Dennis E. Baron
Autore di What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She
Sull'Autore
Dennis Baron, professor emeritus of English and linguistics at the University of Illinois, has long been a national commentator on language issues, from the Washington Post to NPR and CNN. A recent Guggenheim Fellow, he lives in Champaign, Illinois.
Opere di Dennis E. Baron
Opere correlate
Language Loyalties: A Source Book on the Official English Controversy (1992) — Collaboratore — 24 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- male
- Attività lavorative
- professor (English and linguistics)
- Organizzazioni
- University of Illinois
National Council of Teachers of English (Commission on the English Language)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 12
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 352
- Popolarità
- #67,994
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 22
This is a clear-eyed look and most readers will appreciate the contemporary concerns that largely served as a catalyst for the book. Some, apparently like the Kirkus Reviews reviewer who apparently has reading comprehension issues, feel that inciting a riot and causing people to storm the Capital is on a par with an entertainer commenting about wanting to blow up the White House. That was not a threat and Baron addressed just that type of comment when he addressed Watts v United States that such a comment that does not look to incite violence is not a threat. That case involved someone saying if he was forced to carry a rifle the first person he wanted in his sights was LBJ. I guess the KR reviewer skipped that part of the book or just thinks the threats made by the President to hyped up followers is on a par with an old entertainer expressing disdain for a worthless President. Fortunately, the courts disagree, and anyone else reading this book without blinders will be able to follow the argument. For people like that weak reader, well, I guess KR is scraping the bottom of the putrid barrel.
I would highly recommend this for readers with active reading skills and an open mind. For others, well, drink more Kool-Aid and go to Jamestown.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (altro)