The silencing : how the left is killing free speech /

The silencing : how the left is killing free speech /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Powers, Kirsten.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : Regnery Publishing, 2015.
Description:	xiv, 289 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Liberalism -- United States. Right and left (Political science) -- United States. Freedom of speech -- United States. Freedom of speech. Liberalism. Right and left (Political science) United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10197372

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ISBN:	9781621573708 (hardback) 1621573702 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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 expose; 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?"--

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. Repressive Tolerance
2. Oelegitimizing Dissent
3. Illiberal Intolerance and Intimidation
4. Intolerance 101: Shutting Down Debate
5. Intolerance 201: Free Speech for Me but Not for Thee
6. The War on Fox News
7. Muddy Media Waters
8. Illiberal Feminist Thought Police
9. Feminists against Facts, Fairness, and the Rule of Law
Epilogue
Notes
Index