The New Thought Police

Author Tammy Bruce talked about her book, The New Thought Police: Inside the Left’s Assault on Free Speech and Free Minds, published by Prima Publishing. The book discussed the Left’s impact on cultural issues in the United States. Ms. Bruce argued that the Left had created an environment in which legislation was used to control how people think and McCarthyite tactics were used to destroy those who expressed politically incorrect ideas. She discussed the cases of radio host Dr. Laura Schlesinger, Politically Incorrect host Bill Mahr, and murder victims Matthew Shepard and Daphne Sulk. Ms. Bruce also talked about her own experience working within the liberal organizations that she now criticizes. Ms. Bruce answered questions following her remarks. close