the voices of reason are drowned out

[alpacinou]

I want to say some people are more powerful inside a system and their voices are heard over the voices of another group of people. Can I use "drown out"?

Is this okay?

The editor of this newspaper is one of the more pragmatic elements of the government but these days not much stock is put into what these people say as the voices of reason are drowned out by the shouts of extreme hardliners. Now, sadly, radicals are in the driver's seat.

 

[emsr2d2]

How is the editor of a newspaper a pragmatic element of a government?
Who are "these people"?

 

[alpacinou]

How is the editor of a newspaper a pragmatic element of a government?
Who are "these people"?

It's an imaginary scenario. The editor of the newspaper is one of the advisers of the prime minister in that government but nobody pays attention to what he says or publishes in his newspaper.

These people refers to the more pragmatic people, or at least that was the intention.

To avoid confusion for now, I change editor to man.

Is this okay?

This man is one of the more pragmatic elements of the government but these days not much stock is put into what these rational forces say as the voices of reason are drowned out by the shouts of extreme hardliners. Now, sadly, radicals are in the driver's seat.

 

[alpacinou]

Does the like mean it's okay?

This man is one of the more pragmatic elements of the government but these days not much stock is put into what these rational forces say as the voices of reason are drowned out by the shouts of extreme hardliners. Now, sadly, radicals are in the driver's seat.

 

[Tarheel]

Does the like mean it's okay?

Yes. I gave you two "likes" already. Do you need another one?