The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage
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The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Greg Gutfeld (Author), Steve Kramer (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)
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From the irreverent star of Fox News’s Red Eye and The Five, hilarious observations on the manufactured outrage of an oversensitive, wussified culture.

Greg Gutfeld hates artificial tolerance. At the root of every single major political conflict is the annoying coddling Americans must endure of these harebrained liberal hypocrisies. In fact, most of the time liberals use the mantle of tolerance as a guise for their pathetic intolerance. And what we really need is smart intolerance, or as Gutfeld reminds us, what we used to call common sense.

The Joy of Hate tackles this conundrum head on- - replacing the idiocy of open-mindness with a shrewd judgmentalism that rejects stupid ideas, notions, and people. With countless examples grabbed from the headlines, Gutfeld provides readers with the enormous tally of what pisses us all off. For example:

  • The double standard: You can make fun of Christians, but God forbid Muslims. It's okay to call a woman any name imaginable, as long as she's a Republican. And no problem if you're a bigot, as long as you're politically correct about it.
  • The demonizing of the Tea Party and romanticizing of the Occupy Wall Streeters.
  • The media who are always offended (see MSNBC lineup)
  • How critics of Obamacare or illegal immigration are somehow immediately labeled racists.
  • The endless debate over the Ground Zero Mosque (which Gutfeld planned to open a Muslim gay bar next to).
  • As well as pretentious music criticism, slow-moving ceiling fans, and snotty restaurant hostesses.

Funny and sarcastic to the point of being mean (but in a nice way), The Joy of Hate points out the true jerks in this society and tells them all off.

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  1. Listening Length
    7 hours and 10 minutes
  2. Author
    Greg Gutfeld
  3. Narrator
    Steve Kramer
  4. Audible release date
    November 13, 2012
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Random House Audio
  7. ASIN
    B00A6G66WE
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    Unabridged
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    Audiobook
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Listening Length 7 hours and 10 minutes
Author Greg Gutfeld
Narrator Steve Kramer
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date November 13, 2012
Publisher Random House Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B00A6G66WE
Best Sellers Rank #78,861 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#168 in Political Humor (Books)
#170 in Conservatism & Liberalism
#508 in Biographies of Politicians

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Robert J. Farrow
5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Funny, Entertaining and Informative Book.
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2012
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This book is very funny yet informative book, it preaches truth while also providing a great example of why you shouldn't blindly believe everything you read/watch/hear otherwise you'd believe that Mr. Gutfeld eats the Homeless and in ten years wants to marry his pet Pomeranian and retire to Bora Bora.

While this book is not that long (It only took me five days to read) it does manage to cover a wide ranger of topics, pointing out so many different cases of the Tolerati Left's intolerance.

The only real problem I had was not about the book but with shipment, and the problem I had was not Amazon's fault it was the USPS's incompetence or to be more precisely it was the fault of the replacement letter carrier who delivered it (our usual one was off that day), what really got me p***** about it was not so much that it was delivered to the wrong address (Didn't even get the Zip Code right) but a combination of the 1-2 month back order on it at the time which mean I couldn't get a replacement before Christmas, and the other reason I was upset was the date. I ordered the book on the Nov. 16th, and it didn't ship until the 26th, the day it was "delivered" was on the 30th, why was this so frustrating because I live in Atlanta Ga. and on Dec. 1st Greg was going to be in Alpharetta Ga. just 30 minutes from where I live, and I wanted a signed copy. But this story has a happy ending, thankfully there are still some honest people in this world and one of them was whoever my package was delivered to because the next morning after I called my Post Office my regular letter carrier notice that she had my package with her at the Office and she delivered it later that afternoon and I was able meet Greg and get my book signed. But what was most incredible about the evening was what or more precisely who I saw in Greg's bus as I was leaving, Bob Beckel, my dad who who didn't want to wait in line stayed out in the parking lot said that Greg was trying to get Bob to come in with him, but Bob wouldn't go.

Well that's my review and that's my story, I hope this was helpful or at least not terrible.
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A Quinquagenarian
5.0 out of 5 stars Joy for "The Joy of Hate"
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2012
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Here are some universal truths - humans need water to live, night follows day, and Greg Gutfeld is a great writer.

Okay, some people may disagree with me on that last one, but I dare you to read his work (no matter your political persuasion) and not come away thinking that he has some great points. He has a remarkable ability to articulate his opinions and positions in a straightforward and original way.

