Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds by Michael Knowles is a very highly recommended, intelligent, thoughtful, and engrossing examination of how political correctness has distorted our use of language resulting in a change in our culture and how we view the world. This change in language and meaning did not come about through natural linguistic development. It has been a cultural assault planned and carried out by liberal academic and bureaucratic extremists who created the new words, there meaning, and how we should react. Then the new acceptable term and our expected reactions have been repeated verbatim by almost all journalists. Watching this and noticing the repetition of the same exact wording by so called journalists has been eye-opening and frightening. Decades of incompetence on both sides has permitted political correctness to invert our culture. The Culture War is over, and we have all lost.
The right are criticized because they allowed this to happen. All cultures cancel some ideas and things over time. The current problem is with what is canceled and why, along with who establishes the standards. The problem is a very small percentage of the population is radically trying to changing the culture without any sort of cultural agreement on these changes or set agreed upon standards. Conservatives need to summon the courage to speak up for the enforcement of their own standards of speech minus the politically correct standards set by the liberals.
There is so much more to Knowles discussion which will be appreciated by anyone who is an intellectual, appreciates a dense discussion with a plethora of quotes, footnotes, and sources, and can think for themselves about current cultural changes. Knowles provides in the appendix a glossary of jargon, a list of works cited, a copious section of notes, and a helpful index. This would make a great gift.
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Michael Knowles' Speechless is Vital
Michael combines an amalgam of class, humor, political/historical/cultural references, and philosophical analysis into this one book. He elaborates on key points of speech, show how for decades our culture has been slowly numbing itself with poisonous tendencies, digging itself down deep; only to finally begin waking up in a state where the waterline is right around our noses. The book highlights the influence that speech has on culture, and the influence culture has on speech; as well as people in positions of power have abused such an observation. The book goes into detail about the potentially dreadful directions these ideas could go, as well as the where the state of our culture is, and is headed, (referencing other previous cultures/some modern ones which have also implemented similar ideas) while consequently giving some potential solutions as to how we can begin to suture the tears, and again fight for a culture that we once as a majority we had agreed was worth preserving.Although "Reasons to Vote for Democrats" was a good read ;), I'd argue this book has a lot more to offer. Considering the current state of our political spheres, communities and culture as a whole. Speechless collects a large swath of references at the end, and Michael does a great job including them in his analysis. He offers insight as to how the issues facing the world today need to be highlighted and addressed. Although many of the points addressed target USA in specific, the points referenced as a whole, tend to the western influenced world in its entirety, exclaiming the necessity to wake up and take action if we wish to fight against many of the corrupted ideas and institutions implemented to breed the very antithetical culture that has lead to downfall of the Western world.Thank you Michael for the necessary role you play in the fight,Ryan
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Michael combines an amalgam of class, humor, political/historical/cultural references, and philosophical analysis into this one book. He elaborates on key points of speech, show how for decades our culture has been slowly numbing itself with poisonous tendencies, digging itself down deep; only to finally begin waking up in a state where the waterline is right around our noses. The book highlights the influence that speech has on culture, and the influence culture has on speech; as well as people in positions of power have abused such an observation. The book goes into detail about the potentially dreadful directions these ideas could go, as well as the where the state of our culture is, and is headed, (referencing other previous cultures/some modern ones which have also implemented similar ideas) while consequently giving some potential solutions as to how we can begin to suture the tears, and again fight for a culture that we once as a majority we had agreed was worth preserving.
Although "Reasons to Vote for Democrats" was a good read ;), I'd argue this book has a lot more to offer. Considering the current state of our political spheres, communities and culture as a whole. Speechless collects a large swath of references at the end, and Michael does a great job including them in his analysis. He offers insight as to how the issues facing the world today need to be highlighted and addressed. Although many of the points addressed target USA in specific, the points referenced as a whole, tend to the western influenced world in its entirety, exclaiming the necessity to wake up and take action if we wish to fight against many of the corrupted ideas and institutions implemented to breed the very antithetical culture that has lead to downfall of the Western world.
Thank you Michael for the necessary role you play in the fight,
Ryan
Although "Reasons to Vote for Democrats" was a good read ;), I'd argue this book has a lot more to offer. Considering the current state of our political spheres, communities and culture as a whole. Speechless collects a large swath of references at the end, and Michael does a great job including them in his analysis. He offers insight as to how the issues facing the world today need to be highlighted and addressed. Although many of the points addressed target USA in specific, the points referenced as a whole, tend to the western influenced world in its entirety, exclaiming the necessity to wake up and take action if we wish to fight against many of the corrupted ideas and institutions implemented to breed the very antithetical culture that has lead to downfall of the Western world.
Thank you Michael for the necessary role you play in the fight,
Ryan
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