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How the Right Lost Its Mind

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by Charles J. Sykes


  12. truthfeed.com/breaking-rep-bill-flores-has-crafted-a-plan-to-block-trumps-immigration-reform/40170.

  13. Robert Tracinski, “Everything Awful About Donald Trump’s Campaign in One Tweet,” Federalist, April 8, 2016, thefederalist.com/2016/04/08/everything-awful-about-donald-trumps-campaign-in-one-tweet/.

  14. Lloyd Grove, “How Breitbart Unleashes Hate Mobs to Threaten, Dox, and Troll Trump Critics: Seventeen Million Readers Revel in the Website’s Angry Pro-Trump Populism and Anti-Immigration, Anti-Muslim Message. Is It Stoking Up Dangerous Hatred?,” Daily Beast, February 29, 2016, www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/01/how-breitbart-unleashes-hate-mobs-to-threaten-dox-and-troll-trump-critics.html.

  15. Tim Mak and Brandy Zadrozny, “Ex-Wife: Donald Trump Made Me Feel ‘Violated’ During Sex. Ivana Trump Once Accused the Real-Estate Tycoon of ‘Rape,’ Although She Later Clarified: Not in the ‘Criminal Sense,’” Daily Beast, July 27, 2015, www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/27/ex-wife-donald-trump-made-feel-violated-during-sex.html.

  16. “Conservative Radio Host: You Embrace Trump, You Embrace Every Slur, Every Insult, Every Outrage, Every Falsehood,” Media Matters for America, May 9, 2016, mediamatters.org/video/2016/05/09/conservative-radio-host-you-embrace-trump-you-embrace-every-slur-every-insult-every-outrage-every/210319.

  17. Ibid.

  18. Erick Erickson, “A Year after Launch: Writers Welcome,” Resurgent, January 9, 2017.

  19. Ben Schreckinger, “Anti-Trump Operatives Targeted in Online ‘Catfishing’ Scheme,” Politico, August 23, 2016, www.politico.com/story/2016/08/anti-trump-operatives-targeted-in-online-catfishing-scheme-227288.

  20. Hanna Trudo, “Mark Levin: I Won’t Back Trump in the General,” Politico, April 8, 2016, www.politico.com/story/2016/04/mark-levin-i-wont-back-trump-in-the-general-221754.

  21. Andrew Anglin, “Roger Stone: Jew Levin, Others Paid by GOP to Attack Glorious Leader,” Daily Stormer, April 9, 2016.

  22. Hanna Trudo, “Mark Levin: I Won’t Back Trump.” See also Charlie Sykes, “Welcome to #NeverTrump, Mr. Levin: Mark Levin Is Late to the Party.” April 10, 2016, www.rightwisconsin.com/opinion/perspectives/welcome-to-nevertrump-mr-levin.

  17. THE CONTRARIAN CONSERVATIVE

  1. Peter Wehner, “One Way Not to Be Like Trump,” New York Times, December 17, 2016.

  2. Ibid.

  3. Barry Goldwater, The Conscience of a Conservative, 11.

  4. Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1969), 258 ff.

  5. Conor Friedersdorf, “How Conservatives Can Save America,” Atlantic, February 2, 2017.

  6. Ibid.

  7. Ibid.

  8. Karen Stenner, The Authoritarian Dynamic.

  INDEX

  The index that appeared in the print version of this title does not match the pages in your e-book. Please use the search function on your e-reading device to search for terms of interest. For your reference, the terms that appear in the print index are listed below.

  Acheson, Dean

  ACU. See American Conservative Union

  “ad hominem” argument

  Adios America (Coulter)

  administrative state, rollback of

  Ailes, Roger. See also Fox News

  Trump and

  Akin, Todd

  Allahpundit

  Allen, Mike

  Alt Reality

  news media

  Alt Right

  Breitbart News and

  Clinton, H., on

  conservative movement on

  empowering

  Limbaugh and

  mainstream conservatives and

  news media

  racism and

  rationalizing

  the Right and

  rise of

  Trump and

  2016 election and

  “alternative facts”

  American Conservative Union (ACU)

  American Enterprise Institute

  American exceptionalism

  American Mercury

  Angle, Sharron

  Anglin, Andrew

  anti-anti-Trumpism

  anti-authoritarianism

  anti-communism

  Anti-Defamation League

  on anti-Semitism

  anti-intellectualism

  “postliterate politics”

  anti-liberalism

  anti-Muslim sentiment

  anti-populism

  anti-religious bias

  anti-Semitism

  journalists as targets of

  on Twitter

  Anton, Michael

  Atlas Shrugged (Rand)

