Arguing with Idiots
Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government Glenn Beck,
Publisher: Threshold Editions
ISBN: 1416595015
DDC: 973.932
Edition: Hardcover; 2009-09-22
Summary:
FUNNY.FRIGHTENING.TRUE.It happens to all of us: You're minding your
own business, when some idiot informs you that guns are evil, the
Prius will save the planet, or the rich have to finally start paying
their fair share of taxes.Just go away! you think to yourself -- but
they only become more obnoxious. Your heart rate quickens. You start
to sweat. You can't get away. Your only hope is......this book.Glenn
Beck, author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers An Inconvenient
Book and Glenn Beck's Common Sense, has stumbled upon the secret
formula to winning arguments against people with big mouths but small
minds: knowing the facts.And this book is full of them.The next time
your Idiot Friends tell you how gun control prevents gun violence,
you'll tell them all about England's handgun ban (see page 53). When
they tell you that we should copy the UK's health-care system, you'll
recount the horrifying facts you read on page 244. And the next time
an idiot tells you that vegetable prices will skyrocket without
illegal workers, you'll stop saying "no, they won't" and you'll start
saying, "actually, eliminating all illegal labor will cause us to
spend just $8 a year more on produce." (See page 139.)Idiots can't be
identified through voting records, they can be found only by looking
for people who hide behind stereotypes, embrace partisanship, and
believe that bumper sticker slogans are a substitute for common
sense. If you know someone who fits the bill, then Arguing with
Idiots will help you silence them once and for all with the ultimate
weapon: the truth.
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