{"product_id":"rules-for-retrogrades-forty-tactics-to-defeat-the-radical-left-hardcover","title":"Rules for Retrogrades: Forty Tactics to Defeat the Radical Left - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy J. Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid R. Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is a retrograde? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A retrograde calculates, night and day, how to return the world to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e the Old Order of moral and sexual decency, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eclassical masculinity, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003enational sovereignty and national borders, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efaith and hope and charity, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egoodness and beauty and truth, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChristian civic liberty, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand most importantly, the social kingship of Christ. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the words of Shakespeare, a retrograde is one of God's spies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The retrograde has the unique capacity for understanding the stark chasm between the degenerate, socialist-infiltrated world of decay on one side and the well-meaning, good-hearted, but clueless Christian world on the other. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In a time of such profound decay, being one of God's spies is a last resort and a pure necessity: it involves not \"deep cover,\"--i.e., acting like the enemy--but rather \"half cover\" acting as a \"contra\" in the secular arena, a crypto-Christian counterinsurgent willing to fight like a Navy Seal and to think like a counterintel officer. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Retrogrades . . . to the streets: our aim is to reverse the deliberate, deuced machinations of \"radicals\" like Saul Alinsky who, by penning the rulebook of radicalism, threw down a challenge that has, until now, gone unanswered. Rules for Retrogrades is the handbook men of good will need to win the culture war  Here is a sampling from the call to action found within these pages: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo truth is \"off-limits\"; we must never be ashamed to be candid.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt is a damnable lie that humility disallows Christians from standing up (for what they believe) in the cultural and political forum \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eControl of language is control of thought; don't let radicals control the language.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNever trust a man who is unwilling to have enemies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRadicals form coalitions but retrogrades form fellowships.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe root of cultural decay is feminism: end feminism to end radicalism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimothy J. Gordon studied philosophy in Pontifical graduate universities in Europe, taught it at Southern Californian community colleges, and then went on to law school. He holds degrees in literature, history, philosophy, and law. Currently, he resides in central California with his wife and five children, where he writes and teaches philosophy and theology. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCatholic Republic: Why America Will Perish without Rome \u003c\/i\u003e(Sophia Institute Press, 2019).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e David Gordon is an attorney, former judicial law clerk, graduate of Franciscan University's M.A. Theology program, husband, and father of five. He has long endeavored, through work in Catholic apologetics and parish ministry, to restore the health of the Church and to bring about a revival of Christendom in the secularized West. Mr. Gordon currently resides with his family in California's Great Central Valley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.8 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769212305696,"sku":"9781505115932","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a2437ec582a3c415fe9419ccbd37d8ba.webp?v=1780343771","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rules-for-retrogrades-forty-tactics-to-defeat-the-radical-left-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}