  Aurora movie theater shooting

  The Authoritarian Dynamic (Stenner)

  authoritarianism

  anti-

  conservatism and

  nationalism and

  Avlon, John

  Bachmann, Michele

  Backer, Dan

  Bade, Rachael

  Bannon, Steve

  Trump and

  Barbaro, Michael

  Beale, Theodore Robert

  Beck, Glenn

  Fox New and

  Belling, Mark

  Bennett, William

  bias

  anti-religious

  confirmation

  media

  The Big Sort (Bishop)

  bigotry

  conservative

  binary

  Christian Right and

  modesty versus

  Birchers. See John Birch Society

  birtherism

  racism and

  Republicans on

  Bishop, Bill

  Book of Virtues (Bennett)

  Bozell, L. Brent

  Bradley Foundation

  Breitbart News

  Alt Right and

  Congressional bullying by

  on “cuckservative”

  culture of intimidation and

  on Fox News

  on Ryan

  Brexit

  Buchanan, Patrick

  Buckley, William F., Jr.

  on Bush

  on civil rights

  on conservatism

  on John Birch Society

  on liberals

  mayoral campaign

  on “modern Republicanism”

  National Review and

  on “radical conservatives”

  The Unmaking of a Mayor

  bullying

  of Congress, U. S.

  of Trump critics

  Burke, Edmund

  Bush, George H. W.

  Limbaugh and

  Bush, George W.

  conservatism and

  evangelical Christians and

  Will on

  BuzzFeed

  Byers, Dylan

  Cain, Herman

  Calhoun, John C.

  Cappella, Joseph N.

  Echo Chamber: Rush Limbaugh and the Conservative Media Establishment

  Carson, Ben

  Carter, Jimmy

  Cernovich, Michael

  character, value of

  “chatbots”

  Christian Right

  binary choice and

  Clinton, H., and

  leaders of

  Trump and

  2016 election and

  values of

  Christianity

  conservatism and

  evangelical Christians

  Christianity Today

  Christie, Chris

  Citizens United

  civil rights

  Republican opposition to

  Civil Rights Bill

  Claremont Institute

  Clinton, Bill

  scandals

  Clinton, Hillary. See also 2016 presidential election

  on Alt Right

  Christian Right and

  conspiracy theories about

  email controversy

  Jones, A., on

  the Right on

  Cohen, Michael


  Colbert, Stephen

  Columbia Journalism Review

  confirmation bias

  Congress, U. S.

  bullying of

  political divisions in

  Republican members of

  The Conscience of a Conservative (Goldwater)

  conservatism

  anti-intellectualism and

  authoritarianism and

  bigotry and

  Buckley on

  Bush, G. W., and

  Christianity and

  crackpotism and

  definitions of

  elitism and

  foreign policy and

  free-market

  intellectual infrastructure

  interpretations of

  liberalism and

  Limbaugh and

  new

  New Right and

  Nixon and

  populism and

  racism and

  Reaganism and

  Republican party and

  Trump and

  Conservatism in America (Rossiter)

  conservative activists

  conservative media

  anti-intellectualism and

  conservative movement and

  facts and

  Fairness Doctrine and

  Fox News and

  history of

  outlets

  Regan and

  talk radio

  Trump and

  conservative movement

  on Alt Right

  establishment/elite

  history of

  inside perspective on

  media and

  message of

  1970s

  1980s

  1990s

  outsiders

  Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)

  conservative rhetoric

  critiques of

  about Obama

  racist

  sexist

  Tea Party and

  conservative values

  betrayal of

  platforms for

  Reagan and

  the Right and

  conservatives

  advice for

  contrarian

  in exile

  independent

  mainstream

  outrage

  “radical conservatives”

  stereotypes

  Trump and

  2016 election and

  conspiracy theories

  birtherism

  on Clinton, H.

  Jones, A., and

  on Obama

  on Sandy Hook shooting

  on September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

  Trump and

  Constitution, U. S.

  Continetti, Matthew

  contraception, insurance coverage of

  contrarian conservatives

  Conway, Kellyanne

  Cooke, Charles C. W.

  corporate cronyism

  Coulter, Ann

  Trump and

  CPAC. See Conservative Political Action Conference

  crackpotism

  Birchers

  “cromnibus”

  Cruz, Ted

  Obamacare filibuster

  “cuckservative”

  phenomenon of

  racism and

  cult of personality

  cultural relativism

  culture of intimidation

  Breitbart and

  Trump critics and

  demagogic dictator

  DeMint, Jim

  Democrats

  voting base

  Dionne, E. J.

