(adjective) of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl; vulgar / (adjective) marked by a lack of civility or graciousness; surly / (adjective) difficult to work with or deal with; intractable
It would indeed be churlish to deny the enduring rhetorical power of these texts
In such a situation it would be churlish not to acknowledge the forces that are in the vanguard of socio-ecological change