Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780981576985)

The Eliminationists describes the malignant influence of right-wing hate talk on the American conservative movement. Tracing much of this vitriol to the dank corners of the para-fascist right, award-winning reporter David Neiwert documents persistent ideas and rhetoric that champion the elimination of opposition groups. As a result of this hateful discourse, Neiwert argues, the broader conservative movement has metastasized into something not truly conservative, but decidedly right-wing and potentially dangerous.

By tapping into the eliminationism latent in the American psyche, the mainstream conservative movement has emboldened groups that have inhabited the fringes of the far right for decades. With the Obama victory, their voices may once again raise the specter of deadly domestic terrorism that characterized the far Right in the 1990s. How well Americans face this challenge will depend on how strongly we repudiate the politics of hate and repair the damage it has wrought.

Author: David Neiwert
ISBN-10: 0981576982
ISBN-13: 9780981576985
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2009
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.52w x 0.73d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/23/2009 pg. 42
Library Journal 05/01/2009 pg. 91