{"product_id":"combating-hate-a-framework-for-direct-action-paperback","title":"Combating Hate: A Framework for Direct Action - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBillie Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe United States has a hate problem. In recent years, hate speech has led not only to deep division in our politics but also to violence, murder, and even insurrection. And yet established constitutional jurisprudence holds that all speech is protected as \"content neutral\" and that the proper democratic response to hateful expression is not regulation but \"more speech.\" So how can ordinary citizens stand up to hate groups when the state will not?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCombating Hate\u003c\/i\u003e, Billie Murray proposes an answer to this question. As a participant in anti-racist and anti-fascist protests, including demonstrations against the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and the Westboro Baptist Church, Murray witnessed firsthand the limitations of the \"more speech\" approach as well as the combative tactics of anti-fascist activists. She argues that this latter group, commonly known as antifa, embodies a radically different strategy for combating hate, one that explodes the myth of content neutrality and reveals hate speech to be a tactic of fascist organizing with very real, highly anti-democratic consequences. Drawing on communication theory and this on-the-ground experience, Murray presents a new strategy, which she calls \"allied tactics,\" rooted in the commitment to affirm, support, and even protect those who are the victims of hate speech.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngaging and sophisticated, \u003ci\u003eCombating Hate \u003c\/i\u003econtends that there are concrete ways to fight hate speech from the front lines. Murray's urgent argument that we reconsider how to confront and fight this blight on American life is essential reading for the current era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBillie Murray\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Communication at Villanova University. Her scholarship has appeared in some of the top journals in the field, including \u003ci\u003eArgumentation and Advocacy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCommunication Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWestern Journal of Communication\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.98 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42150405013639,"sku":"9780271092805","price":41.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/dc163db4e8c3148be27b6419c7557f87.webp?v=1733199253","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/combating-hate-a-framework-for-direct-action-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}