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Description of  The Public Insult Playbook: How Abusers in Power Undermine Civil Rights Reform

When they go low, we learn: an examination of mudslinging in contemporary American politicsand how the left can find its footing to achieve structural reform in this mess. The rules of the public discourse game have changed, and The Public Insult Playbook argues that the political left needs to account for the power of vitriol in crafting their theories for social and political change. With this book, noted constitutional law expert and disability rights advocate Ruth Colker offers insights into how public insults have come to infect contemporary public discoursea technique not invented by but certainly refined by Donald Trumpand, importantly, highlights lessons learned and tools for fighting back. Public insults act as a headwind and dead weight to structural reform. By showcasing the power of insults across a number of civil rights battlegrounds, Read more