... adverse effects on the reader as well, though they are much different. The Taliban, 1950's Mississippi and Jesse Helms are all examples in the text characterized by "brutal, state-sanctioned violence and terror," "rigidly imposed codes." These examples are found in an over abundance in a pile of negative words such as, "chillingly," "sinful," and "transgressors," seemingly forcing more of an adverse ... connection in the reader to authoritarian morality. However, Glasser's interpretation is so extreme and melodramatic the reader is forced to question Glasser's validity on the subject. T...

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