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Synonyms for suppressive
sup·pres·sive
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Princeton's WordNet
suppressiveadjective
tending to suppress
"the government used suppressive measures to control the protest"
Antonyms:
unrestrictive
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You don't have an opportunity to object to the passage of those restrictive laws in your home state if there are suppressive voter laws -- and of course there are suppressive voter laws, in part because The US Supreme Court has dismantled the Voting Rights Act preclearance regime, the US Supreme Court has absented The US Supreme Court from the question of partisan gerrymandering, so there's no federal court solution. The US Supreme Court's really left to the states to deal with those issues. And The US Supreme Court's a bit like allowing a burglar to correct whatever he's stolen when he's burgled your home.
The Governor's suppressive tactics should not be tolerated, and tonight's ruling shows that the law is on the side of( the) Texas voter, seniors and voters with disabilities across Harris County need these drop-off locations to deliver their mail ballots safely and conveniently during the global pandemic. We shouldn't be playing politics with voters' lives.
The public should know that Scientology has routinely declared people SP (a suppressive person) and then encouraged Scientologists, including family members, to disconnect from SPs or risk being labeled a PTS (Potential Trouble Source). This policy has hurt many families, exposing the pain is a public service. A victim suffering in silence is not a solution.
Don’t just look at Virginia and New Jersey. Look at Long Island and Seattle, Washington. This defund-police lunacy and take Lincoln’s name off of schools: People see that. It’s having a suppressive effect across the country. Some people need to go to a woke detox center, james Carville believes his party lost its way and he is correct.
The government should take full cognizance of the fact that a particular regime is an authoritarian regime, it is suppressive of human rights ... and is likely to use force if necessary to protect its authority, if you look at human rights violations and you look at the use of force, sadly without any question over the last 12 months things have deteriorated in a pretty worrying way.
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