SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police Paperback – October 13, 2015

Loved the book - until roughly a year ago, I'd never heard of Vox Day, and only vaguely knew what GamerGate was - this book explains quite a bit about how SJW's operate (Read it, then read the one-star reviews, it's obvious that quite a few of them haven't read the book at all.) If I had Vox Day's reputation, I'd enter every public space playing Rob Zombie's version of "I'm Your Boogieman!" at top volume. This is a MUST READ if you work in a large corporation, by the way, because identifying the people who will lie, cheat, and steal to destroy you for simply existing and not agreeing with everything they say is an important skill to learn.

I'm going to read this again, and recommend it far and wide. It gives me great joy knowing that this is money well spent.

A clear, concise and useful summary of today's SJW (Social Justice Warriors) movement, including their influence on the culture, infiltration of major institutions and, more importantly, the threat they present to regular unsuspecting people in everyday life. Whether you are an up-and-coming author or a corporate cubicle dweller, a scientist with a list of impressive achievements under your belt or a college student--chances are, sooner or later you will encounter these members of the new authoritarian movement who want nothing less than total control over your speech, your behavior, your very thoughts. If this book were nothing else but a guide for how to survive one of the SJW attacks, it would deserve undying gratitude of every free thinking person in the country. It is, however, more than that.

After reciting the "3 laws of SJWs," the book, somewhat oddly, spends time demonstrating them in action through a detailed discussion of the dispute between Day and his perpetual foe John Scalzi (an SJW) over the popularity of Scalzi's website. It is a puzzling choice at first glance; however, it plants the pertinent question in the reader's mind. If Mr. Scalzi is willing to lie and obfuscate about something as trivial and easily verified as website page views, what are the chances he would be truthful on things more substantial? Thus, in proper storytelling fashion, the hook is set, and the reader wants to know more.

Most of the rest of the book is, once again, full of effective storytelling techniques applied to non-fiction. The chapters alternate between disturbing demonstrations of SJW methods and tactics used against people who should have been fairly indestructible (thus bringing the reader close to despair) and showing proven, reliable ways that could be used to actually defeat such attacks (giving the reader hope and the reason to read on). I have not read Vox Day's fiction except for a few short stories, but the very structure of this book makes me curious to check out his longer fiction work. Aside from his… interesting…personality, the man knows how to write.

Substance-wise, the book is packed with information, from full history of GamerGate, to the Hugo Awards situation, to very understandable and valuable explanation of 4th Generation Warfare and how it applies to non-military struggles, to crash course in dialectic vs rhetorical debate techniques. If you have never cracked open a sci-fi book or pressed an ON button of a game system controller, you will still understand the basics of every issue discussed in the book.

There are a few special treats for the readers as well, not the least of which is a Foreword by the always fabulous Milo Yiannopoulos a.ka. Nero, a fearless European journalist whom you should just discover for yourself. Also, if you're reading on Kindle, do yourself a favor and keep moving to the next page even after the software tells you the book is "complete" because there are some Appendices you will likely enjoy (or at least find educational).

Is it a flawless book? Probably not. There are a couple of typos that the detractors will doubtless harp on, and one or two spots where the pacing sags a bit (most notably in the first two chapters). However, I have no problem giving it 5 stars and my ringing endorsement. Nowadays, loosely defined "pro-freedom" movement is overrun by pessimism and dire warnings, and it it inspiring indeed to see, for once, a book that offers a path towards the light, however difficult and uncertain it might be.

Highly recommended.

I've been thinking all night about the terms dialectic and rhetorical discussions. Then I got to wondering if Jesus also used language and argument the same way. I have always believed that God's spokesmen engaged in pure logical arguments. But pure logic never works on some people, and I've figured that out. In the past, I've always considered people to whom I've poured out a essay of logical argument as dishonest. Maybe that wasn't fair to them. But I think that I'm going to attempt some rhetoric in my next discussions with them, and use these as purely experimental. To the so-called Christians, who are prone to tell me online that I should not judge:

Matthew 7:15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

That statement is purely rhetorical. But oh what an emotional jolt! The mental image of a starving wolf, wrapped up to deceive a sheep into getting close enough to slash to death with claw and teeth, before chewing off great hunks of the blood-clotted dead meat of a sheep. I'm looking forward to running with a few of these treats I've just viewed these in a whole new way, spoken by the Greatest Mind on earth, and a few of His dear apostles.

They proclaim that the only objective truth is that there is no such thing as no objective truth. This is because SJWs Always Lie.

They are those of whom Aristotle stated that "not even the possession of the exactest knowledge will make it easy for what we say to produce conviction. For argument based on knowledge implies instruction, and there are people whom one cannot instruct." Their native tongue is rhetoric, and facts and reason find no purchase. This is because SJW's Always Double Down.

All who disagree with their ever-shifting consensus of the Narrative will be harassed, blocked, doxxed, unplatformed, reported, fired, or SWATted. We are likened unto the worst of humanity. I myself have been called a "literal one-man isis of hitlers." This is because SJWs Always Project.

The first time you see an SJW exhibit one or more of these trademark behaviors, you may find yourself astonished. I mean, Day formulated these laws a while ago. You'd think they'd know that the audience will be watching closely. It boggles the rational mind. It is as if they cannot help themselves. This is a weakness that can be exploited in the culture wars, as exemplified recently by #GamerGate and the Sad Puppies and Rapid Puppies campaigns in the Hugo Awards.

No matter who you are or how little you care about SJWs, you must understand that at some point, if you do not kowtow to their madness, you WILL be a target, and they WILL attack you. Based on his own experience of thriving after successfully repelling SJW attacks, Day teaches you 1) exactly how NOT to respond to attacks (cf. Brendan Eich, Sir Tim Hunt, and Dr. James Watson), and then 2) how to survive the SJW attack and even take advantage of it. My child devoured the book and now notices proto-SJW behavior among peers. SJWs Always Lie is powerful inoculation against the weapons of the internal enemies of Western Civilization.