Get it together : troubling tales from the liberal fringe / Jesse Watters.
Publisher: New York, NY : Broadside Books, [2024]Copyright date: © 2024Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 303 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780063252035
- 0063252031
- 320.97301 23/eng/20240116
- JA71 .W38 2024
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Can the political be way too personal? What if most radical activists are trying to change their lives by changing the whole country?
When Jesse Watters set out to interview a few dozen radical activists to find out where their wild ideas came from, he discovered two things that shocked him:
First, he liked these people.
Second, their political positions were not primarily from books, teachers, or other activists. They originated in personal drama. Most of these people didn't need legislation. They needed a therapist.
In Get It Together, the number one New York Times bestselling author and Fox News primetime host takes on Wokeism in a way no one else has. Through a series of (sometimes very) personal interviews with some of the most radical activists in the country, Watters discovers that these activists may be overlooking the most important change they need to make--within themselves.
From activists working for climate change salvation, Black supremacy, and social justice to a professional cuddler and a transwoman who identifies as a wolf, Watters shows how many well-intentioned Americans have bought into causes invented and run by people who are illogical, emotional, and ill-informed.
Through their stories, Watters uncovers common threads--childhood traumas, broken relationships, and a lack of introspection. What if the people obsessed with the end of the world are just hurting from how this one has treated them? What if that, rather than ideological disagreements, is the deeper root of our country's political divide?
Funny, fresh, and fascinating, Get It Together is sure to spark important conversations, and to inspire us to see one another not as political opponents, but as real and broken human beings.
"A series of interviews with people from various backgrounds, showing how people's personal experiences influences their politics"-- Provided by publisher.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (xiii)
- 1 The Open Borders Professor (1)
- 2 The ELM Supporter (10)
- 3 The African Nationalist (23)
- 4 The Anti-Work Inactivist (38)
- 5 The Vegan Instagrammers (54)
- 6 The Drag Queen (68)
- 7 The Radical Feminist Sex Worker (82)
- 8 The Pedophile Explainer (102)
- 9 The Homeless Addict (126)
- 10 The No-Boundaries Parent (137)
- 11 The Toad Smoker (152)
- 12 The Eco-Sexual Influencer (163)
- 13 The Emotional Support Squirrel Caretaker (172)
- 14 The Stalinist (186)
- 15 The Statue-Toppling American Indian (202)
- 16 The Decriminalizing-Drugs Guru (216)
- 17 The Anti-Natalist (229)
- 18 The Traffic-Blocking Climate Extremist (241)
- 19 The Professional Cuddler (253)
- 20 The Vodou Priestess (263)
- 21 The Prison Reformer (276)
- 22 The Transwoman Who Identifies as a Wolf (289)
- Epilogue (297)
- Acknowledgments (305)
