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Title: The Death of Right and Wrong: Exposing the Left's Assault on Our Culture and Values by TAMMY BRUCE ISBN: 0-7615-1663-8 Publisher: Prima Lifestyles Pub. Date: 22 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.69 (39 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Remarkable--An Ayn Rand for Our Time
Comment: Wow--I heard Tammy Bruce on Sean Hannity's radio show and clicked on Amazon to get the book and read what I now know to be one of the strangest Publisher's Weekly reviews I've ever seen. She seemed like such a reasonable person on radio, I couldn't imagine how her book could be as they described.
Well, it wasn't. The subject matter is difficult sometimes--especially Chapter 7 which deals with the sexualization of children in our society--but this is a book which *must* be read if you want to be educated about what is really going on in our culture. She breaks it down like she did in New Thought Police--and deals with the gay elite, feminist elite and black power elite. There are also chapters about schools and media. In short, everything you need to know to get a grip on what's happening. My favorite new phrase, btw, is her so perfect description of those in power in left wing special interest groups "malignant narcissists."
What was also unique was the personal perspectives and stories she shared. They really added to why she was able to be a feminist and gay activist for so long.
Her ending about Ronald Reagan (even though I didn't vote for him) actually made me cry. That's quite a feat for a political book!
Untimately, she does a great job explaining the question I always ask, which is *why* does the Left do what it does, even when it harms their own.
It is methodically written (not in the least "lurid" or "crude" as the PW review oddly accused), she is reasonable and provides footnotes for all of her information, many of which are from credible sources on the internet. I liked this because I was able to go and check myself some of the more shocking information.
I also like her take and what's happening with culture because I also consider myself a liberal person but quietly noted to myself that something was going wrong in our society. I don't think liberal means the world should be a free-for-all. This book helped me put my own concerns in perspective and helped me to realize that I wasn't alone in feeling that moral relativism was winning the day.
I'm not kidding when I say she's like Ayn Rand. She is my new favorite author. I recommend not only this book, but her first one, too.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Call for Commonsense and Common Values
Comment: I was moved to look at this book after hearing Bruce on a local radio show (the show is neither liberal nor conservative). Man, am I glad I did!
Bruce clearly articulates many of the issues and agendas that have contributed to the crash and burn of American culture in last 30 years. Like a lot of people, I certainly knew something was very wrong but I never really considered the scope of the problem.
Bruce examines everything from media bias, the attack on Christianity (but not other religions), the inequality of speech codes, the lack of real diversity in higher education and more. Her analysis of the sexualization of kids by special interst groups is worth the price alone. Bruce also provides many factual examples for her arguments drawn from the actual written and broadcast materials from various groups. Every chapter has copious endnotes so you can research her ideas and sources yourself.
Bruce is a lesbian who was a former president of the L.A. chapter of NOW. She's not a Christian. She's not a conservative. She does believe passionately in individual responsibility and the duty of Americans to examine their own culture and make it better.
Read this book if you want an insightful, intelligent look at the values some people in positions of power are telling you must have. You may not like everything she shows you but maybe that's good. You can't fix a problem if you don't know it's there.
Rating: 5
Summary: Chilling exposure of malignant agendas
Comment: In this informative and disturbing book, Tammy Bruce starts out with a traumatic episode from her youth to describe her personal and political journey. It is an honest account of the people and events that shaped her beliefs and convictions. At the same time it reveals some horrific aspects of popular culture, politics and the media as they operate today.
Bruce exposes the rank hypocrisy, soul-destroying motives and malevolent mind-set of the Left in chapters dealing with the Academic, Black, Gay and Feminist Elites, plus some destructive tendencies in the arts, the media and the justice system in the United States today. Some of her examples make harrowing reading, whilst her insight is often tinged by a bit of humour, for example when she identifies the gangster rapper as the current equivalent of Rousseau's "noble savage" in the eyes of the Left.
Bruce's diagnosis rings true. She discusses the mental disease called malignant narcissism and explains how it is rooted in trauma that never attempts recovery. These individuals, instead of seeking psychological help, are focusing on social change. In other words, they want the rest of society to mirror their own hurt and pain.
She makes a very convincing case for the fact that an entire wing of politics is invested in the victim-hood of its constituency, the leaders of which are trying to work out their demons on society. This is scary stuff, but easy to recognize from the examples in the book or by taking a critical and discerning approach towards trends in the media.
To be fair, Bruce points out that there are similar people on the Right (puritanical compulsives), but that these do not control the culture. The concept and repulsive results of moral relativism and the phenomenon of groupthink are also analysed. The author quotes Dr M Scott Peck and recommends his book People Of The Lie for a thorough investigation of malignant narcissism and its use of the lie to distort reality.
A chilling read at times, The Death Of Right And Wrong is a brilliant and eloquent exposure of some pathological strains infecting large sectors of culture and society. The book ends on an optimistic note with a call to the individual to recognize the difference between right and wrong, to take a stand and to live a life of decency and integrity.
The book concludes with 31 pages of notes and references arranged by chapter, plus a thorough index. It is a real eye-opener, a thought-provoking work that offers unique political and psychological insights. I also recommend Paul Johnson's groundbreaking work Intellectuals for an interesting look at the private lives of certain famous writers and philosophers, and Thomas Sowell's book The Vision Of The Anointed.
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Title: The New Thought Police : Inside the Left's Assault on Free Speech and Free Minds by Tammy Bruce, Laura C. Schlessinger ISBN: 0761563733 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 28 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Shut Up and Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the UN are Subverting America by Laura Ingraham ISBN: 0895261014 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: 15 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christianity by David Limbaugh ISBN: 0895261111 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got It Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First by Mona Charen ISBN: 0895261391 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat by Zell Miller, Smyth, Helwys Pub Stroud, Hall Pub ISBN: 0974537616 Publisher: Stroud & Hall Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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