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The Tyranny of Cliches audiobook
- By: Jonah Goldberg
- Narrator: Jonah Goldberg
- Category: Conservatism & Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Political Science
- Length: 11 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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The Tyranny of Cliches Audiobook Summary
An uncompromising look at the dark side of clich+(r)s 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 clich+(r)–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 clich+(r)s.
Goldberg exposes the truth behind many of these clich+(r)s, 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 clich+(r)s, 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 clich+(r)s in our culture and shows how often we rely on them at the expense of serious thinking.
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The Tyranny of Cliches Audiobook Narrator
Jonah Goldberg is the narrator of The Tyranny of Cliches audiobook that was written by Jonah Goldberg
Jonah Goldberg, New York Times bestselling author, is a Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior editor at National Review, and his nationally syndicated column appears regularly in over a hundred newspapers across the United States. He is also a weekly columnist for the Los Angeles Times, a member of the board of contributors to USA Today, a Fox News contributor, and a regular member of the “Fox News All-Stars” on Special Report with Bret Baier. He was the founding editor of National Review Online. Atlantic magazine identified him as one of the top fifty political commentators in America. Among his awards, in 2011 he was named the Robert J. Novak Journalist of the Year at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
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The Tyranny of Cliches Full Details
| Narrator | Jonah Goldberg |
| Length | 11 hours 6 minutes |
| Author | Jonah Goldberg |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Release date | May 03, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781483068084 |
Subjects
The publisher of the The Tyranny of Cliches is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Conservatism & Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Political Science
Additional info
The publisher of the The Tyranny of Cliches is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Blackstone Publishing. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9781483068084.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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