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“What really stands out more than any other civil rights division is how much they demonize and personalize,” said Christy Lopez, a former attorney in the division who is now a professor at Georgetown Law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

“We have decided, for no particular reason other than what I think is a drafting error, to demonize people who want to build rental housing for folks,” Mr. Schatz said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

He also knows how to be comfortable in that space, and still find ways to humanize himself to an audience trying desperately to demonize him.

From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2026

Weiss, who started at the news organization earlier this month, has said she wants to focus on “news that reflects reality” and journalism that “doesn’t seek to demonize, but seeks to understand.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

His choices free or fetter, elevate or debase, deify or demonize his humanity.

From Tablets by Amos Bronson Alcott

Real-estate groups said the plan unfairly demonizes their industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The report recommends that students acknowledge their differences more openly — and urges school administrators to help them overcome black-and-white thinking that demonizes other viewpoints.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

Mr. Gura demonizes Tiger Woods by intimating many character flaws and foibles and his “failures as a human.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2021

He slanders and demonizes his critics and opponents, betrays his so-called friends without a moment's hesitation, feels only contempt for his worshipful supporters, and denies the existence of any objective reality.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2020

But if an economist is always confident in his judgments, or if he demonizes those who reach opposite conclusions, you know that he is not to be trusted.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2014

Although politics in Israel is at least as polarized as in the U.S., he hasn’t demonized the other side and has mostly avoided personal attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

They had now been in and out of courtrooms, in city council meetings; they had been demonized by friends and local activists.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026

Queer and drag culture have come into mainstream pop and youth culture on the one hand, but remain demonized on the other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025

No one mentioned the common names for these ingredients: seaweed, vitamin B2, and MSG, a common amino acid that has been demonized because it's popular in Asian food.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2025

The local press in Monroe County and Mobile had demonized Walter and had defiantly maintained that his conviction was reliable and his execution necessary.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

You can empathize with your friend without demonizing your own position or patronizing her by saying everything will be OK.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026

“Responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens,” the NRA retorted, to Essayli.

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2026

Responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens.

From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2026

Between holding a government accountable for its conduct in war and demonizing an entire people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

“Why are we demonizing this man for speaking his mind?”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro