Dumbocracy
Adventures with the Loony Left, the Rabid Right, and Other American Idiots
$47.94
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
9 November 2008
Summary
In every election year, we hear much about the allpowerful “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–prochoice and antichoice, progay rights and antigay rights, prowar and antiwar–and delivers a searing, hilarious indictment of the True Believer mentality.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781934708064 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1934708062 |
| Author: | Marty Beckerman |
| Publisher: | Disinformation Company |
| Imprint: | Disinformation Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 9 November 2008 |
| Weight: | 350g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
This is called thinking. And if more people - on both sides - were prepared to acknowledge their own shifts of view and to explain and examine exactly why they have changed with the times, our public discourse would be immeasurably improved. –Andrew Sullivan, the Atlantic– “Reviews”
About The Author
Marty Beckerman
Marty Beckerman, twenty-five, is also the author of Generation S.L.U.T. (MTV Books, 2004). He has written for Playboy, Reason, Discover, The Huffington Post, and New York Press. He has been featured by The New York Times, the New York Post, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, and National Public Radio. Hunter S. Thompson once called him a “morbid little bastard,” which Beckerman considers the greatest compliment of his career.
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