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Summary: finally some common sense
Review: A very very enlightening and disturbing book, all at the same time. Don't presume this book is all just political banter. It goes much deeper. I had heard bits and pieces but never seen actual researched facts on these issues. A must read for parents. This book was not just politically related but also dealt with what seems to be a frightening scarcity of common sense in today's society. It really exposed the dark side of special interest groups and the backing they receive from political parties. Believe me it's not usually your interests or you're family's these groups have at heart. Tammy Bruce knows this having been a part of these groups in the past and can tell this from a first hand experience. She has seen both sides of the fence. Her book is well researched and written. All this along with her background just intensifies her credibility. It was a real eye opener for me and a call to action as a parent of a small child. It reminded me of a quote " All evil needs to prevail is for good men (and women) to do nothing". Thank you Tammy Bruce for letting us know what was happening while our backs were turned.
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Summary: Moral relativity is killing America
Review: Bruce makes a very lucid and strong argument that the Elite Left are mentally unstable and need of mental health professionals. Her case is very tight in regards to the Elite Left wanting to degrade the American psyche and strength. A must read for parents. This book woke me up to what my children are going to face and what I can do about it.
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Summary: More than a political book.....
Review: I first heard Tammy Bruce on a radio show last week and since read both her books.
I am not a conservative but liberal in the classical sense.In the spirit of Hannah Arendt and Ayn Rand. Tammy Bruce, undaunted, exposes the philosophical and psychological roots of the rapid meltdown of our culture. She illustrates in plain words with many recognizable examples and plenty of footnotes, that we don't have have to go back to the flesh pots of the ancients to see humans and children sacrificed...we have it right here, the ultra left is leading the way and most of us are unwittingly complying. This is not, however a book of doom and gloom.
With moving accounts of her own life Tammy shows us there is hope for us all.... and a way forward.
With great courage she shows us that in finding our freedom we must be open to the pain that so often accompanies honesty and growth. Most important, Tammy illustrates for us the responsibilities that grow with freedom. As I read the the book I couldn't help thinking of Oscar Schindler in Schindler's List. The narcissistic slave labor profiteer who transcends himself to fight the evil he was a part of and help so many. More than a political book, this is also about the blooming of a human soul.
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Summary: It's mind-blowing!
Review: I read a lot of books but this book, "The Death of Right and Wrong," really blew my mind. It opened my eyes to things that I haven't even thought of and it brought me to the realization that our values and culture were being "toiled" with. I have learnt quite a lot from this book and I encourage the author, Tammy Bruce, to continue writing books like this one. Keep it up Tammy!
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Summary: Chilling exposure of malignant agendas
Review: In this informative and disturbing book, Tammy Bruce starts out with a traumatic episode from her youth to describe her personal and political journey. It is an honest account of the people and events that shaped her beliefs and convictions. At the same time it reveals some horrific aspects of popular culture, politics and the media as they operate today. Bruce exposes the rank hypocrisy, soul-destroying motives and malevolent mind-set of the Left in chapters dealing with the Academic, Black, Gay and Feminist Elites, plus some destructive tendencies in the arts, the media and the justice system in the United States today. Some of her examples make harrowing reading, whilst her insight is often tinged by a bit of humour, for example when she identifies the gangster rapper as the current equivalent of Rousseau's "noble savage" in the eyes of the Left. Bruce's diagnosis rings true. She discusses the mental disease called malignant narcissism and explains how it is rooted in trauma that never attempts recovery. These individuals, instead of seeking psychological help, are focusing on social change. In other words, they want the rest of society to mirror their own hurt and pain. She makes a very convincing case for the fact that an entire wing of politics is invested in the victim-hood of its constituency, the leaders of which are trying to work out their demons on society. This is scary stuff, but easy to recognize from the examples in the book or by taking a critical and discerning approach towards trends in the media. To be fair, Bruce points out that there are similar people on the Right (puritanical compulsives), but that these do not control the culture. The concept and repulsive results of moral relativism and the phenomenon of groupthink are also analysed. The author quotes Dr M Scott Peck and recommends his book People Of The Lie for a thorough investigation of malignant narcissism and its use of the lie to distort reality. A chilling read at times, The Death Of Right And Wrong is a brilliant and eloquent exposure of some pathological strains infecting large sectors of culture and society. The book ends on an optimistic note with a call to the individual to recognize the difference between right and wrong, to take a stand and to live a life of decency and integrity. The book concludes with 31 pages of notes and references arranged by chapter, plus a thorough index. It is a real eye-opener, a thought-provoking work that offers unique political and psychological insights. I also recommend Paul Johnson's groundbreaking work Intellectuals for an interesting look at the private lives of certain famous writers and philosophers, and Thomas Sowell's book The Vision Of The Anointed.
