Brain Droppings

George Carlin was an American actor, comedian, and writer. A troublemaker and misanthrope—outrageous, cynical, trampling the pillars, and a furious exposer of dogmatism and political correctness. An ill-wisher who left no stone unturned against American democracy in his speeches. A fighter against the System, building through destruction. Winner of five Grammy Awards and the Mark Twain Prize, a four-time Emmy nominee, an atheist who played a cardinal in the film “Dogma”… Any description of this extraordinary man would be incomplete—meaning no one could tell you about him better than he himself.

In his book, Carlin delivers a slap to hypocritical society and to those in power with his incomparable black humor. He laughs at the forbidden, doubts the unshakable. His merciless gaze leaves nothing untouched—religious dogmas, gender stereotypes, political-correctness “new speak,” the mass media, politics, the institution of the family… Got it all. And yet, behind all of this lies the author’s true humaneness, which clearly contradicts the System’s fake “humanism.”

Read, laugh through tears, and be outraged through laughter. And remember George Carlin’s words: the main thing is not to learn to read—more important is to learn to doubt what you’ve read.