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Jonah Goldberg is an American author and political commentator recognized for his conservative views. Born on March 21, 1969, Goldberg has authored several books on politics and culture, including 'Liberal Fascism' and 'The Tyranny of Clichés'. He has contributed to various publications and has been a frequent guest on television and radio programs.

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“As we all know, the most effective lies are the ones sprinkled with the most actual truths.”

Book:Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

Source: Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

“If you’re too stupid to understand that a philosophy that favors a federally structured republic, with numerous restraints on the scope and power of government to interfere with individual rights or the free market, is a lot different from an ethnic-nationalist, atheistic, and socialist program of genocide and international aggression, you should use this rule of thumb: If someone isn’t advocating the murder of millions of people in gas chambers and a global Reich for the White Man you shouldn’t assume he’s a Nazi and you should know it’s pretty damn evil to call him one.”

“I'd like to know why sociologists can't decide whether movie sex and violence has any effect on children, but there's a universal consensus that even a glimpse of a Camel will force children to become lifelong smokers.”

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“Yes, I know liberals are more empirical because Jonathan Chait says they are, but my empirical studies of liberal empiricism keep spitting out contradictory findings.”

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“Historians write favorably, you know, for example, about Stalin because he was doing big things.”

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“You know those Navy SEALs, they weren't Democrats and Republicans. They were just doing what was best for America. Wouldn't that be a great country if all of you Americans were just like that? You followed orders, you marched in step and you followed my agenda.”

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“If you spend any time in Washington you'll find nerds. What happens is most of them sublimate their fixations with comics, or baseball cards, or 1960s British comedies to policy minutiae and political arcana. But, like Christians in ancient Rome, you can still spot them if you know the signals.”

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“When I see hipsters wearing Mao hats or Lenin T-shirts, I'm grateful. It's like truth-in-labeling. For now I know you are: Woefully ignorant, morally stunted, purposively asinine, or all three.”

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Born: March 21, 1969
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Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of MeaningRelated source material

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