Speechless

Controlling Words, Controlling Minds

By: Michael Knowles

Narrated by: Michael Knowles

“Political correctness” has taken politeness and turned it into a weapon of censorship and intimidation. In the workplace, on social media, and even at the dinner table, Americans are confronted daily with a laundry list of words they’re “not allowed” to say - and that list is updated constantly and without warning.

How did so absurd a concept become so dangerous - and come to dominate our public discourse over the last quarter-century?

In Speechless, number one nationally best-selling author and political commentator Michael Knowles masterfully traces the history and effects of political correctness from the early 20th century to the present, revealing its insidious roots, exposing the power-hungry language architects behind its ever-growing control, and examining what this concerted manipulation of speech means for the future of American culture, politics, and minds.

©2021 by Michael Knowles (P)2021 by Blackstone Publishing

eye opening

This book may be one of the most eloquently written books I've listened to in a long time. I would strongly recommend this book to others.

Very Informative

Well written and extremely informative. I will definitely be listening to this title again in the future

very interesting from beginning to end

I like how this book was written in an organized manner with chapters focused on different social and political topics. Each chapter would introduce an area, followed by an evolution of how the words used to describe it would change in order to appeal to different people or to change people's beliefs, or even to bend scientific observations to match one's bias. For example, he quoted how there once huge alarmism around a coming "second ice age" and "global cooling" which gave away a few years later to "global warming" which was the opposite of what the alarmists would afraid of... then finally when neither theory proved true, the alarmists just started calling it "climate change" so they would be covered whichever way the science did or didn't confirm what was happening.

Great Book! A MUST READ!

Don’t miss this bestseller (no matter what the NYTimes tries to say!)

Thoughtful, insightful, uncompromising truth!
Well written, well narrated, well worth your time!

Speechless

I don’t know how to explain this book, it left me speechless. Amazing book and well thought out view points.