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A review by gabesteller
The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin by Corey Robin
4.0
Conservatism is not as incoherent as its very weird modern incarnations might make it seem but it is definitely more evil that you think!
Fetishizing violence, war, purity, and victimhood go all the way back baby!
Most enjoyed the hilarious chapter on Ayn Rand and the discussion early in the book of how
the Right often appropriates the language of the Left, for their own ends, E.G Phyllis Schalfly in arguing against the ERA claims She is pro women’s rights, and that the ERA strips women “of their right to be supported by their husbands… and for their children to be supported”
or how anti-LGBT laws are now religious freedom laws etc.
I mean basically its just cause the left talks in the positive language of giving people stuff, and the it sounds ugly to just say your denying people things so you gotta coat it in positive language but still.
Nice job Corey!
Fetishizing violence, war, purity, and victimhood go all the way back baby!
Most enjoyed the hilarious chapter on Ayn Rand and the discussion early in the book of how
the Right often appropriates the language of the Left, for their own ends, E.G Phyllis Schalfly in arguing against the ERA claims She is pro women’s rights, and that the ERA strips women “of their right to be supported by their husbands… and for their children to be supported”
or how anti-LGBT laws are now religious freedom laws etc.
I mean basically its just cause the left talks in the positive language of giving people stuff, and the it sounds ugly to just say your denying people things so you gotta coat it in positive language but still.
Nice job Corey!