Critical thinking is worthless unless built upon a base of concern and caring. To criticize something to improve it is entirely different from criticizing it to detach from it.

建筑在担忧关心基础之上的批判性思维才有其价值，批判而促其改善与批判从而背离是完全不同的，在美国长大的青年人需要的是感激美国传统，确保他们对国家批判观点是建设性而非虚无主义的。

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They badmouth and criticize their current or past employers and justify their own convictions, thinking that a prospective employer is going to identify with them.

他们诋毁、批评现在或过去的雇主，为自己的观点辩解，认为未来的雇主能同情自己。

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You must learn to create first and then criticize if you want to make writing the tool for thinking that it is.

如果你想要把写作作为思考的工具，必须学会首先创造，然后批判。

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So I'd rather be -- I'd rather criticize them for thinking less far ahead than criticizing them for thinking too far ahead.

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Once the buzzing subsided again I got to thinking: when we criticize and armchair quarterback corporate and government leaders on their ethical decisions, how many of us take the time to consider ethics in our own lives?

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As Lyndon Johnson escalated America's involvement in Vietnam in spring 1965, he was already thinking about how any sign of "weakness" would benefit Richard Nixon, who was starting to publicly criticize LBJ for not doing enough to achieve victory.

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