The Tyranny Of Clichés

An indispensable and enduring field guide to the arguments the left makes-and the ones it tries to avoid. -The Claremont Review of Books   According to Jonah Goldberg, if the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist, the greatest trick liberals ever pulled was convincing themselves they're not ideological.   Today, objective journalists, academics, and moderate politicians peddle some of the most radical arguments by hiding them in homespun aphoèrisms. Barack Obama casts himself as a disciple of reason: He's a pragmatist, opposed to the ideology and drama of the Right, solely concerned with what works. And today's liberals follow his lead, spouting countless cliches such as:    Û  One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter: Sure, if the other man is an idiot. Was Martin Luther King Jr. a terrorist? Was Bin Laden a freedom fighter?    Û  Violence never solves anything: Really? It solved our problems with King George III and ended slavery. See more