End of Discussion: How the Left's Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free (and Fun)

author: Mary Katharine Ham
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2015/11/19
date added: 2015/11/19
shelves: non-fiction
review:
'End of Discussion: How the Left's Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free {and Fun)' by Mary Katharine Ham and Guy Benson has a title that's sure to provoke, but it makes a good case for getting us back to a place where we can hold differing opinions and have civil discourse.

We live in a time when some people with opposing views can't seem to hold a conversation without either side digging in a refusing to listen. It starts at the top and goes right on down to social media. One way this happens is when one side shuts down the conversation by pulling some sort of real or imagined outrage card. It's in the news even as recently as I write this.

The authors are definitely from one side of the political spectrum and they work for Fox news. The book does tend to skew toward examples from the left, but the right isn't safe from being targeted by the authors. It's all told in a pretty great style and makes a point about how far we've come in a short time. We used to be able to agree to disagree. Now we just want everyone to agree with us. We need to change that. Maybe this book can help.

I received a copy of this ebook from Crown Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.


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