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No Safe Spaces
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO TO REMAIN SILENT Terrifying violence on college campuses across America. Students lashing out at any speaker brave enough to say something they disagree with. Precious snowflakes demanding Safe Spaces to protect them from any idea they haven't heard from their liberal professors. In this book and the accompanying movie, Dennis Prager, Mark Joseph, and Adam Carolla expose the attack on free speech and free thought. It began in the universities, but--fair warning--it's coming to your neighborhood and your workplace.
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First published September 3, 2019
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Dennis Prager
47 books468 followersDennis Prager is a best-selling author, columnist and nationally syndicated radio talk show host based in Los Angeles and heard on 150 stations across the country.
A Fellow at Columbia University’s School of International Affairs, where he did graduate work at the Middle East and Russian Institutes, he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the U.S. Delegation to the Vienna Review Conference on the Helsinki Accords, and by President George W. Bush to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. He holds an honorary doctorate of law from Pepperdine University.
A highly sought-after speaker and frequent cable news show guest, Dennis has lectured all over the world. His New York Times best-selling books include Think a Second Time, Happiness is a Serious Problem and Still the Best Hope: Why American Values Must Triumph. His newest book is The Ten Commandments: Still the Best Moral Code.
A Fellow at Columbia University’s School of International Affairs, where he did graduate work at the Middle East and Russian Institutes, he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the U.S. Delegation to the Vienna Review Conference on the Helsinki Accords, and by President George W. Bush to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. He holds an honorary doctorate of law from Pepperdine University.
A highly sought-after speaker and frequent cable news show guest, Dennis has lectured all over the world. His New York Times best-selling books include Think a Second Time, Happiness is a Serious Problem and Still the Best Hope: Why American Values Must Triumph. His newest book is The Ten Commandments: Still the Best Moral Code.
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September 9, 2019
I have read a number of these social commentary books, and found this one to be really subpar. If you read better ones like "The Coddling of the American Mind" or "Panic Attack", they are full of examples, names, dates, etd. This book lacked a lot of those details, and instead had a lot more philosophizing, and way too many references to Adam Corolla's upbringing.
The attack on free speech and free thought at our universities is a really important topic, but I think this book was a really feeble effort at addressing it. If you are interested in the subject, read either of the 2 books I mentioned above(or better yet, both).
The attack on free speech and free thought at our universities is a really important topic, but I think this book was a really feeble effort at addressing it. If you are interested in the subject, read either of the 2 books I mentioned above(or better yet, both).
December 11, 2019
Great book about the importance of free speech. How we must maintain respectful conversation. Good input from both Democrats and Republicans about what our colleges are teaching young people. Very eye opening!
December 4, 2019
I will recommend this book for my grandson to read before he finishes high school. It will give him a tool bag of defense against the cultural Marxism that is working against his future prosperity.
This collection of talks is aimed at the university sophomore. It will help to inoculate young people from the poison of the “progressive” movement, and many will want to look deeper into the field. It is not a political book, but it deals with the underlying causes of the anger machine that the “progressives” are imposing on our society.
No Safe Spaces is light reading that touches on many aspects that beg further study. Books like; The Silencing; The Right Side of History; Panic Attack; Not a Daycare; The War Against Boys; Brainwashed; Not on My Watch; and so many more, will add research and depth to many of the issues opened here.
The book ends on a positive note when it also adds an element of how to fight back. With insights like Jordan Peterson quote “give your child a set of tools to be successful” and “you (not some politician) are responsible for yourself and your family” the authors present an excellent perspective on life that will enrich all who internalize it.
I put the book down and wish for success for the authors in the movie and their ongoing lecture tour.
This collection of talks is aimed at the university sophomore. It will help to inoculate young people from the poison of the “progressive” movement, and many will want to look deeper into the field. It is not a political book, but it deals with the underlying causes of the anger machine that the “progressives” are imposing on our society.
No Safe Spaces is light reading that touches on many aspects that beg further study. Books like; The Silencing; The Right Side of History; Panic Attack; Not a Daycare; The War Against Boys; Brainwashed; Not on My Watch; and so many more, will add research and depth to many of the issues opened here.
The book ends on a positive note when it also adds an element of how to fight back. With insights like Jordan Peterson quote “give your child a set of tools to be successful” and “you (not some politician) are responsible for yourself and your family” the authors present an excellent perspective on life that will enrich all who internalize it.
I put the book down and wish for success for the authors in the movie and their ongoing lecture tour.
January 18, 2020
Loved it...
