One effect of being invited to respond glibly to horror on an almost daily basis has been to domesticate it, to get us used to it as if it were part of the furniture. |
Nor does it help that the hero's seemingly insoluble problems are glibly smoothed out in the final scene. |
Many of the op-ed columnists glibly excoriating him now will have the pleasure in the future of dealing with a parent with Alzheimers. |
They talk glibly of exhausting them as though their own resources were inexhaustible. |
The story is so broad in scope, yet so glibly simplified, each element is glanced over lightly. |
But it can also lead to impulsive behavior and confident leaders who glibly take their followers over a cliff. |