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Book 20: Speechless, by Michael Knowles

 Finished June 10, 2022 Speechless is an account of how the Left takes control of ideas by taking control of words. He lays out -- with plenty of verifiable support -- the methods they use, the origins of those methods, and the track record of effectiveness those methods achieve. Most importantly and disturbingly, Knowles documents the passivity, gullibility, and ineffectiveness of the "reasonable Right." This book is a wake-up call to the tactics of the Left and the dangers of "bipartisan" cooperation, cultural tolerance, and social accommodation of the gate-keepers of American tradition and Judeo-Christian standards, gate-keepers who have unlocked the door, swung it wide open, and handed the key to the Left. My one small quibble is Knowles' repeated use of the phrase "political correctness" in the sense that the Left uses it. "Political correctness" is not correctness. I know he's using it to describe this way of thinking, but he's...