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Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds

Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds

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  • Create Date：2021-06-24 12:31:08
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：Michael J. Knowles
  • ISBN：1665046031
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Reviews

Linda Galella ，

“Political correctness has left us speechless， but the right to speak means nothing to those who have nothing to say。” （Michael Knowles）Almost every page of this book is highlighted somewhere。 Author， Michael Knowles， is rapier sharp， clearing away the rhetoric and exposing truth。 He begins by discussing language， speech & political correctness， the first amendment and what “freedom of speech” really mean。 I will never utter a turn of a phrase again without careful consideration for its meaning。 “Political correctness has left us speechless， but the right to speak means nothing to those who have nothing to say。” （Michael Knowles）Almost every page of this book is highlighted somewhere。 Author， Michael Knowles， is rapier sharp， clearing away the rhetoric and exposing truth。 He begins by discussing language， speech & political correctness， the first amendment and what “freedom of speech” really mean。 I will never utter a turn of a phrase again without careful consideration for its meaning。“Political correctness blurs the distinctions between public and private spheres。 According to political correctness， nothing can be merely personal。 Everything must become political， with one exception: politics。” Following this statement early in chapter 2， Knowles goes on to carefully explore how political correctness has overturned the foundations of America， claiming virtually every aspect of our lives。 How did this happened？ Ya gotta read this book and will want to have it to read again and share。Knowles takes apart many of the key issues my friends and I have discussed over the last decade or so and some that we just moan about: free speech， critical theory， （NOT CRT）， education， Mao， language on TV， etc。，battle of the sexes， Christmas and more。 Each of these has key events and people attached to them many of which were new considerations for me。My biggest take away from reading this powerful little book is this: silence is NOT golden when it comes toprotecting our rights， political or otherwise。 Since politics/government either has or is trying to insinuate itself into every facet of my life， including places I don’t want them and they don’t belong， it’s up to me to do my part to stop them。 Stopping them begins with understanding how we all became “Speechless”📚 。。。more

Owen ，

Michael Knowles is not just a conservative talking head， he is an intellectual in his own right with a thorough understanding of the classical political tradition。 In Speechless， Knowles attacks "squish" conservatives who have ceded the political arena to cultural Marxists out of cowardice and an adherence to self-defeating libertarian principles。 Political correctness， cancel culture， and big tech censorship continue to chip away at the American free speech tradition and conservatives who love Michael Knowles is not just a conservative talking head， he is an intellectual in his own right with a thorough understanding of the classical political tradition。 In Speechless， Knowles attacks "squish" conservatives who have ceded the political arena to cultural Marxists out of cowardice and an adherence to self-defeating libertarian principles。 Political correctness， cancel culture， and big tech censorship continue to chip away at the American free speech tradition and conservatives who love "to lose with dignity" have been impotent to stop it。 This is because， Knowles argues， the right still labors under the illusion of a neutral public square。 It's not a question of whether standards of speech， action， and decency will be enforced， but which standards， and enforced by whom。 The loss of a substantive vision of the common good on the right has allowed the Marxists free rein to deconstruct our culture and impose their agenda upon us; Knowles thus argues for a return to the preliberal distinction between liberty and license to recapture a conception of the good。 This book is valuable because Knowles is introducing so-called "illiberal" ideas that are popular in traditionalist Catholic circles to a wider audience that has been accustomed to repeating free speech absolutist talking points that are incoherent and play into the hands of the radicals。 。。。more