Why We're Liberals
A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important Ideals
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2.4 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher 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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The answer to this "why" appears to be because conservatives are awfully mean, arrogant, manipulative and hypocritical. For a book that is supposed to give pride and justification for liberals, it focuses a great deal of its text on conservatives. Even in discussing liberalism's history, positions and overall ideology, the book's thesis appears to be "why you shouldn't be a conservative," certainly not an overwhelming argument to become a liberal. However, Alterman's assessment of the contradictions, misinformation and foul play by conservatives in order to taint the word "liberal" in the cultural context is particularly interesting when held up against extensive research revealing that the majority of Americans are "liberal" when it comes to most social issues. For most of the performance, Malcolm Hillgartner reads in a straightforward voice with good pace and tone. His intensity increases to coincide with the more outrageous acts or events in what Alterman considers to be a war on liberal identity. Simultaneous release with the Viking hardcover.
