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- noun The action of a
do-gooder
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Examples
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So I was ready to be irritated by "Start Something That Matters," and the book does include a fair amount of gushy do-goodism.
Doing Good by Shoeing Well Philip Delves Broughton 2011
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BTW, another example of do-goodism with unintended consequences: raising cigarette taxes.
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We couldn't wage our current wars without the all-volunteer military whose recruitment goals get fed every year by idealistic young people, who continue, despite all counter-evidence bursting off the front pages, to buy into the romance and excitement of war and armed do-goodism that the recruiters, with the help of a vast "militainment" industry, peddle like so many Joe Camels.
Robert Koehler: Peddling War to Children Robert Koehler 2010
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We couldn't wage our current wars without the all-volunteer military whose recruitment goals get fed every year by idealistic young people, who continue, despite all counter-evidence bursting off the front pages, to buy into the romance and excitement of war and armed do-goodism that the recruiters, with the help of a vast "militainment" industry, peddle like so many Joe Camels.
Robert Koehler: Peddling War to Children Robert Koehler 2010
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These, in turn, generate more havoc and poverty, which inspires the politicians to create more programs ... and the downward spiral repeats itself until the productive sectors of the economy collapse under the collective weight of taxes and other burdens imposed in the name of fairness, equality and do-goodism.
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And, as we have seen already, some of the unintended consequences of their do-goodism are horrific:
Archive 2009-04-01 Dr. Sanity 2009
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Responsibility is part of Christianity, not touchy-feely, unrealistic do-goodism.
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When historians look back at this debacle, few if any will finger "the weight of taxes and other burdens imposed in the name of fairness, equality and do-goodism" as the culprits.
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Injecting his commentary with a healthy hint of sass (the guy's a transplanted New Yorker), Gilbert occasionally points visitors to a variety of uplifting links, among them NetworkForGood. org, a web directory of worthy charities; Gratefulness. org (check out the semi-spiritual candle-lighting page -- it's a beaut); and MakeaDifferenceday. com, which serves up a virtual banquet of do-goodism ideas.
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Next to the polite do-goodism of most social-issue filmmakers, Stone's nearly messianic passion is singularly compelling.
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