Yesterday I finished reading No Apologies by Katherine Brodsky for an upcoming online discussion by the Prohuman Book Club. As I had read it on my Nook app, when I got to the end I was prompted to write a review, and this is what I submitted.
This book looks at the experiences of a number of people who've stood up
to cancel culture over the past several years. This focus on personal
narratives likely makes it more relatable for many readers than a more
abstract approach would.
The point is made near the end of the
book that we need to keep our minds open to all points of view, even
those we may find abhorrent. This is commendable, but it may be somewhat
undercut by the repeated use of the phrases "the silenced majority" and
"the reasonable majority," which wrongly suggest that it's only those
with "extreme" views who may be intolerant. In fact, as one of the
contributors to another recent book that I highly recommend, Ideological and Political Bias in Psychology, has noted, there's also
such a thing as "Left-Right bias," where both ends of the spectrum skew
public discourse on a topic in the same direction. In such instances,
it's the majority that needs to learn intellectual tolerance and
humility.
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