The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive

The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation

â€œIt ainâ€™t so much the things we donâ€™t know that get us into trouble,nineteenth-century humorist Josh Billings remarked. â€œItâ€™s the things we know that just ainâ€™t so.â€

In this bold and brilliantly argued book, acclaimed author and talk-radio host Michael Medved zeroes in on ten of the biggest fallacies that millions of Americans believe about our countryâ€”in spite of incontrovertible facts to the contrary. In The 10 Big Lies About America, Medved pinpoints the most pernicious pieces of America-bashing disinformation that pollute current debates about the economy, race, religion in politics, the Iraq war, and other contentious issues.

The myths that Medved deftly debunks include:

Myth: The United States is uniquely guilty for the crime of slavery and based its wealth on stolen African labor.

Fact: The colonies that became the United States accounted for, at most, 3 percent of the abominable international slave trade; the persistence of slavery in America slowed economic progress; and the U.S. deserves unique credit for ending slavery.

Myth: The alarming rise of big business hurts the United States and oppresses its people.

Fact: Corporations played an indispensable role in building America, and corporate growth has brought progress that benefits all with cheaper goods and better jobs.

Myth: The Founders intended a secular, not Christian, nation.

Fact: Even after ratifying the Constitution, fully half the state governments endorsed specific ChrisÂtian denominations. And just a day after approving the First Amendment, forbidding the establishment of religion, Congress called for a national â€œday of public thanksgiving and prayerâ€ to acknowledge â€œthe many signal favors of Almighty God.â€

Myth: A war on the middle class means less comfort and opportunity for the average American.

Fact: Familiar campaign rhetoric about the victimized middle class ignores the overwhelming statistical evidence that the standard of living keeps rising for every segment of the population, as well as the real-life experience of tens of millions of middle-class Americans.

Each of the ten liesâ€”widely believed among elites and taught as truth in universities and public schoolsâ€”is a grotesque, propagandistic distortion of the historical record. For everyone who is tired of hearing America denigrated by people who donâ€™t know what theyâ€™re talking about, The 10 Big Lies About America supplies the ammunition necessary to fire back the next time somebody tries to recycle these baseless beliefs. Medvedâ€™s witty, well-documented rebuttal is a refreshing reminder that as Americans we should feel blessed, not burdened, by our heritage.
Country USA
Brand Crown Forum
Manufacturer Crown Forum
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2008-11-18
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307394064

Country	USA
Brand	Crown Forum
Manufacturer	Crown Forum
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2008-11-18
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307394064

The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation

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