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 have voiced widely varying opinions on where Rhapsody fits into the jazz canon.

Critics also claim that the opinions of the people have no actual weight in decision-making.

Critics differed in their opinions of the two editions: Robert Graves and George Bernard Shaw preferred the 1922 text ( although, from a legal standpoint, they appreciated the removal of certain passages that could have been considered libelous, or at least indiscreet ), while E. M. Forster preferred the 1926 version.

Critics hold varying opinions about the true nature of the First Vision, believing it to be a dream, a hallucination, a self-deception, an intentional fabrication, or some combination of these.

Critics were mixed in their opinions on the film.

Critics of the bill claimed that it would prohibit reciting various scripture condemning homosexuality, while supporters pointed out that the bill added an explicit defence against any charge of incitement of hatred for opinions expressed in good faith based on religious texts.

Critics had varied opinions about Death of a President.

Critics expressed mixed opinions of the game's audio.

Critics ' opinions vary on the relative quality of the magazines of this era ; Malcolm Edwards regards Startling as second only to Astounding, but Ashley considers Thrilling Wonder to be Astoundings closest challenger in the late 1940s.

Critics such as Mullarkey have returned to The Dinner Party in later years and stated that their opinions have not changed.

Critics were mixed in their opinions on the film.

Critics of this television series have spanned a long spectrum of opinions.

Critics of the 18th century — Guichard Folard and the Prince de Ligne — were unanimous in thinking Aelian greatly inferior to Arrian, but Aelian exercised a great influence both on his immediate successors, the Byzantines, and later on the Arabs, ( who translated the text for their own use ).

Critics argued that Whorf's ideas were untestable and poorly formulated and that they were based on badly analyzed or misunderstood data.

Critics claimed the popular media were wrong to report monarch butterflies were threatened because this experiment did not duplicate natural conditions under which monarch caterpillars may come in contact with corn pollen.

Critics, such as psychiatrist Niall McLaren, argue that the DSM lacks validity because it has no relation to an agreed scientific model of mental disorder and therefore the decisions taken about its categories ( or even the question of categories versus dimensions ) were not scientific ones ; and that it lacks reliability partly because different diagnoses share many criteria, and what appear to be different criteria are often just rewordings of the same idea, meaning that the decision to allocate one diagnosis or another to a patient is to some extent a matter of personal prejudice.

Critics have also stated that Misskelley's " confessions " were in many respects inconsistent with themselves and the particulars of the crime scene and murder victims, including ( for example ) an " admission " that Misskelley " watched Damien rape one of the boys.

Critics argue that the Charter presents the history of German people as starting from the expulsions, while ignoring events like Holocaust: professor Micha Brumlik pointed out that one third of signatories were former devoted Nazis and many actively helped in realisation of Hitler's goals ; Ralph Giordano wrote in Hamburger Abendblatt " the Charter doesn't contain a word about Hitler, Auschwitz and Buchenwald.

Critics, including the Center of Biological Diversity and New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, were concerned the jaguar was being sacrificed for the government's new border fence, which is to be built along many of the cat's typical crossings between the United States and Mexico.

Critics of nuclear disarmament say that it would undermine deterrence, and if nuclear weapons were completely eliminated, it would destroy the current Nuclear peace the world is experiencing and would make the large Conventional wars, common before the Nuclear age, far more likely.

Critics such as Norman Lebrecht were vocal in their diagnosis of the problem as the " jet set conductor " ( whose salaries were presumably bleeding the orchestras dry ); and several high-profile conductors have taken pay cuts in recent years ; but the amounts of revenue involved are too small to account for the crisis.

" Critics of modernism argued that the attributes of perfection and minimalism themselves were subjective, and pointed out anachronisms in modern thought and questioned the benefits of its philosophy.

Critics pointed out that a precedent had been set in the naming of einsteinium during Albert Einstein's life and a survey indicated that chemists were not concerned with the fact that Seaborg was still alive.

Critics were hostile in their assessment of the production.

Critics were unenthusiastic about the film, which was nevertheless Tracy's most successful box office outing since Father of the Bride.