One of many passages that stand out for me in this book - "Why do people have to apologize over things that don't inflict real pain on people?"

I have read Gutfeld's  Lessons from the Land of Pork Scratchings: A Miserable Yank Finds Happiness in the UK , The Bible of Unspeakable Truths , and  The Scorecard . All are excellent (Pork Scratchings is especially memorable for me because I lived in the UK when I was a kid and have been back several times since).

Finally, Greg has great musical taste. He turned me on to Torche, Tobacco, BMSR, and other bands. You can find his best music lists under the archive section of his website (ggutfeld dot com). Look for the posts on January 5th, 2009; September 5th, 2009; December 19th, 2009; January 3rd, 2011; and January 8th, 2012.

Check out these albums that Greg recommends:

 Tilts  - Greg says, "How in hell did this album sneak out, and go virtually unnoticed is beyond me. Which is why I'm spending most of this review wondering why it hasn't been reviewed - when I should be talking about the 12 songs that make this the perfect rock record. And it is perfect."

 Harmonicraft  - Greg says about this band, "I never would have listened to another guitar if it wasn't for Torche. In five years, i predict they will be the next U2, and the subsequent hugeness will require that they do not return my phone calls, or my underwear."

 Maniac Meat  - Greg says, "If I rated these records by the amount I played em, then is my album of the year. I predict it will define the direction of pop music for the next decade - a heavy syrup of perverse, florescent darkness - pure pop for creeps."
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B. Wilfong
4.0 out of 5 stars “We are now a nation of nags, each one crying out for something they feel is deserved, rather than earned.”
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2015
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Greg Gutfeld is a witty and smart man. If you have ever seen him on television you know this. But he is also a funny and engaging writer, and “The Joy of Hate” is proof of that! In this book Gutfeld takes on the fake idea of tolerance that seems to permeate our society. The structure of the text is simple; each chapter is a stand-alone essay on a topic. However, all of the chapters are linked by the idea of the phoniness of “tolerance” as it is practiced by some folks today. Gutfeld rightly takes to task those who scream tolerance at everyone, but don’t extend it to people who don’t think like them.
I actually laughed out loud at times while reading this text, and that does not happen often when reading a book of this nature. Gutfeld is really in his element here and his self-deprecating humor is used throughout the text. Here are just some of the notable highlights for me…first the chapter called “The Vagina Demagogues” is brilliant! Gutfeld takes the hypocrisies of people and unashamedly (and gleefully) puts them through the ringer. The chapter called “The Pirates of Penance” is a must read for every citizen. Although it is humorously presented, its point that we are a nation of wimps (on many levels) is a very important one. Also very enjoyable is Gutfeld’s defense of our military and his takedown of the hypocrisy of the academics who attack it is succinct and funny. Two things that most academics are not!
The conclusion to “The Joy of Hate” is spot on. I can’t say it better than the author, stop with the “fleeting emotional orgasm that is outrage” and just live you darn life. Pretty good medicine really, and I enjoyed taking it. I will invest in more of Mr. Gutfeld’s books.
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coached88
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 8, 2020
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This book is great for non snowflake readers . It details how the snowflake left use hysterical outrage to justify and validate their positions and existence .It is a fun and informative read .
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IAN MADSEN
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb; brilliant, witty, wise
Reviewed in Canada on January 11, 2013
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Greg Gutfeld adeptly skewers the collectivists, statists, mind controllers, and group-thinkers who are going beyond mere Political Correctness and venturing into reshaping Western free culture into a timid, frightened, antiadventurous miasma of anodyne or idol-worshipping drivel, in their quest to disarm and rob us both figuratively, and literally, in every way, to enable their agenda of redistibutionistic Utopianism. Hilarious, yet ominous, too.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2015
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im only half way through it but its a breath of fresh air in this pc world
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Austin
5.0 out of 5 stars Tactfully destroys the left by exposing their greatest flaw: Lies
Reviewed in Canada on July 19, 2013
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"If you build a mosque next to Ground Zero, then I'm building a gay Muslim bar... it'll be called Secret Packages"

Thank you for bringing logic back into political issues. It exposes liberal anger and disdain at a whole new level. Very impressive and at times hilarious. Thank you Mr. Gutfeld.
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jelliedeals
5.0 out of 5 stars A valuable read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 16, 2014
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A satirical take on political correctness and all that entails.Well written and sometimes laugh-out loud funny. Definitely a thought provoking book.
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