In this election year, we hear much about the all-powerful "bases" of each major party. Who are these activists? What drives them? And why are they all equally dangerous to our lives, liberties, and pursuits of happiness? In DUMBOCRACY, journalist Marty Beckerman spends four years with foot soldiers of the Left and Right-pro-choice and anti-choice, pro-gay rights and anti-gay rights, pro-war and anti-war-and delivers a searing, hilarious indictment of the True Believer mentality.Whether it's banning free speech to protect people's feelings or banning adult entertainment to enforce morality, extremists have no use for our civil liberties. The ends justify the means for each side-such as brainwashing children and criminalizing dissent-because culture warriors have no other reason for living than victory.
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Saturday, August 16, 2008
Marty Beckerman's DUMBOCRACY: F#@K Your Blog!
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I know I am probably wasting my time writing this, but I wish that 'we' could express ourselves better without resorting to four letter words. I promise you these things can be stated in more genteel ways. Regards...jack
I enjoyedd reading this
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