Wingnuts: Extremism in the Age of Obama - Softcover

Avlon, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0991247604 ISBN 13: 9780991247608

Publisher: Beast Books, 2014

Synopsis

Wingnuts exist on the extreme edges of the political spectrum. They're the professional polarizers and the unhinged activists, the hardcore haters and the paranoid conspiracy theorists. They're people who always try to divide us instead of unite us. And at a time when the fringe is blurring with the base, they've hijacked American politics.

The Obama era has been a boom-time for Wingnuts, kicked off by a financial collapse and the election America's first black president. For some, losing an election feels like living under tyranny. John Avlon tracks down preachers who pray for the president's death, goes inside the growing Hatriot” militia movement, and identifies the fright-wing swamp where the Obama Birthers” and the Bush-era 9/11 Truthers” bubble up.

Wingnuts echo earlier fear-fueled movements in American history. But bolstered by the rise of hyper-partisan media, the Wingnut echo chamber is more influential than ever before and it has led directly to the division and dysfunction in Congress. Avlon asserts that the time has come for the moderate majority of Americans to straighten their civic backbone and hold the extremes accountable while restoring a sense of perspective to our politics.

About this title

About the Author:

John Avlon is an author, columnist and editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast.

Review:

President Bill Clinton
"Wingnuts offers a clear and comprehensive review of the forces on the outer edges of the political spectrum that shape and distort our political debate. Shedding more heat than light they drive frustrated alienated citizens away from the reasoned discourse that can produce real solutions to our problems."

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Beast Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0991247604
• ISBN 13: 9780991247608
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 337