historic sites linked to Muhammad, his family or companions have been lost.

Critics of inclusive language claim that inclusive language can provide incorrect translations in various instances.

Critics, such as Emmanuel Levinas and Karl Löwith, claim that Heidegger's support for National Socialism revealed flaws inherent in his thought.

Critics claim that these theories, when used as an explanation for fine-tuning, commit the inverse gambler's fallacy.

Critics often claim abuse of administrative power over domain names.

Critics, and those associated with the Anti-Globalization Movement, claim that the model has been unevenly applied to favor multinational corporations over local producers & retailers, and has led to a model of global domination along the north-south divide, characterized by a rich core and an impoverished periphery.

Critics claim that if the measures proposed by the US were implemented and applied this would prevent scientific research in Latin America, causing as a consequence more inequalities and technological dependence from the developed countries.

Critics of the effort claim that it creates hardship primarily for the coca growers, many of whom are poor and have no viable alternative way to make a living, causes environmental problems, that it is not effective in reducing the supply of cocaine, in part because cultivation can move to other areas, and that any social harm created by drug abuse is only made worse by the war on drugs.

Critics point out that contrary to the Discovery Institute's and Johnson's claims, the theory of evolution is well-supported and accepted within the scientific community, with debates regarding how evolution occurred, not if it occurred.

Indeed, it published some extraordinary encomiums to the wonders of Stalinism, among them Dudley Collard's Soviet Justice and the Trial of Radek and Others ( a defence of the show trials ), Pat Sloan's Soviet Democracy ( a propagandist tract extolling Stalin's 1936 constitution ), a reprint of Sidney and Beatrice Webb's Soviet Communism: a new civilisation, J. R. Campbell's Soviet Policy and its Critics ( notable for its virulent assault on Trotsky ) and Hewlett Johnson's The Socialist Sixth of the World.

Critics and some Christians state that Hubbard's statements regarding R6 prove that Scientology doctrine is incompatible with Christianity, despite the Church

Critics point to statements in his early writings that proved to be inaccurate.

Critics also point out that workers in fields related to evolutionary biology are not required to sign statements of belief in evolution comparable to the biblical inerrancy pledges required by ICR and AiG.

Critics charged that IPR scholars had been naïve in their statements regarding Communism, Chinese Communism and Stalinist Russia.

Critics, including most practitioners of medicine, dismiss iridology given that published studies have indicated a lack of success for its claims.

Critics claim that the legal principle of laches, not asserting your rights in a timely manner, invalidates Forgents claims on the patent.

Critics make the following claims:

Critics say that most of the Church's claims are designed to harass Suppressive Persons, people who impede the progress of the Scientology movement.

Critics of DTC testing argue against the risks involved, the unregulated advertising and marketing claims, and the overall lack of governmental oversight.

Critics of Steven Fishman have produced the affidavit of Kenneth D. Long, a Scientology executive, which states that Fishman received services from a Scientology mission, did a few introductory courses, never worked for the Church or CCHR, and did not get any auditing or do any courses at the main Miami church, which would conflict with his claims.

Critics claim that the Law of Return runs counter to the claims of a democratic state.

Critics of Kaneko have stated that the main purpose of Winny is to violate copyright law, unlike Freenet, another peer-to-peer system that Winny is often compared to, which claims to protect freedom of speech.

Critics of Book of Mormon linguistic studies often reject the claims of Mormon scholars on the grounds that the parallels they draw between Book of Mormon and other sources amounts to " parallelomania ", which is defined as the " over use or improper use of parallels in the exposition of a text.

Critics charge that claims that this had happened are akin to claiming " the problem, in short, is not that the banks acted irresponsibly in creating financial instruments that blew up, or in making loans that could never be repaid.

Critics charge that the TM movement is a bastardized form of Hinduism which denies its religious roots and claims a scientific basis for the purpose of attempting to secure government funding for its programs.

Critics claimed McCaughey's claims were distorted, pointing out that the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology was not new but had been created five years earlier by George W. Bush, and that the 2009 legislation was not about limiting doctors ' ability to prescribe treatments, but instead was about establishing a system of electronic records to give physicians complete and accurate information their patients.

Critics of the Bush administration accused them of damaging national security by the deliberate " outing " of an undercover operative for political reasons, i. e. in order to bolster claims of terrorist threats in August 2004 and win support in the upcoming election.

Critics Daniel C. Noel and Robert J. Wallis see Harner's teachings as based on cultural appropriation and a misrepresentation of the various cultures he claims to have been inspired by ( reference: " The Soul of Shamanism: Western Fantasies, Imaginal Realities ").

Critics such as research scientist James Pontolillo are skeptical of Wallach's claims and research.

Critics point out the inconsistency between this description and O ' Neill's own claims documented in a conversation with President Nixon in 1971:

Critics of performative writing have described it, in practice, as: self-indulgent ; insular ; politically neutred due to its tiny elite audience and its neo-romantic individualism ; obscurantist ; often bearing only a loose relationship to the works of art it claims to be about ; and dependent on the funding ( of universities and public arts funding ) of the very state that it claims to be against.

Critics tend to associate post-Zionism with anti-Zionism or postmodernism, both of which claims are strenuously denied by proponents.

Critics of George W. Bush and Tony Blair have also used the reference to an " idiot defense " to describe the two leaders's basing claims of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction on reports from their respective country's intelligence agencies.

Critics have noted that the claims advanced by its proponents are unsubstantiated, and even false.

Critics of Bentley point out that some of her claims were disputed at the time, and that the testimony of Bentley and others before various Congressional committees during the Red Scare was sometimes exaggerated or involved guilt by association assertions.

Critics claim indeed that what is in fact at stake ' is a way of constituting a moral self ' that is less responsive to the claims of others: ' The path to normality in co-dependency ... is paved with the self's progressive emancipation from social control ... autonomy from external demands '.