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This hyper-defensive reaction from the Democrat Party speaks volumes about the precarious position their members find themselves in.
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It promises poetry showdowns, foul-mouthed robots, brainwashing schemes, and a hyper-defensive internet “star.”
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It promises poetry showdowns, foul-mouthed robots, brainwashing schemes, and a hyper-defensive internet “star.”
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Particularly odd is that this is normally phrased as a hyper-defensive accusation that liberals have contempt for conservatives.
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Though I wonder whether I'd have noticed that point if I didn't think it was specifically my criticism to which you're referring, and so I am primed to be hyper-defensive on the topic.
In Defense of Criticism jimhines 2010
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Wow, you're not an overly-sensitive, hyper-defensive religious windbag at all.
Legion Red Band Trailer, Exclusive Photos and Director Quotes | /Film 2009
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And in the unlikely case that he really wasn't talking about religion at all, the "overly-sensitive, hyper-defensive" part still stands. bob this looks pretty horrible edc wow, I know.
Legion Red Band Trailer, Exclusive Photos and Director Quotes | /Film 2009
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And grim-faced, stiff-backed security personnel were everywhere, reminding everyone that the government's hyper-defensive "Safety First!" rallying cry was no laughing matter.
Tom Doctoroff: At the Opening Ceremony: Did China Rediscover Its Soul? 2008
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By the mid-'90s, Mayor Rudy was abusing authority according to the whims of his own paranoid, hyper-defensive personality disorder in way that would have made Tiberius self-conscious.
December 2006 2006
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BSNYC, thank you for providing an outlet free from all the hyper-defensive Greg Lemond man-love that oozes from the pages of drunkcyclist.com.
Yoink! Another Fixed-Gear Vanished BikeSnobNYC 2008
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