This is what America needs. Open dialogue. It’s ok to disagree but it’s not ok to shut down speech that you disagree with. Listen, you might learn something or you might just reinforce your own beliefs. This book should be on every senior in high school’s summer reading list.
This is what America needs. Open dialogue. It’s ok to disagree but it’s not ok to shut down speech that you disagree with. Listen, you might learn something or you might just reinforce your own beliefs. This book should be on every senior in high school’s summer reading list.
August 8, 2020
I'm not much of a movie watcher. ( Who's got time with all these books ?) But, sometimes, I like to watch the movie version of a book I've already read. Some times this goes well ( Stephen King's 'The Shining') and sometimes not so well ( Abraham Lincoln; Vampire Hunter). But, I think this should be a safe one to watch. See what I did there ??
November 15, 2020
I watched the movie first, and was curious to see what topics would be covered in the book. I think Dennis, Adam, and Mark raise excellent concerns regarding how cries of hate speech and safe spaces are muzzling free speech. For a time I lived in a country that does not have free speech. And you don’t fully appreciate free speech until you don’t have it.
December 13, 2019
With Google/Youtube now cleansing(their word) their sites for content they don't care for - this book is timely. Learning is done thru honest debate of different ideas. Hope the movie of the same name reaches many before it's too late.
August 19, 2022
There’s not tons of details here, but it’s more like watching a longer Prager U video. Easy reading and I learned a few things.
March 12, 2020
No Safe Spaces, Dennis Prager and Mark Joseph
I had wanted to see the movie, but it was not widely available, so I bought the book. I am still wondering what happened to the movie. It simply disappeared with no explanation.
The book is a bit disorganized and also repetitive, in a way that a movie might have been able to make more palatable, since the visual would show the actual events described, that were not always fully presented to the public with their full impact, by the media. While it presents all the different ways the use of a safe space has morphed into a safe space for only a chosen few, it doesn’t present much that is new or offer widely applicable solutions. I believe the book is in need of some better editing, and the ending seemed inconclusive. It left me nowhere, basically looking for more input and insight, perhaps a suggestion for improvement.
Overall, the message is one of common sense. There are no safe spaces for alternate opinions since the demand for safe spaces, by definition, forces those ideas outside the safe space. The book recognizes that coddling children prevents them from ever maturing and becoming productive, responsible adults. Not everyone deserves a trophy, but everyone does need to learn both how to win and how to lose, how to compete and how to achieve, how to fail and how to succeed, how to accept and/or tolerate someone else’s beliefs, even when different from one’s own.
Schools of higher learning have stopped encouraging the discussion of ideas that some find distasteful, creating safe spaces only for those who feel threatened or challenged by new ideas. All others are denied the same rights and privileges and often have their rights dismissed and abused. There is little tolerance for the opposing ideas of others if they make one uncomfortable.
I was left wondering if the atmosphere would change and get more open or if the future would be overrun by men and women unable to accept anyone or anything that didn’t agree with them completely, thereby shaming and demonizing all opposition, preventing any possible growth of new ideas and creating an atmosphere of even less tolerant behavior, thus preventing the cultural advancement of civilization.
I had wanted to see the movie, but it was not widely available, so I bought the book. I am still wondering what happened to the movie. It simply disappeared with no explanation.
The book is a bit disorganized and also repetitive, in a way that a movie might have been able to make more palatable, since the visual would show the actual events described, that were not always fully presented to the public with their full impact, by the media. While it presents all the different ways the use of a safe space has morphed into a safe space for only a chosen few, it doesn’t present much that is new or offer widely applicable solutions. I believe the book is in need of some better editing, and the ending seemed inconclusive. It left me nowhere, basically looking for more input and insight, perhaps a suggestion for improvement.
Overall, the message is one of common sense. There are no safe spaces for alternate opinions since the demand for safe spaces, by definition, forces those ideas outside the safe space. The book recognizes that coddling children prevents them from ever maturing and becoming productive, responsible adults. Not everyone deserves a trophy, but everyone does need to learn both how to win and how to lose, how to compete and how to achieve, how to fail and how to succeed, how to accept and/or tolerate someone else’s beliefs, even when different from one’s own.
Schools of higher learning have stopped encouraging the discussion of ideas that some find distasteful, creating safe spaces only for those who feel threatened or challenged by new ideas. All others are denied the same rights and privileges and often have their rights dismissed and abused. There is little tolerance for the opposing ideas of others if they make one uncomfortable.
I was left wondering if the atmosphere would change and get more open or if the future would be overrun by men and women unable to accept anyone or anything that didn’t agree with them completely, thereby shaming and demonizing all opposition, preventing any possible growth of new ideas and creating an atmosphere of even less tolerant behavior, thus preventing the cultural advancement of civilization.
