The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech

*A New York Times bestseller!*

Free speech and freedom of conscience have long been core American values. Yet a growing intolerance from the left side of the political spectrum is threatening Americans' ability to freely express beliefs without fear of retaliation. USA Today columnist and Fox News contributor Kirsten Powers calls it "The Silencing"

Powers chronicles this forced march toward conformity in an exposé of the illiberal tactics deployed to shut down debate on some of the most important issues of the day. How is it that liberalism, once associated with open-mindedness and reason, has become a vehicle for irrational prejudice, ideological conformity, and the marginalization of dissent? What is happening to free speech in America?

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The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech

*A New York Times bestseller!*

Free speech and freedom of conscience have long been core American values. Yet a growing intolerance from the left side of the political spectrum is threatening Americans' ability to freely express beliefs without fear of retaliation. USA Today columnist and Fox News contributor Kirsten Powers calls it "The Silencing"

Powers chronicles this forced march toward conformity in an exposé of the illiberal tactics deployed to shut down debate on some of the most important issues of the day. How is it that liberalism, once associated with open-mindedness and reason, has become a vehicle for irrational prejudice, ideological conformity, and the marginalization of dissent? What is happening to free speech in America?

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The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech

The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech

by Kirsten Powers
The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech

The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech

by Kirsten Powers

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*A New York Times bestseller!*

Free speech and freedom of conscience have long been core American values. Yet a growing intolerance from the left side of the political spectrum is threatening Americans' ability to freely express beliefs without fear of retaliation. USA Today columnist and Fox News contributor Kirsten Powers calls it "The Silencing"

Powers chronicles this forced march toward conformity in an exposé of the illiberal tactics deployed to shut down debate on some of the most important issues of the day. How is it that liberalism, once associated with open-mindedness and reason, has become a vehicle for irrational prejudice, ideological conformity, and the marginalization of dissent? What is happening to free speech in America?


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781621573708
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
Publication date: 05/11/2015
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Kirsten Powers is a Fox News contributor and columnist for USA Today . Powers has been called "Fox's liberal to be reckoned with" by Mediaite and "an outspoken liberal journalist" by the Columbia Journalism Review . The Women's Media Center lauded Powers as a "trailblazer," "powerful," and an "exceptional professional." Prior to her career in journalism, Powers worked in Democratic Party politics and the Clinton administration. She has been published in the Wall Street Journal , New York Observer , New York Post , The Daily Beast, Elle , Salon.com, and the American Prospect online. A native of Fairbanks, Alaska, and graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park, Powers currently resides in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

1 Repressive Tolerance 1

2 Oelegitimizing Dissent 21

3 Illiberal Intolerance and Intimidation 49

4 Intolerance 101: Shutting Down Debate 69

5 Intolerance 201: Free Speech for Me but Not for Thee 89

6 The War on Fox News 107

7 Muddy Media Waters 131

8 Illiberal Feminist Thought Police 149

9 Feminists against Facts, Fairness, and the Rule of Law 179

Epilogue 199

Notes 203

Index 273

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