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 claimed that Wilson acted to solicit votes for the next general election ( which took place less than a year later ), but defenders noted that, since the minimum voting age at that time was 21, this was hardly likely to impact many of the Beatles ' fans who at that time were predominantly teenagers.

Critics suggested that many of her roles were notable for her almost passive intensity in the face of tragedy and despair.

Critics of the claim for species status argue that these differences were caused by pathologies of anatomy and physiology.

( Critics have speculated that the play's themes were considered too negative and critical for wartime British audiences ).

Critics of the bombing argue that Dresden — sometimes referred to as " Florence on the Elbe " ( Elbflorenz )— was a cultural landmark of little or no military significance, and that the attacks were indiscriminate area bombing and not proportionate to the commensurate military gains.

Critics such as Charles Forker argue that the boy actors were a result of what " we may call androgyny ".

Critics of the policy of economic liberalization pursued during the Menem Presidency argued that Argentina's economic woes were caused by neoliberalism, which had been actively promoted by the U. S. government and the IMF under the Washington Consensus.

Critics of libéralisme argue that governmental intervention is necessary for the welfare of workers ; they point out that great gains in workers ' rights were historically achieved by government intervention and social mobilization, as during the Popular Front.

Critics gave the documentary mostly positive reviews.

Critics were mostly positive about the film ; it has a 67 % " fresh " rating on Rotten Tomatoes with the consensus " Provocative and audacious, Dogma entertains without overtly offending "; it fared much better with fans, ranking 84 % by the community.

Critics complained that the book lacked interesting stories and was aimed mostly at fans of The Simpsons rather than a general audience.

Critics mostly praised the film and Edward Norton was given an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

Critics have argued that if hunter-gatherer societies failed to suffer from " diseases of civilization ", this was mostly due to reduced calories in their diet, shorter average lifespans, or a variety of other factors, rather than some special diet composition.

Critics charge that the Socratic Method has fallen into disuse, and little debate occurs in law school classrooms, which are mostly lectures.

Critics were mostly negative about the book, considering the book overwritten, the characters weak and uninteresting, and scenes which should have been tragedy instead a " harlequinade ".

Critics acknowledge that the diet gives quick results but say that weight loss on the plan results simply from the reduced caloric intake, and is mostly water weight that is quickly regained ; in addition, critics argue that the diet is so extreme as to be unhealthy.

Critics sometimes refer to LIEO as the Washington Consensus, which implies that this system works mostly in the favor of the United States at the expense of smaller countries.

Critics generated mostly favourable reviews for the film.

Critics of the proposal called the plans " pork " and " corporate welfare " but Johnson told The Plain Dealer " World-class research creates jobs " and " We believe this issue will be victorious, mostly because it makes sense to Ohioans to have Ohio spending money to ensure that all the infrastructure in the state is preparing for the jobs of the century.

Critics of this approach note, that in most species where singing is used for the purposes of sexual selection ( through the female choice ), only males sing ( as it is male, who is mostly trying to impress females with different audio and visual displays ), and besides, males as a rule sing alone.

" Critics, however, argue that the statistic is " intellectually dishonest " because the data selected to represent Over-the-Rhine focused on a " mostly vacant industrialized strip ," and the data used by the website was " old.

Critics praised the music but condemned the mixes ; critic Jon Savage wrote in Sounds magazine, " The sounds ( mostly ) are great, the playing assured, tight, adventurous ... so what's the problem?

The film received mixed reviews from Rotten Tomatoes-57 %, but its Top Critics gave it mostly positive reviews-63 %.

Critics were mostly neutral about the weather system, saying that diehard players wouldn't make use of the system.

Critics and news sources responded mostly positive to the episode.

Critics were mostly negative about the movie.

Critics noted that while the show and its setlist were largely the same as before, the tour mostly benefited from the increased scale.

Critics gave " Irresistible " mostly negative reviews noting the similarity to Pink's " There You Go " ( 2000 ).

Critics, mostly Western, have called it " Arabian Nights à la Hollywood ," noting how much it delights the Pakistani, yet bemoaning the fact that such a work will now set an architectural standard.