This is a list of authors who have contributed to the three volumes of The Universal Seduction:
Allan, Rayelan (CA)
Angelicus, Marcus
Berran, Todd (USA)
Bartley, James (CA)
Beckley, Tim (NJ)
Bielek, Al (FL)
Bowers, Nadine (AZ)
Bruce, Alexandra ìChicaî (NY)
Casteel, Sean (CA)
Chevalier, Remy (CT)
Colaw, John (KS)
Dr. Coleman, John (NV)
Cooper, William
Corrales, Scott, (PA)
d'Arc, Joan (RI)
DeVeto, Theresa (OK)
DeWalton, Alan (Branton) (UT)
Fahey, Todd Brendan
Finkle, C. Lee (MI)
Gerstrom, Ole (Denmark)
Golgerth, Jan (Australia)
Gosling, Tony (UK)
Grover, Dennis (NV)
Gurney, Ian (UK)
Hanzel, Robert (AZ)
Harkins, Don (Idaho)
Hartwell, Barbara (NY)
Hennessey, Andrew (Scotland)
Howarth, Dean (Australia)
Johnston, Colleen (USA)
Jones, Alex (TX)
Jones, Nicholas (Canada)
Kruse, Neal Owen (CA)
Lebeau, Byron (USA)
Lorgen, Eve (CA)
Dr. Makow, Henry (USA)
Malone, Guy (Roswell, NM)
Martin, Rick (CA)
Mattey, Angela (OR)
McCall, Marguerite (NV)
Miller, Rebecca (MI)
Molloy, Nicky (New Zealand)
Montalk (VA)
Morrow, Helga (AZ)
Morton, Sean David (CA)
Nance, Steve (USA)
Nichols, Sandy (FL)
Orwill, Dean (WA)
OíClery, Tony (Canada)
Patterson, Dana (AZ)
Patton, Ron (WA)
Pollaro, "Cassie" Linda (TX)
Redman, Brian (USA)
Rense, Jeff (CA)
Rivero, Mike (USA)
Ross, William Dean (W. Va.)
Dr. Salla, Michael (Australia)
Schnoebelen, Bill (USA)
Schroeder, Paul (NY)
Simms, Derrell (TX)
Skolnick, Sherman (USA)
Smith, Jerry (NV)
Dr. Snow, Chet (AZ)
Galen Southard (CA)
Steadman, Kent (WA)
Svali (USA)
Swartz Tim (IN)
Swerdlow, Stewart/Janet (MI)
Thomas, Kenn (MO)
Van Toorn, Jan (Holland)
Tros, Gerardus (Canada)
Verismo, Christi (Australia)
Watkins, Leslie (New Zealand)
White, Mack (TX)
The utter contempt with which privileged Eastern liberals such as myself discuss red-state, gun-country, working-class America as ridiculous and morons and rubes is largely responsible for the upswell of rage and contempt and desire to pull down the temple that we're seeing now.
The way we demonize comedians for use of language or terminology is unspeakable. Because that's exactly what comedians should be doing, offending and upsetting people, and being offensive. Comedy is there, like art, to make people uncomfortable, and challenge their views, and hopefully have a spirited yet civil argument. If you're a comedian whose bread and butter seems to be language, situations, and jokes that I find racist and offensive, I won't buy tickets to your show or watch you on TV. I will not support you. If people ask me what I think, I will say you suck, and that I think you are racist and offensive. But I'm not going to try to put you out of work. I'm not going to start a boycott, or a hashtag, looking to get you driven out of the business.
I've spent a lot of time in gun-country, God-fearing America. There are a hell of a lot of nice people out there, who are doing what everyone else in this world is trying to do: the best they can to get by, and take care of themselves and the people they love. When we deny them their basic humanity and legitimacy of their views, however different they may be than ours, when we mock them at every turn, and treat them with contempt, we do no one any good. Nothing nauseates me more than preaching to the converted.
The self-congratulatory tone of the privileged left—just repeating and repeating and repeating the outrages of the opposition—this does not win hearts and minds. It doesn't change anyone's opinions. It only solidifies them, and makes things worse for all of us. We should be breaking bread with each other, and finding common ground whenever possible. I fear that is not at all what we've done.
Insufferably smug. Really the worst of the smug, self-congratulatory left. I have a low opinion of him. I did not have an enjoyable experience on his show. Not a show I plan to do again. He's a classic example of the smirking, contemptuous, privileged guy who lives in a bubble. And he is in no way looking to reach outside, or even look outside, of that bubble, in an empathetic way.