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How the Left is Killing Free Speech
Regnery Publishing
May 2015
On Sale: May 4, 2015
256 pages ISBN: 1621573702 EAN: 9781621573708 Kindle: B00VSGEN2G Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Political
Free speech and freedom of conscience have long been core
American values. Yet a growing intolerance from the left
side of the political spectrum is threatening Americans'
ability to freely express beliefs without fear of
retaliation. USA Today columnist and Fox News contributor
Kirsten Powers calls it "The Silencing." Powers chronicles this forced march toward conformity in an
exposé of the illiberal tactics deployed to shut down debate
on some of the most important issues of the day. While
preaching tolerance and claiming to hold liberal values, the
"illiberal left" works to delegitimize political and
ideological opponents in ways that stifle freedom of
expression, thought, and religious belief. In The Silencing, Kirsten Powers, herself a proud
liberal--but from a far more tolerant Jeffersonian
tradition--exposes the illiberal left. You'll learn: Why the illiberal left has become an Orwellian "big
brother," policing what it deems acceptable speech and opinions
How the illiberal left is obsessed with delegitimizing
Fox News
How illiberal left pundits--even self-proclaimed
"feminists" (and Powers names names)--engage in outrageously
misogynistic and sexist dismissals of their female opponents
How illiberal colleges and universities limit freedom of
expression to tightly regulated "free speech zones" and ban
speakers (even liberals) with whom the illiberal left disagrees
How "truth" matters little to the illiberal left, for
whom ideology is everything
How is it that liberalism, once associated with
open-mindedness and reason, has become a vehicle for
irrational prejudice, ideological conformity, and the
marginalization and punishment of alternative opinions? Kirsten Powers chronicles this troubling trend in perhaps
the most important--and chilling--political book of the year.
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