That's not exactly the point, McCarthyism is still as it's defined, regardless of whether it's based on something that some people believe to be a falsehood or not, making an 'enemy of the state' out of political positions that are not your own is NOT the sort of behaviour I'd expect from a country that supposedly supports free speech.

Problem is, it makes the generalisation that all Liberals would support the kind of behaviour from GTA 4 in real life, which is a long way from the case. The whole idea that this book was written by someone who assumes everyone on the other side of the political divide must support Violence and Criminal Behaviour is enough to create an enormous 'don't read' flag for me, if even the intro displays blatant political stereotyping, then God alone knows how bad the content of the thing will be.

You are retarded if you are saying liberal's (which is such a broad term) would do anything to set a criminal free. Stop parroting what the talking heads on Fox News say and think for yourself. Guess what, American's 'conservative' party and 'liberal' party have WAY more in common than you probably think. For the most part they take money from the same people and tell us the same lies. All the people who buy into the red state/blue state BS are just perpetuating a system wherein American's lose more liberties and control over their lives than ever.

What we really need is to take special interest money out of politics and then see who we start electing to office. But the Dems and Reps are afraid of that, since they both get to hold onto the power under the current two party system.

 That's what I was thinking, leftist of the Naomi Klein variety.  I personally wouldn't bother with this book, considering how little most academics know about games.