Description
Book SynopsisWhen they go low, we learn: an examination of mudslinging in contemporary American politicsand how the left can find its footing to achieve structural reform in this mess. The rules of the public discourse game have changed, and The Public Insult Playbook argues that the political left needs to account for the power of vitriol in crafting their theories for social and political change. With this book, noted constitutional law expert and disability rights advocate Ruth Colker offers insights into how public insults have come to infect contemporary public discoursea technique not invented by but certainly refined by Donald Trumpand, importantly, highlights lessons learned and tools for fighting back. Public insults act as a headwind and dead weight to structural reform. By showcasing the power of insults across a number of civil rights battlegrounds,The Public Insult Playbook uncovers the structural nature of personal attacks, and offers a blueprint for a legal and political strat
Trade Review"The Public Insult Playbook is full of material which will be useful to those who are working against oppression."
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. Insults: A Power Tool for Power Bullies
2. Headwinds, Deflections, and Dead Weights in Action
3. Drive-By Litigators or Accessibility Heroes?
4. Immigrants as Murderers and Rapists
5. Pedophiles or Welcome Entrants to the Institution of Marriage
6. Abortion
7. Anita Hill and the #MeToo Movement
8. Black Lives Matter
Notes
Index
