 Praise For You Can't Say That!
"In America, we
must carefully censor our speech as rules and laws stifle the most
benign utterances. Bernstein illustrates the very real threat to the
First Amendment and our civil liberties from increasingly absurd
restrictions on free expresion." --Catherine Crier, Court TV, and Author of The Case Against Lawyers
"A must-read for anyone--left, right, or elsewhere, who seriously cares about liberty in America." --Eugene Volokh, Professor of Law, UCLA, and Author of The First Amendment: Problems, Cases and Policy Arguments "This
book raises important and troubling issues about the erosion of civil
liberties and shows how the guarantees of these liberties in the First
Amendment have been repeatedly set aside when they conflict with
antidiscrimination laws. Those who treasure civil liberties must read
this book. --Diane Ravitch, Author of The Language Police
"An important
warning that the constitutional freedoms Americans hold most dear are
threatened by the insidious influence of authoritarian busybodies who
want to regulate every aspect of American life in furtherance of a
radical, tyrannical egalitarian agenda." --Walter Williams, Former chairman of the Department of Economics, George Mason University, and syndicated Columnist
"The tension
between antidiscrimination laws and civil liberties, such as free
expression, privacy, and personal autonomy, is one of the most
important and least explored challenges to individual freedom of our
age. In this impassioned book, David Bernstein makes the libertarian
case for vigorously defending freedom against the demands of legalized
egalitarianism." --Jeffrey Rosen, Legal Affairs Editor, The New Republic and Author of The Unwanted Gaze
and The Naked Crowd
"It's fashionable in some circles to say that political
correctness is a myth, but it's not -- and Bernstein offers
proof, along with explanations of the harm that it's doing."
-- "Instapundit" Glenn Reynolds, GlennReynolds.com
"This excellent book demonstrates that, in case after case,
'activists' for one cause or another have shown a willingness to
trample on the rights of others."
--National Review
"[T]he American judiciary has established a pattern of activism
that seeks to elevate antidiscrimination concerns above other
legal, political and social concerns. The result of such action,
assert[s] Bernstein, is a 'threat to civil liberties,'
specifically those liberties guaranteed by the First Amendment."
-- Peter Leroe-Munoz, The Record, the Independent
Newspaper at Harvard Law School
"This is a persuasive, well-researched,
thoughtful, and cutting-edge study. It deserves serious consideration by
all friends of liberty, regardless of their political, ideological, or religious
persuasions." Thor Halvorssen, Engage, The Journal of the
Federalist Society's Practice Groups
"Bernstein shows that the use of antidiscrimination laws in ways
that interfere with someone else's civil liberties is not
isolated to a single part of the political spectrum. It is not
only Democrats who are guilty of the abuse, but Republicans as
well."
--Accuracy in Academia
"You Can't Say That! does an excellent and methodical
job of cataloguing the insanity of anti-discrimination run
amok."
--The Washington Times
"If you're looking to start an argument, take this book to an
ACLU meeting."
--The New York Post
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