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Similarly, gays in horror movies could just go camping with their friends — and worry about psycho killers who were just good old-fashioned horror-movie maniacs, instead of moralizing sin hunters or trans people made terrifying.
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Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 June 2024
But Ireland retains its faith in the power of certain forms of moralizing censorship to manage or disguise political failures: The new hate-speech laws look like a desperate attempt to preempt debate about Ireland’s demographic transformation.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
And in its rule-making, the EU should simplify and streamline, rather than moralize and nitpick.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune Europe, 12 Dec. 2023
The repeal of those old laws followed so swiftly by the imposition of other ones regulating speech suggests Ireland retains its faith in the power of moralizing censorship to manage or disguise political failures.
—The Editors, National Review, 29 Nov. 2023
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Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 June 2024
But Ireland retains its faith in the power of certain forms of moralizing censorship to manage or disguise political failures: The new hate-speech laws look like a desperate attempt to preempt debate about Ireland’s demographic transformation.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
And in its rule-making, the EU should simplify and streamline, rather than moralize and nitpick.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune Europe, 12 Dec. 2023
The repeal of those old laws followed so swiftly by the imposition of other ones regulating speech suggests Ireland retains its faith in the power of moralizing censorship to manage or disguise political failures.
—The Editors, National Review, 29 Nov. 2023
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That day, Kinloch had joined other front-runners at pre-primary breakfast hosted by radio personality Mildred Gaddis of The Mildred Gaddis Show on Kiss FM 105.9, and preached at his church’s Detroit location on the east side.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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During a performance evaluation, three superiors told Lucero that he was not allowed to preach, teach or talk about his religion at work, the suit said.—
Alexandra Hardle,
AZCentral.com,
30 July 2025
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Two hours later, she was heard lecturing the children.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
16 July 2025
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The single most on-the-nose sequence — though there are many — has an unrestrained Christopher Lloyd as a Holocaust survivor conveniently situated to lecture young Clay about the genocidal reality of his experience.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
15 July 2025
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