How to pronounce “besmirch” in English

when somebody or a company or an individual or a group of individuals arrives with a new idea, those ideas go through three phases. The first phase is "open ridicule," okay?Right? You are undermined, besmirched, laughed at, and really held up to be a complete idiot. That's the first phase.Then, the second phase in Ireland is, "violent opposition" to both you and the idea, okay?