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is really shrewd, and this diagnosis of the cool that ails us is painfully accurate, He has no foundation for his insights, however, which is why they wobble the way they do, Will probably write more about this at Mablog, This book makes the rather circular argument that the coolest thing a person can be is uncool, Such a statement might not hold up to strict logical scrutiny, but I take the author's point,
Much of NOT COOL is like that, Gutfeld makes a lot of great insights, but in a very nonacademic sort of way, In fact, a proper definition of "cool" is elusive in and of itself, Readers can either nitpick at the weaknesses in the Not Cool's premise, or they can say, "I see what the author's getting at, even if it's not easy to pin down.
" I, for one, chose to go the latter route,
Maybe that's because I'm used to people reacting to my opinions like they just swallowed a bug, What's more, I've come to hate the whole concept of cool, and I see the damage it's doing to the culture as a whole,
As critics will point out, this book is filled with sweeping generalizations and lots of cheap shots at celebrities, Fair enough. I certainly wouldn't agree with Gutfeld's comments that Susan Sarandon is a poor actress, that PROMISED LAND is a terrible movie, and that Adam Levine has no talent.
Heck, I don't think Greg Gutfeld really believes any of that stuff either, Like Jon Stewart, Gutfeld is first and foremost a comedian though not officially, And, like any good comedian, he's willing to exaggerate whenever there's a good joke involved, And there are plenty of good jokes in NOT COOL, I didn't find it quite as funny as THE JOY OF HATE, but maybe that's just because, after watching a hundred or so episodes of RED EYE, I've become overly accustomed to Gutfeld's sense of humor.
Like a lot of political books, Gutfeld occasionally hits

upon a small nugget of truth, only to bury that nugget within a lot of overlyemotional rhetoric that obscures that truth more than illuminates it.
I can sympathize with him to a point about herd mentality, the need to fit in and so on and his abrasive sense of humor appeals to me more than I'd like it to but his attacks are so focused on the left that the book quickly loses credibility.
Gutfeld knows damn well that EVERYBODY sucks, so why not expose that instead of another tired left vs, right debate Not a difficult read in any way unless you are an ideologue, I'm not in love with his snarky wit, but he does hit the nail on the head in a great number of these chapters, Not just with cultural issues, but with economic issues, Bullying techniques by politico power mongers work at this juncture, And the media and arts various forms all of our culture, especially, have consistently backed the criminal cool and the noncontributing far over the average Joe Schmoo who goes to work every day.
The guy who keeps his head down and has always been more continually the fixer of the problems instead of the creator of worse ones, Media definition of empathy "we" know better and feel more hubris and who they target for ridicule and sarcasm being clearly visible for decades now,

Listening to the news today or watching it, it is like hearing the crowd who cheered the nude Emperor saying how splendid the garments, The USA is declining in any ofdifferent categories, especially average personal income being pivotal, Space study and progress just one other area of horrid reversal, This author addresses most of those categories,

I especially liked his sections on guns and his examples of liberal logic re media characters like Michael Moore, Actuary stats tell a very different story than Michael Moore's V, Chavez tweet, for instance. His Chicago info is accurate too, Actually he was kinder than he needed to be on that one, It's even worse now. I detest hipsters, pretentious jerks, and the creeps of the world just as much as anyone else, However, I couldn't get past the rather awful writing in this book, I got to page, and I just had to give up, There were so many childish quips, unintelligible rants, and unnecessary parenthetical in nearly ever paragraph, I'm chalking this one up as "couldn't be arsed to finish" despite the fact that there may have been some decent thoughts within the commentary on American society.
I read Gutfelds The Joy of Hate and enjoyed it, but Greg has hit it out of the park with Not Cool, He exposes the liberal/progressive agenda in America today where everything they stand for is cool and anyone who dares to disagree with them is not only uncool, but a horrible, bad person some kind of 'ist' or 'phobe'.
Never mind that todays liberal/progressive agenda is doing irreparable damage to our culture and country, Gregs book exposes the phony cool for what they really are, . . vacuous and dangerous. "The Fool"
by Felix Dennis

My friend would ask me, curious,
When we were lads in school,
'You know it makes 'em furious,
Why play the bloody fool'

My mother she would scold me
Or lecture me in tears
How many times she told me
To emulate my peers.


When I was one and twenty,
My editor would say:
'You've talent here aplenty,
Why play the fool all day'

And even my true lover
In gentleness will ask,
'I love you like no other,
Think you I love the mask'

Their faces set like thunder,
The men with gravitas,
The men whose gold I plunder
Each time I play the ass

Too late they learn their danger
In breach of fortune's rule,
That Lady Luck's a stranger
To pride, but loves a fool.
The premise of this book is based on Greg Gutfeld's forever question: "Why are good things seen as bad, and why are bad things seen as good" He takes various segments/foundations of our culture and writes about their unfortunate unraveling by elitists media, politicians on both sides, and celebrities.
What once was respected and considered cool e, g. , the military, stable twoparent homes, being proud of your accomplishments rather than your identity, not relying on government as your parent to provide you with everything, among other things are now mocked, as well as their importance to a functional and safe society downplayed.
The only true answer Gutfeld gives is a libertarian one: let people live their lives without interference from others, except if they're hurting someone with their actions.
Hopefully the rising interest in libertarianism will take hold sooner rather than later,

If you enjoy watching Greg on Red Eye, these chapters are essentially extended funny monologues, I enjoy his brand of humor, which is totally needed if you're heavily immersed in politics, .