The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back Against Progressives' War on Fun
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- Author：Noah Rothman
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Summary
"Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone， somewhere， may be happy。"
-H。L。 Mencken
The Left used to be the party of the hippies and the free spirits。 Now it's home to woke scolds and humorless idealogues。 The New Puritans can judge a person's moral character by their clothes， Netflix queue， fast food favorites， the sports they watch， and the company they keep。 No choice is neutral， no sphere is private。
Not since the Puritans has a political movement wanted so much power over your thoughts， hobbies， and preferences every minute of your day。 In the process， they are sucking the joy out of life。
In The Rise of the New Puritans， Noah Rothman explains how， in pursuit of a better world， progressives are ruining the very things which make life worth living。 They've created a society full of verbal trip wires and digital witch hunts。 Football？ Too violent。 Fusion food？ Appropriation。 The nuclear family？ Oppressive。
Witty， deeply researched， and thorough， The Rise of the New Puritans encourages us to spurn a movement whose primary goal has become limiting happiness。 It uncovers the historical roots of the left's war on fun and reminds us of the freedom and personal fulfillment at the heart of the American experiment。
-H。L。 Mencken
The Left used to be the party of the hippies and the free spirits。 Now it's home to woke scolds and humorless idealogues。 The New Puritans can judge a person's moral character by their clothes， Netflix queue， fast food favorites， the sports they watch， and the company they keep。 No choice is neutral， no sphere is private。
Not since the Puritans has a political movement wanted so much power over your thoughts， hobbies， and preferences every minute of your day。 In the process， they are sucking the joy out of life。
In The Rise of the New Puritans， Noah Rothman explains how， in pursuit of a better world， progressives are ruining the very things which make life worth living。 They've created a society full of verbal trip wires and digital witch hunts。 Football？ Too violent。 Fusion food？ Appropriation。 The nuclear family？ Oppressive。
Witty， deeply researched， and thorough， The Rise of the New Puritans encourages us to spurn a movement whose primary goal has become limiting happiness。 It uncovers the historical roots of the left's war on fun and reminds us of the freedom and personal fulfillment at the heart of the American experiment。
Reviews
Brian S。 Wise
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3。5 stars。
Emily Shipley
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Rothman makes compelling arguments that are also very funny！
Dave Heberer
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There are a couple of assumptions made in this book that make it hard for me to give it full marks。a） In the beginning， the author asserts that the moderate progressive issues we've fought over since the 60s are settled and progressive causes won。 He points at abortion， gay rights， and racial injustices as basically being settled in a moderate manner and that now the progressive left， the new puritans are just going into moral panic mode because they have nothing substantial to fight for anymore There are a couple of assumptions made in this book that make it hard for me to give it full marks。a） In the beginning， the author asserts that the moderate progressive issues we've fought over since the 60s are settled and progressive causes won。 He points at abortion， gay rights， and racial injustices as basically being settled in a moderate manner and that now the progressive left， the new puritans are just going into moral panic mode because they have nothing substantial to fight for anymore。 Given recent Supreme Court decisions and the presumptive GOP front-runner's crusades in Florida， this strikes me as ignorant and ill-founded。 It is the basis of the argument that things are going to far and people should just be happy with their moderate victories， and it is not true。b） The author points at very real flaws in the actions and rhetoric of people in the progressive movement。 I fully agree so much that is being held up for ridicule and I agree with the idea that it is gone too far in some ways。 However， the author repeatedly links the idea that the progressive left going overboard to correct social behavior to the stated goal （e。g。 racial justice， LGBTQ justice） as being overboard or overreaching on the part of the people with these goals。 I do not agree with this chain of reasoning and find it disingenuous。Those problems aside， the author does raise many points of basically mob justice gone wrong。 Almost all of the things pointed at are some BS found on social media， by people that have no real power without a mob whipped up， but still。 I found the connection between social coercion today and in New England during the heights of puritanism to be very interesting。 。。。more
Eitan Levy
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Well written and no cheap shots。 That said， it falls into the category of many non fiction books which could have been a five star essay。 Instead it's a four star book。 Still， well worth the time。 Well written and no cheap shots。 That said， it falls into the category of many non fiction books which could have been a five star essay。 Instead it's a four star book。 Still， well worth the time。 。。。more
Chris Boutté
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I’m a progressive lefty who recognizes the problems with the “wokeness” of my side。 But when grabbing a book like this， there’s always a concern that it’s going to be filled with terrible arguments and just an excuse to talk trash。 Fortunately， this isn’t one of those books。 Noah Rothman killed it with this book， and it met and exceeded all of my expectations。I’m 36， and many of the woke folk are my age。 It’s blown my mind that all these people seem to forget how we grew up， what we all thought I’m a progressive lefty who recognizes the problems with the “wokeness” of my side。 But when grabbing a book like this， there’s always a concern that it’s going to be filled with terrible arguments and just an excuse to talk trash。 Fortunately， this isn’t one of those books。 Noah Rothman killed it with this book， and it met and exceeded all of my expectations。I’m 36， and many of the woke folk are my age。 It’s blown my mind that all these people seem to forget how we grew up， what we all thought was hilarious， and how we didn’t freak out over things that don’t matter。 Now， everyone is so uptight， and that’s why I wanted to read this book from Rothman。 In it， he relates all of the outrage culture insanity to the Puritan movement， and it’s uncanny to see the parallels。 What’s even crazier is that the Left is supposed to be the free-spirit wild and crazy ones， but it’s like we can’t even have fun anymore。I was worried this book would only cover comedy and all of the comedians getting canceled for current or old jokes， but it was so much more。 Rothman covers everything from the clothes we wear to sex， to alcohol， and a ton of other topics。 This book is everything， and I hope people read it and realize how damn silly everyone has become。 Life is way to short to freak out about so many things and ruin relationships。 。。。more
Mrs C
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