self-righteously

But when push came to shove and the whining became not only endless but destructive, I could support neither the decision he made nor the way he made it -- self-righteously, thoughtlessly and hatefully.

Toxic Venting: When to Stop Listening 2011

I mean, if we're going to embody the ignorance that we so self-righteously accuse Adam of suffering from, why must we pretty it up?

This Week in DVD & Blu-ray: Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Blind Side, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Brothers, and More | /Film 2010

Their mean-spiritedness, which they wear self-righteously as a badge of virtue, repulses everyone they touch.

Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011

Prime minister's question time had been tepid, a mere warm-up for the main event between the Brownite Deficit Denier and the Growth Denier of No 11, both of them self-righteously right.

Ed Balls to George Osborne's rescue 2011

That way you can self-righteously point out how this had nothing to do with you, and your lack-wit followers will probably miss the sanctimony and mistakenly swallow that as a sign of strength and leadership.

Hatch shuts door on bipartisan health care talks 2009

The result is there is no shortage at all of top PhD scientists, and top business people too, (Perot, Soros, Buffett) going around publicly spouting * howlingly* wrongheaded economics -- and doing it self-righteously, with no idea that they should be embarrassed.

Math and Economics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

You begin by calling people names — throwing around terms which you are too flat-out butt-stupid to bother learning anything about, as you demonstrate with your ignorant, braying spew in the above — and then self-righteously declare yourself “willing” to engage in civil discourse.

Think Progress » Stupak receives death threats after voting for health reform. 2010

The desire to be self-righteously innocent is a powerful one, and the inevitable counterpart of the aggressive wish to destroy what threatens.

Agatha Christie and Guilt « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

Their mean-spiritedness, which they wear self-righteously as a badge of virtue, repulses everyone they touch.

Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011

Oh how she wails and whines when she receives mud, but how self-righteously she slings it at others.

Palin hits back at 'malicious' photo 2009