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Summary: Misguided Right wing panderer
Review: Ms Bruce attempt to teach us whats right and wrong by holding the left responsible for all the Ills in our society falls way short. Her spin is really fascicm rolled up in the guise of being a morally superior culture, this book is as unreadable as her unlistenable talk show. Finger pointing never gets results, especially when the finger pointers have a history of being the proprieters of slavery, genocide and child and immigrant labor exploiters
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Summary: Reformulation for the left
Review: Ronald Reagan reinvented the American conservative movement by adopting traditional conservative tenets and infusing them with optimism for the future. Bruce takes traditional liberalism, but rejects the cult of the victim that the current Left establishment embraces. After Bruce prescribes a dose of introspection and responsibility, her platform is complete. Perhaps Bruce and her ideas can regenerate the rational Left in our country like Reagan energized the conservatives. There are many graphic depictions about the subversion of many of the iconic movements in liberalism, many of which are not suitable for young readers. And yet it is the young that many of their repulsive ideas are aimed. These depictions are not gratuitous and help illustrate the need for reform. Relativism in all its forms is the enemy of progress. Read "Fashionable Nonsense" by Sokal for a similar treatise in the social sciences. While it is a more "intellectual" and less far-reaching than Bruce's book, both of these authors are liberals that decry the high jacking of their movement by the self-interested/self-absorbed. Bruce merely seeks equality of opportunity for each American and a reduction in the hateful soliloquy coming from the left. She pines for the days of yore, when the discussion was how to make America better for all of its people as opposed to the balkanization from groups seeking entitlement. She takes to task the leadership of several groups like Gays, Nat Org of Women, NAACP and the entities that do their bidding like the media, activist judges and the professorial class. She could have mentioned seniors or others that arrive on the national stage demanding a hand out because of their "entitlement" and "victimhood".
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Summary: Bruce dismantles the convoluted liberal dogma
Review: The moral equivalence, moral relativism, postmodernism, malignant narcissism, and unmitigated hypocrisy of the Left is expertly debunked by...none other than a former liberal and current lesbian feminist. Surprising? Yes, perhaps. But, nonetheless, Bruce, like so many other former liberals, has been disappointed and disenchanted by the sheer charlatanism, decadence and rapidly decling moral clarity of the liberal elite. Bruce exposes the blatant hypocrisy and the moral vacuum that the Left has conveniently created to disseminate their Leftist agenda. Bruce delineates the many examples of liberal shenanigans and charades - including how murdering 3,000 Americans isn't terrorism, but rather Freedom Fighters acting heroically against an oppressor. Bruce exposes the liberal agenda of the academic intelligentsia and how they "embrace a perverse moral relativism that will take us further into a world devoid of right and wrong." Intelligent and provocative reading. It's Tammy Bruce.
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Summary: YOU Malignant Narcissist!
Review: This being my first review, I must say I am suprised that I am doing so. The reason being is because of Tammy Bruce's fantastic book, "The Death of Right and Wrong." Firstly I should say that Ms. Tammy Bruce was a very brave woman in writing this book ... The book, right. The book was absolutely amazing and enlightening. This is the second novel (Mere Christianity - great book also) I have read which isn't a novel, moreover a political book. Through the whole experience I could not find a minute to put it down; it grabbed my attention from the beginning with her fantastic introduction to her ending with Ronald Reagan.