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December 26, 2019Great job exposing the hypocrisy of leftists, though a bit overboard and unforgiving of college professors.
January 2, 2020
Absolutely amazing book! Review to come....
April 18, 2020
Great book. The worst part is that it isn't longer. But then there are so many stories to tell, and so little space
January 13, 2021
Jeannette
Great,thought provoking book! I highly recommend to anyone who would like to expand their perspective on life in these contentious times.
Great,thought provoking book! I highly recommend to anyone who would like to expand their perspective on life in these contentious times.
February 16, 2021
I recommend this to all readers....some of the stories in this book really made me ask more questions about what is happening in today's colleges
May 6, 2021
A fantastic book that documents the most current social issues.
This is an excellent book that details what changes are having in our schools and in society at large.
An excellent read.
This is an excellent book that details what changes are having in our schools and in society at large.
An excellent read.
December 20, 2021
Must read, especially if you are sending your kids to college.
January 29, 2023
I think everyone should read this book and see how they are trying to take away free speech it is very scary I would think twice before sending your kid to college
April 29, 2024
Simple Happiness and a reasonable outlook can solve so many of life’s issues.
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January 14, 2025
This read outlines how this country and the upcoming generation is slowly but deliberately being led off the rails without their explicit knowledge. SOFT I say!
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April 27, 2025Truth!
March 12, 2024
EDIT: Original review written 6-4-22, I added an edit post script at bottom on 1-8-24.
Disclaimer: I am a moderate or a centrist. I think people on the far right or left are nuts and since I am in the middle, that makes me a dick. I read this because I like to read opposing viewpoints. If I read about gun control, I want to hear the pro & the con. And now for the review...
If you need to read this book please do not have children.
This is just confirmation bias porn, comfort food reading.
Most people read more cereal boxes than books. "It's easier to stay away from challenging thoughts. This is why conservatives watch Fox News and Liberals tune in to MSNBC: it's more immediately satisfying to have your precious worldview validated." This is about all my friends too. Talking heads never speak the truth, they spit comfortable lies.
EDIT:
I read another book recently (Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments) that said a "Safe Space" was like and AA meeting where you can express yourself, frustrations, get support etc. If this is correct than I only have to say that the "Left" has done a terrible marketing campaign. I just wanted to add a "Safe Space" that I consider to be a valid one.
Post Script: 3-12-24 I have been trying to do the whole "Both Sides" thing. I can't even find half decent arguments, debates, questions, from the right. Borrow -Ship of Fools- by Tucker Carlson. Flip to the back. Not one source, not one. No Bibliography, no nothing. If you know of a book where the right honestly tries to do something other than rant, please please LMK. I have been missing on many "Right" side arguments. I can't find any like "Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments - Robinson, Nathan J.
I think some of his arguments are easily refuted and some are just dumb but at least he tries, at least he make an argument. Aloha Joe B.
Disclaimer: I am a moderate or a centrist. I think people on the far right or left are nuts and since I am in the middle, that makes me a dick. I read this because I like to read opposing viewpoints. If I read about gun control, I want to hear the pro & the con. And now for the review...
If you need to read this book please do not have children.
This is just confirmation bias porn, comfort food reading.
Most people read more cereal boxes than books. "It's easier to stay away from challenging thoughts. This is why conservatives watch Fox News and Liberals tune in to MSNBC: it's more immediately satisfying to have your precious worldview validated." This is about all my friends too. Talking heads never speak the truth, they spit comfortable lies.
EDIT:
I read another book recently (Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments) that said a "Safe Space" was like and AA meeting where you can express yourself, frustrations, get support etc. If this is correct than I only have to say that the "Left" has done a terrible marketing campaign. I just wanted to add a "Safe Space" that I consider to be a valid one.
Post Script: 3-12-24 I have been trying to do the whole "Both Sides" thing. I can't even find half decent arguments, debates, questions, from the right. Borrow -Ship of Fools- by Tucker Carlson. Flip to the back. Not one source, not one. No Bibliography, no nothing. If you know of a book where the right honestly tries to do something other than rant, please please LMK. I have been missing on many "Right" side arguments. I can't find any like "Responding to the Right: Brief Replies to 25 Conservative Arguments - Robinson, Nathan J.
I think some of his arguments are easily refuted and some are just dumb but at least he tries, at least he make an argument. Aloha Joe B.
January 27, 2020
The book goes into much more detail and offers many more solutions than the movie of the same name.
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