The Tyranny Of Cliches by Jonah Goldberg

The Tyranny Of Cliches by Jonah Goldberg

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.

New York Times bestselling author Jonah Goldberg is a Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior editor at National Review, with his nationally syndicated column appearing in over a hundred newspapers throughout the country. He's also a weekly columnist for the Los Angeles Times, a member of USA Today's board of contributors, a Fox News contributor, and a regular on Bret Baier's Fox News All-Stars on Special Report. He was the editor-in-chief of National Review Online from its inception. He was named one of America's top fifty political analysts by Atlantic magazine. Among his many honors, he received the Robert J. The Conservative Political Action Conference named Novak Journalist of the Year.

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ISBN 13	9781595231024
ISBN 10	1595231021
Title	The Tyranny Of Cliches
Author	Jonah Goldberg
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sentinel
Year published	2013-04-30
Number of pages	336
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