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Title: How to Win a Fight with a Conservative
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Manufacturer: Hysteria Publications
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| How to Win a Fight with a Conservative by Hysteria Publications A Really Humorous Book, Just Don't Take it Too Seriously |
A friend gave me this book for Christmas this year because she knew how much I enjoyed ranting about politics. While it is not truly a self-help book, and I doubt anyone will win a fight with a conservative by following its directions, it is an enjoyable little diversion that made me laugh. Daniel Kurtzman is a good satirist and his jabs are hilarious. For instance, he divides the conservative movement into several cleverly named segments:
(1) Rapturfarians--Christian fundamentalists.
(2) Enron-omists--über capitalists.
(3) Big Brethren--militant authoritarians.
(4) Gunfederates--people with confederate flags and gun racks in their pickup trucks.
(5) Spongebob-ophobes--militant anti-gay activists.
(6) Crusadomasochists--imperialistic neoconservatives.
Clever names to be sure, but the descriptions are just as humorous. The rest of the book is just as much fun. I should mention that Daniel Kurtzman is an equal opportunity satirist; he also published in 2007 another guide, "How to Win a Fight with a Liberal," that takes aim at those on the left. It is just as humorous. |
| How to Win a Fight with a Conservative by Hysteria Publications A fun, quick read |
This is a really funny, enjoyable book. It has lots of great quizzes, lists, and do's and don'ts that make it easy to jump into at any point. And I loved all the quotes from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Great stuff!
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| How to Win a Fight with a Conservative by Hysteria Publications Entertaining and surprisingly insightful |
| I picked up a copy of this book before taking a flight home for Thanksgiving. I come from an ultra-conservative family, and figured I could use a little ammunition just in case things turned ugly at the dinner table, like they usually do. I found some surprisingly useful tips, especially the chapter on how to detect logical fallacies. But most of all, the book made me laugh. My favorite parts were the dueling Liberal and Conservative Manifestos ("Conservatives believe in beautiful Hummers befouling spacious skies, amber waves of abstinent teens, and crowning thy good with estate tax cuts"). I'm planning to give out copies to a few friends whose families are even crazier than mine. |
| How to Win a Fight with a Conservative by Hysteria Publications This stuff works great! |
"How to Win A Fight With A Conservative" made me laugh so hard I couldn't breathe. Which is why all my "knuckle-dragging troglodyte" neocon" business associates got a copy. I happen to work with way too many "Rapturefarians", "Enron-omists" and "Gunfederates" in drag as "Spongebob-ophobes" If they can't take a joke ...
Using the "Basic Training" and "How To Win Friends While Antagonizing People" techniques, I finally put the body slam on my self-righteous Conservative associates. Some of those pompous doofuses deserve a little satirical bloodletting every now and then. It keeps them from reproducing too rapidly. I simply adore zapping Conservative blow hards who have their heads so far up their behinds that they can tickle their pancreas with their elbows. Ah, what a relief to zing them and still maintain a friendship and business relationship afterward. Thanks, Dan Kurtzman. Your books have lowered my blood pressure about 30 points!
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| How to Win a Fight with a Conservative by Hysteria Publications Right on the Mark |
| Witty and incisive, this book is filled with all those fun facts you wish you could recite when talking politics with a mouth-breathing conservative. Kurtzman has done a nice job in exposing all the frauds in the Republican party in his "Hall of Shame" (unfortunately, a list that grows longer by the day--maybe a revised edition will be needed?). My favorite line from the book comes from the Day in the Life of a Conservative: "Gas up Hummer, reposition Confederate flag on window, clean homeless person off grille." Funny stuff! |
| How to Win a Fight with a Conservative by Hysteria Publications Product Description |
How to Win a Fight With a Conservative is the ultimate survival guide to arguing politics, filled with all the cunning strategies, damning facts, and merciless ridicule liberals need to give their conservative "friends, neighbors and countrymen" the verbal smackdown of a lifetime.
With the presidential election approaching, this irreverent yet practical guide is essential reading for unpracticed neophytes and seasoned politicos alike-the perfect primer for anyone who's ever fantasized about smacking sense into a misguided right-wing adversary.
Includes:
--The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Partisans
--The Conservative Hall of Shame
--How to Detect Lies, Propaganda, and General BS
--Kick-Ass Arguments: A Step-by-Step Guide
...and much, much more! |
