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Characterizing their identities as "waste" and "fraud" works like Kennedy's disparagement of disabled people: It dehumanizes anyone fascists view as sapping the "strength" of American society.

A general’s disparagement of gays runs counter to public good and the evidence.

In his statement, released on Tuesday, Ikwechegh extended his “heartfelt apologies” to the police chief “ recognising the unintended disparagement my remarks may have caused to his person, his office, and the entire institution”.

Attorneys for Mr Baldwin filed to dismiss the case earlier this month, accusing prosecutors of "unethical disparagement" and of "violating nearly every rule in the book" to secure a grand jury indictment against the actor.

More surprisingly, the prosecution has also peppered its presentation with disparagement of Cohen, whom several witnesses portrayed as a self-interested blowhard.