Why We're Liberals
A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important Ideals
Published on 13. March 2008
416 pages
978-1-101-20290-6 (ISBN)
Description
The bestselling author and Newsweek columnist takes a characteristically irreverent look at the rampant mistreatment of liberals and liberalism
The "most honest and incisive media critic writing today"(National Catholic Reporter), Eric Alterman is committed to restoring the liberal tradition to its honored place as the political philosophy of mainstream American citizens. In this bracing and well-documented counterattack on right- wing spin and misinformation, Alterman briskly disposes of the canards and false definitions that have been foisted upon liberals by the right and have been accepted unquestioningly by nearly everyone else. The perfect post-election book for all those who are ready to fight back against the conservative mudslinging machine and reclaim their voices in the political process, Why We're Liberals brings clarity and perspective to the possibility of a new day in America.
The "most honest and incisive media critic writing today"(National Catholic Reporter), Eric Alterman is committed to restoring the liberal tradition to its honored place as the political philosophy of mainstream American citizens. In this bracing and well-documented counterattack on right- wing spin and misinformation, Alterman briskly disposes of the canards and false definitions that have been foisted upon liberals by the right and have been accepted unquestioningly by nearly everyone else. The perfect post-election book for all those who are ready to fight back against the conservative mudslinging machine and reclaim their voices in the political process, Why We're Liberals brings clarity and perspective to the possibility of a new day in America.
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Eric Alterman, media columnist for the Nation, is professor of English at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, senior fellow of the Center for American Progress, and "Altercation" weblogger for MSNBC.com. He is the author of five previous books, including The Book on Bush (with Mark Green), What Liberal Media? and Sound and Fury.
Content
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART I:WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED "LIBERAL"?
- 1 Liberalism: A Crooked Branch of Timber
- 2 What Do Liberals Believe, Anyway?
- 3 What Does Liberalism Look Like?
- 4 So What's the Problem?
- PART II:AND WHY DO THEY HATE AMERICA?
- 5 Why Do Liberals Hate Patriotism?
- 6 Why Do Liberals Always Blame America First?
- 7 But Aren't Liberals Awfully Cavalier about Protecting Our National Security?
- 8 Why Are Liberals So Damn Elitist?
- 9 Why Do Liberals Love Hollywood Smut Peddlers?
- 10 When Will Liberals Stop Undermining America's Values and Poisoning the Minds of Its Youth?
- 11 Why Do Liberals Deny That America Was Founded as a Christian Nation?
- 12 Why Won't Liberals Admit That America Is Suffering from a Crisis in Moral Values?
- 13 If Liberals Are So Peace-Loving, Why Do They Want to Murder the Unborn?
- 14 Why Do Liberals Believe in Marriage Only for Homosexuals?
- 15 Why Are Liberals Educating Our Children to Be Perverts?
- 16 Why Do Liberals Hate Religion?
- 17 Why Do Liberals Hate the Jews?
- 18 Why Are Liberals So Contemptuous of Individual Freedom?
- 19 Why Do Liberals Love "Activist Judges"?
- 20 When Will Liberals Stop Crying "Racism" at Every Opportunity?
- 21 Why Are Liberals So Soft on America's Enemies?
- 22 Why Do Liberals Love to Tax and Spend?
- 23 Don't Conservatives Do a Better Job of Promoting Economic Growth Than Liberals?
- 24 But Why Are Liberals So Nasty?
- 25 Why Are Liberals Such Wimps?
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- Jacket Key