I had never heard of "Left and Right" nor of the many ideas she discussed in the book; which I have to say were brilliant. She described enough for me to grasp a full understanding of it all, using credible sources (which she noted), how the "malignant narcissists" are influencing our culture for the worse. The several groups of Elite were also discussed. At many times I was literally laughing, frowning and astonished. She used many intriguing and shocking examples while maintaining a constant flowing language. Her chapter 5, "Enslaving Their Own: Betrayal by the Black Elite," was especially moving and to me, daring. I would never expect someone to specifically state the names of people so bluntly in a book, while condenming them! Go Tammy! This book really opened my eyes to the state our culture is in. There were times I would disagree with her opinions, but it was rare. I plan to purchase her former book, The New Thought Police" after reading this one; if it is a fraction of interesting and enlightening as this one, I'm positive I will enjoy it!
Buy this book now; heck, buy Tammy's other book too while you're at it!
Thanks for reading my review!
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Summary: A Romp Through a Shamefully Recognizeable World!
Review: This book - this stunner - focuses on what Tammy Bruce calls the moral relativism (more appropriately, moral nihilism) of our increasingly left-heading culture - the world where 'anything goes,' shame and temperance are bad, and morals are decidedly 'old hat.' Now, keep in mind - a conservative she is not. She is quite pro-choice, and an openly gay feminist. Lest anyone over-react to her thesis before reading it, she is not arguing that we should go back to the 1930's where women stay in the kitchen, reproductive freedom is not an option, and go back to an ultra-religious environment (like me, she is an atheist too). She is simply arguing that we need to get past our current cultural climate where to talk of morals is to be branded a reactionary; to stand up for what's right is wrong; and where 'anything goes' is given carte blanche. She is arguing, in other words, for the infusion of common sense back into our moral vocabulary. Here is my experience with this book. I am a critical reader and no matter what the position, I expect a good argument and good documentation. Well, Tammy Bruce gives us that and then some. Typically, I would start a chapter where she outlines a particular excess of the left's 'anything goes' morality, and think, "Surely she is just taking an isolated example of extremism and acting as if it is mainstream. Surely the left is not THAT far gone." By the end of (almost) all the chapters, I was convinced that far from picking only extreme examples to make things sound worse than they REALLY are, she was representing what really was. It is all right there in her book - citation after citation after citation. Doubtless, you will have the same experience I did. Ms. Bruce is just that good a researcher and arguer. The most eye opening chapters, I think, were those highlighting the mmoral bankruptcy of academia and those of the 'selling of sex' to minors on behalf of liberal groups like planned parenthood. The latter example follows the pattern outlined in the above paragraph. I thought, "Surely Planned Parenthood is not THAT bad of an organization. Surely no group designed to advocate reproductive freedom can actually be 'selling sex' to 10 year olds.' All I can say is READ IT!!! Especially if you have kids!!! The only flaws of this book are that (a) Ms. Bruce talks often as if The Left (always capitalized) is a big monolith engaging in conspiracy tactics. (Even by doing things as simple as refering to [T]his Left as a singular noun, rather than a plural one.) The book, in other words, can get a bit 'paranoid' at times. Second, Ms. Bruce occasionally engages in a mode of vitriol, calling people 'toxic sludge' and the like. One would have expected her to rise above this, even when dealing with bad people, and her 'vitriol modes' are dispalatable to say the least. But none of these flaws should dissuade you from reading this powerful work. It deserves to be read both by anyone (right or [you know you're out there] left) who feels that our country is experiencing an unhealthy age of nihilism and the 'anything is cool' mentality. Even I (a philosophical moral relativist of all things) am concerned and this book has reinforced the level of that concern. Get it and read it. Read it so you will 'get it.'
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