Friday, December 28

Compared to drek, it's not bad!

The sad result, Goldberg says, is that Americans have come to equate fascism with right-wing political movements in the United States when, in fact, the reverse is true. To his mind, it is liberalism, not conservatism, that embraces what he claims is the fascist ideal of perfecting society through a powerful state run by omniscient leaders. And it is liberals, not conservatives, who see government coercion as the key to getting things done.

“Liberal Fascism” is less an exposé of left-wing hypocrisy than a chance to exact political revenge. Yet the title of his book aside, what distinguishes Goldberg from the Sean Hannitys and Michael Savages is a witty intelligence that deals in ideas as well as insults — no mean feat in the nasty world of the culture wars.



Um... does that sound like a "positive review" to your mind? Science and technology are great, but methinks they come at the price of reading comprehension, picking up on those subtle written cues -- qualifiers if you will. I suspect reading it that way is less an endorsement of the quality, more a chance to plug the merchandise... heh!