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- Number of Pages: 224
- ISBN: 0767926145
- WAPI (Tower ID): 112471940
- Release Date: June 2, 2009
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Product DescriptionMore Books by Charles P. Pierce (Author)Run a Quick Search on "Idiot America" by Charles P. Pierce to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Idiot America"Browse more products related to "Charles P. Pierce"Review"[Pierce] takes some of his most memorable shots at elected officials and, by extension, at their supporters....When he is skewering conservative talk-show hosts, Pierce is at his scathing, insightful best." Publisher's noteAn acerbic assessment of what the author terms the "glorification of ignorance" in the United States traces how uneducated buffoonery became popular to the point of representing American culture, in a call to action that expresses the author's hope that the nation will eventually value intellect more than reality television. In the midst of a career-long quest to separate the smart from the pap, Charles Pierce had a defining moment at the Creation Museum in Kentucky, where he observed a dinosaur. Wearing a saddle.... But worse than this was when the proprietor exclaimed to a cheering crowd, "We are taking the dinosaurs back from the evolutionists " He knew then and there it was time to try and salvage the Land of the Enlightened, buried somewhere in this new Home of the Uninformed. AnnotationJournalist Charles Pierce laments the astounding decline of the American intellect by highlighting the glaring discrepancy between the learned values of the nation's founders and those of today's average citizen. Pierce cites such examples as the prominence of Rush Limbaugh, the candidacy of Sarah Palin, the proliferation of reality TV, and the continued disavowal of evolution as evidence that a stunning number of Americans have foregone the pursuit of enlightenment in favor of the passive absorption of empty entertainment. What's worse, according to Pierce, is that the shameful stigma that was once attached to such celebrations of stupidity is being eroded by our culture's embrace of mindless amusement as a national pastime. Pierce reinforces his thesis with insightful passages from James Madison and other founding fathers, demonstrating the expanding gap between the popular discourses of colonial and contemporary times. If You Enjoy "Idiot America (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:
Customer Reviews for "Idiot America (Hardcover)" by Charles P. Pierce (Author)Most Recent Customer Reviews  A Must-Read For Us All, October 6, 2009
By earlyautumn
Pierce thoroughly analyzes at least four major happenings of the last eight year
-- The Terry Sciavo fiasco, the Intelligent Design imbroglio in Dover Pa., GOP
global warming denial, and the Bushies leading us into the Iraq war. He shows
us that all of those events are due to the "celebration" of ignorance which has
taken place in our society. Pierce writes in a manner which makes it hard to
stop reading.
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