The Tyranny Of Clichés

Jonah Goldberg

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Sentinel, 2013

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An uncompromising look at the dark side of cliches and how liberals use them to camouflage their true beliefs We are only as free as the least free among us. Is that really true, or is it the kind of statement most people will nod at without actually thinking about? Bestselling conservative author Jonah Goldberg calls it a liberal cliche--fundamentally wrong and potentially very dangerous. According to Goldberg, if the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist, the greatest trick liberals ever pulled was convincing themselves they're not ideological. Today objective journalists and academics and moderate politicians peddle some of the most radical arguments by hiding them in homespun aphorisms. Barack Obama casts himself as a disciple of reason and sticks to one refrain above all others: he's a pragmatist, opposed to the ideology and dogma of the right, solely concerned with what works. And today's liberals follow his lead, spouting countless cliches. Goldberg exposes the truth behind many of these cliches, including the living constitution, social justice, and even simple words like inquisition. With humor and passion, he dismantles these Trojan horses to show how our thinking is profoundly shaped by deeply ideological concepts and convenient myths that most of us accept uncritically--to our great detriment. You'll learn the real history of dangerous liberal cliches, such as: -Better ten guilty men go free than one innocent man be put behind bars. So, you won't mind if those ten guilty men move in next door? -One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. Sure, if the other man is an idiot. Was Martin Luther King Jr. a terrorist? Was Bin Laden a freedom fighter? -Violence never solves anything. Really? It solved our problems with the British Empire and ended slavery. -Diversity is strength. Cool. The NBA should have a quota for midgets and one-legged point guards. -We need complete separation of church and state. In other words, all expressions of faith should be barred from politics--except when they support liberal programs. From Gandhi to Marie Antoinette to Madonna, Goldberg explores the context of cliches in our culture and shows how often we rely on them at the expense of serious thinking.…

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Titel
The Tyranny Of Clichés
Autor
Jonah Goldberg
Verlag
Sentinel
Erscheinungsjahr
2013
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Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
1595231021
ISBN-13
9781595231024

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