Logic and Mr. Limbaugh: A Dittohead's Guide to Fallacious Reading

Logic and Mr. Limbaugh: A Dittohead's Guide To Fallacious Reading Notice all the bad reviews posted here of this book mimic the baseless mudslinging style of Limbaugh himself (calling the author a "marxist," etc. with no reference to the fallacies pointed out in the book). My criticism of this book is it's a little wordy and not as direct as it could be, although it's a good thing Perkins is constantly bending over backwards to give Limbaugh the benefit of any doubts. The book would be an excellent introduction to logic and fallacies to a beginning student, and no one can provide a richer source of fallacies from which to draw from better than Rush Limbaugh. I actually like to play 'Name that Fallacy" when listening to Limbaugh, because they come fast and furious. Of course nowadays he has plenty of competition from Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, etc., all enjoying the lucrative biz of manipulative fallacy. It's actually very sad these people have built such lucrative careers employing fallacy--it's sad one can be so successful in base manipulation in this day and age, and in this once-great nation. Limbaugh has contributed greatly to denigrating and crippling our language by subverting objectivity for spin, and spawning and encouraging so many, even in politics and in the current administration, to practice the same. Notice how Limbaugh--according to himself--has never been wrong or mistaken? Exactly. Anything and everything can be spun to the gullible. A very sad development for this world.

Limbaugh is not a nice man - witness his recent attack on Michael J. Fox. Nor is he an honest man. This excellent book exposes Limbaugh's lies, fallacies and arrogance. Limbaugh's views are faith-based, not sustained by the evidence available. His opinions are strongly held, but that is no proof of their validity. He wraps himself in the mantle of patriotism, but his America is not the America of Washington and Lincoln; it is rather that of the Klan and the Know-Nothings.

This is one of those rare books which is fun and educating at the same time.

This book should be required reading for all students at some point in their education. Perkins, a Professor of Logic, provided an excellent and concise explanation of logical thinking by using examples of illogical statements drawn from several books by Rush Limbaugh. Honest, logical, clear thinking is the only sure antidote I can think of to the distorted, hateful, polarizing rantings of people like Limbaugh. Congratulations, Dr. Perkins!

A great itroduction to logic, and a great debunking of Rush.