Growing up in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, author Tim Schilke
knew that his concerns about some generally accepted suburban
truths were often left unanswered. He later learned that a
carefully crafted Red-suburban version of reality isolated him from
nearly everything real.
"Red truth" was a strange morph of God, Patriotism, and
Republicans. When this uniquely Red-suburban mentality played a
role in winning President George W. Bush a second term in late
2004, Schilke began an investigation into the driving factors
behind his Red upbringing, which still persist and thrive today in
suburban and rural America.
From carefully-guarded moral relativism, to the Army's
questionable recruiting techniques; from Major League Baseball's
tainted home run records, to the myth of the Ownership Society;
Schilke maps these current events back into the perspective of his
Red upbringing.
Why does Red-suburban middle-America consistently vote against
its own interests in election after election? "Growing Up Red"
attempts to show that, in Red America, it is simply the patriotic
thing to do. In Red America, raw Faith trumps Knowledge.
Carefully-tweaked irrational fear drives never-ending consumption.
A Republican President marches arm-in-arm with God down Main Street
every Fourth of July.
What happens when actual reality starts to bleed through the
carefully-protected fences of suburbia? Find out in "Growing Up
Red."
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