Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: dissenting

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Also, as John Stuart Mill has observed suppressing factions of dissenting opinions would destroy liberty and ‘liberty is to faction what air is to fire.’

Source: https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/hope-new-parliament-welcomes-more-wit-and-humour/

Because if the newspapers, the TV stations, and the social-media giants allowed free and open discussion about the so-called Covid pandemic—with dissenting top scientists fully represented and giving their data—the whole scam would collapse in a week.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/02/walter-gelles/conversation-overheard-at-davos-in-a-world-economic-forum-side-room/

But Justice Sonia Sotomayor argued in a dissenting opinion that affirmative action has been used as an effective tool for promoting diversity and inclusion in higher education.

Source: https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2023/06/29/u-s-supreme-court-overturns-affirmative-action-in-college-admissions/

Commissioner Jeff Norland cast the lone dissenting vote on the PUD because the eight-unit condominium building won’t have indoor parking, which he said would be an important amenity to be able to sell those types of units.

Source: https://doorcountypulse.com/city-council-backs-pud-for-14th-avenue-condo-project/

Councilwoman Michelle Langdon cast the dissenting vote because she said she felt the earned-income tax should have been lowered.

Source: https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/jeannette-passes-budget-holds-tax-line/

Councilwoman Natalie Meeks was the lone dissenting vote who called for a scaled down request centered on just extending operating hours and not increasing programming.

Source: https://voiceofoc.org/2023/03/a-weekend-for-the-books-five-anaheim-libraries-may-soon-open-up-for-an-extra-day/

“He eschewed comfortable consensus and instead offered a radical, alternative approach on current affairs and a platform for dissenting voices over 50 years,” he added.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/12/31/journalist-john-pilger-who-exposed-atrocities-of-communist-khmer-rouge-in-cambodia-dies-at-84/

However, Justice Roberts contended that the dissenting judges had ignored elements of the statute that they disagreed with.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/supreme-court-bans-affirmative-action/

Justice Alito’s dissenting opinion, which Justice Thomas joined, was bitter.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/opinion/supreme-court-conservative-agenda.html

Justice Nagarathna differed from the majority view, and delivered a dissenting judgment.

Source: https://ummid.com/news/2023/january/02.01.2023/sc-justifies-pm-modis-currency-ban-decision-in-2016.html

On 26th September 1979, Williams, who was the presiding judge, and others decided the case in favour of Shagari, with only Eso dissenting.

Source: https://247ureports.com/2023/12/when-shall-we-stop-going-to-court-after-elections-by-hassan-gimba/

One Hon'ble Judge in her dissenting opinion has said that Parliament should not have been bypassed."

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/supreme-court-demonetisation-noteban-case-verdict-live-updates-8355842/

One of the more prominent nodes in this dissenting ecosystem was founded in April 2020 by Toby Young, a longtime British journalist and public intellectual, conservative-leaning but generally well-regarded.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/01/ron-unz/the-alt-covid-community-begins-unraveling-the-origins-of-covid/

Perverse as it may be, the revolution was and is still very adept at the use of nicknames and adjectives to discredit and ridicule any dissenting figurehead — a feat that’s easier to accomplish when you’ve effectively political satire.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2023/01/31/my-socialist-hell-your-guide-speaking-socialist-venezuelan/

Recently, independent journalists have been exposing a massive censorship operation by the US government to control content on social media and eliminate any dissenting voices.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/04/24/tim-robbins-slams-top-democrats-for-threatening-journalist-matt-taibbi-with-jail-over-twitter-files/

Supposedly, the Party was willing to elect him without a single dissenting vote because he is very friendly.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/06/trump-fined-mike-johnson-house-speaker

“The Biden administration’s actions have the potential to chill free speech and to silence dissenting voices.”

Source: https://njtoday.news/2023/07/11/joe-bidens-censorship-may-backfire-as-robert-f-kennedy-jr-is-proved-right/