How To Be Right
… in a world gone wrong
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4.4 • 271 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The voice of reason in a world that won’t shut up.
The Sunday Times Bestseller
Winner of the Parliamentary Book Awards
Every day, James O’Brien listens to people blaming hard-working immigrants for stealing their jobs while scrounging benefits, and pointing their fingers at the EU and feminists for destroying Britain. But what makes James’s daily LBC show such essential listening – and has made James a standout social media star – is the incisive way he punctures their assumptions and dismantles their arguments live on air, every single morning.
In the bestselling How To Be Right, James provides a hilarious and invigorating guide to talking to people with unchallenged opinions. With chapters on every lightning-rod issue, James shows how people have been fooled into thinking the way they do, and in each case outlines the key questions to ask to reveal fallacies, inconsistencies and double standards.
If you ever get cornered by ardent Brexiteers, Daily Mail disciples or corporate cronies, this book is your conversation survival guide.
Customer Reviews
Generally All Right
I think any socially liberal person will find much to enjoy and be reassured by in this book. Speaking as a democratic, globalist socialist, I am happy to confirm that only some of the accusations made about middle-class liberals are true. You will also find yourself questioning many of the issues he brings up, and sometimes maybe even disagreeing, as I did. But, overall, I think the book is a reflection of the real James, as basically decent and concerned about the rise of reactionary forces as any decent person can be. Get the book—you'll like it.
You are what you believe
Confirmation Bias. Should this book be more troubling to me or should I look for books that attack my stance with a greater impunity.
Perhaps the reverse is true if you read only books that agree with you then perhaps you should read this.
Give It a Miss
O’Brien writes about contemporary culture war issues from a liberal perspective. While I agree that he is “right”, I also think his views are very bland and shallow. There isn’t anything in here you don’t know if you read the occasional broadsheet. Beyond that, it often feels like he’s just bragging about arguments he won.