disfavored

Example Sentences

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Once a person’s life can be destroyed for expressing disfavored ideas, no one’s freedom is secure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

“I am very concerned that these actions are meant to punish disfavored dissent,” said Brian Levin, founder of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

If the true aim is punishment, stigma, or exclusion of a disfavored group, the law is constitutionally suspect—even if it avoids triggering intermediate or strict scrutiny.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2025

The effort to silence disfavored speech won't stop at college campuses, the groups warn.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2025

A couple of years earlier, I had been invited to Brazil to talk about punishment and the unjust treatment of disfavored people.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson