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He came on to be confrontative and was a demeaning filibusterer, and clearly unstatesmanlike.

Think Progress » Gregg Throws A Hissy Fit When Asked To Provide Specifics About Programs He Would Cut 2010

This, to me, takes a bit of self-confrontative thinking, as the brain is wired to be a defaulter -- bringing solutions to consciousness that have the least amount of effort attached to it.

Kevin J. Fleming, Ph.D.: Hair, Oil Spills, and the Science of Irrational Compassion Ph.D. Kevin J. Fleming 2010

And Obama did not even bring himself to say something as direct and confrontative as "we've tried that and it failed".

New Negative Hillary Ad In South Carolina Hits Obama For Calling GOP "Party Of Ideas" 2009

Interventions are either direct, typically involving a confrontative meeting with the alcohol or other drug dependent person (the most typical type of intervention) or indirect, involving work with a co-dependent family to encourage them to be more effective in helping the addicted individual.

Direct And Indirect Intervention-Really New 2009

And Obama did not even bring himself to say something as direct and confrontative as "we've tried that and it failed".

Election Central | Talking Points Memo | New Negative Hillary Ad In South Carolina Hits Obama For Calling GOP "Party Of Ideas" 2009

** Given the uncertainty regarding that question, and given the possibility that Obama's approach is excessively cautious, it would be worthwhile for Obama to find ways of testing the effectiveness of a bolder, more confrontative course that will give indications of the risk/reward ratio without committing him to that approach.

Questioning Obama's Strategy Against Evil: Overview 2009

ONE reason women choose other women as targets “is probably some idea that they can find a less confrontative person or someone less likely to respond to aggression with aggression,” said Gary Namie, research director for the Workplace Bullying Institute, which ordered the study in 2007.

Women Bullies Prefer To Bully Other Women In The Workplace | Impact Lab 2009

P.S. Reading what I have written again, I realize this is just one way to reason for a non-violent, less-confrontative approach.

Is this what you want for the Tibetan people? Sun Bin 2008

Then, US will say: Hey, they are completely confrontative against us.

Think Progress » ThinkFast: January 23, 2007 2007

Maybe he was simply tired and annoyed at the shallow, patronizing and at times confrontative interviewer?

Super Duper Awkward and Depressing Matisyahu Interview | Jewschool 2007