The Tyranny of Cliches - 9781595231024
Un libro in lingua di Jonah Goldberg edito da Sentinel, 2013
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?An indispensable and enduring field guide to the arguments the left makes?and the ones it tries to avoid.”
?The Claremont Review of Books
According to Jonah 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, 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: He’s a pragmatist, opposed to the ideology and drama of the Right, solely concerned with ?what works.” And today’s liberals follow his lead, spouting countless clichés such as:
?The Claremont Review of Books
According to Jonah 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, 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: He’s a pragmatist, opposed to the ideology and drama of the Right, solely concerned with ?what works.” And today’s liberals follow his lead, spouting countless clichés such as:
- 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 King George III and ended slavery.
- 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.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Tyranny of Cliches
- Sottotitolo: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Jonah Goldberg
- Editore: Sentinel
- Collana: Sentinel (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 30 Aprile '13
- Genere: POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Pagine: 326
- EAN-13: 9781595231024