  Why the Right Went Wrong

  Dobson, James

  Dominick, Peter

  Douglass, Frederick

  Douthat, Ross

  Drudge, Matt

  Drudge Report

  Jones, A., and

  Dunning, David

  Dunning-Kruger Effect

  echo chamber

  conservative media

  news media

  social media

  Echo Chamber: Rush Limbaugh and the Conservative Media Establishment (Cappella, Jamieson)

  The Economist

  education

  No Child Left Behind

  reform

  spending cuts

  Edwards, Lee

  Eisenhower, Dwight D.

  elitism

  conservatism and

  conservative movement

  Erickson, Erick

  eugenics

  evangelical Christians

  Facebook

  fake news on

  fact checking

  facts

  alternative

  arguing

  conservative media and

  Fairness Doctrine

  fake news

  “pizzagate” story

  social media and

  Trump and

  2016 election and

  Falwell, Jerry, Sr.

  Farah, Joseph

  Favreau, Jon

  FBI

  “The Flight 93 Election” (Anton)

  Flores, Bill

  Fluke, Sandra

  Flynn, Michael

  Ford, Gerald

  foreign policy

  conservative

  nonconservative

  Fox News

  Breitbart News on

  influence of

  sexual harassment and

  Tea Party and

  Trump and

  2016 election and

  Francis, Sam

  freedom

  Freeman, Neal

  free-market conservatism

  French, David

  Friedersdorf, Conor

  Friedman, Milton

  Frum, David

  fusionism

  Gateway Pundit

  gay marriage

  Gerson, Michael

  Gilovich, Tom

  Gingrich, Newt

  Contract with America

  Giuliani, Rudy

  Goldberg, Jeffrey

  Goldberg, Jonah

  Goldwater, Barry

  candidacy

  The Conscience of a Conservative

  government shutdown controversy

  Graham, Franklin

  Greenblatt, Jonathan

  Grove, Lloyd

  gun legislation

  Haidt, Jonathan

  Hannity, Sean

  Trump and

  Hanson, Victor Davis

  Hayek, Friedrich

  healthcare

  contraception, insurance coverage of

  Medicare

  Obamacare

  Hemmer, Nicole

  Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics

  The Heritage Foundation

  Heritage Action

  Mandate for Leadership

  Reagan and

  Hoffer, Eric

  Hofstadter, Richard

  Hoft, Jim

  Holt, Mytheos

  Horner, Paul

  Hotair.com

  Howe, Ben

  Howe, Caleb

  Huckabee, Mike

  Hughes, Scottie Nell

  Hurricane Katrina

  Identitarian movement

  identity politics

  immigration

  Alt Right and

  bans

  Simpson-Mazzoli Act, 1986

  In Defense of Freedom (Meyer)

  Infowars.com. See also Jones, Alex

  Ingraham, Laura

  “intellectual ghettoes”

  intimidation

  Breitbart and culture of

  culture of

  of Trump critics

  Ioffe, Julia

  Iraq War

  IRS, Tea Party targeted by

  isolationism

  Jacobus, Cheri

  Jamieson, Kathleen

  Echo Chamber: Rush Limbaugh and the Conservative Media Establishment

  John Birch Society

  crackpotism andr />
  Johnson, Eliana

  Johnson, Lyndon

  Johnson, Ron

  Jones, Alex

  Drudge Report and

  Trump and

  Jones, Leslie

  Jossey, Paul H.

  K Street lobbyists

  Kahneman, Daniel

  Kelly, Megyn

  Trump and

  Kemp, Jack

  Kennedy, John F.

  Khan, Khzir

  Kilpatrick, James Jackson

  Kimball, Roger

  Kinder, Don

  King, Stephen

  Kirk, Russell

  Knowles, Michael

  Kohn, Sally

  Krauthammer, Charles

  Kristol, Bill

  Lahren, Tomi

  Larson, Arthur

  Lawrence, David

  Le Pen, Marine

  Ledru-Rollin, Alexandre

  the Left

  conservatives reacting to

  crying wolf

  on Trump

  Levin, Mark

  attacks on anti-Trump Republicans

  Lewandowski, Corey

  Lewis, Matt

  Too Dumb to Fail

  liberal media

  liberal rhetoric

  liberalism

  anti-

  conservatism and

  1960s

  “recovering liberal” and

  liberals

  Buckley on

  on Bush, G. W.

  libertarianism

  Limbaugh, Rush

  Alt Right and

  boycott of

  Bush, G. H. W., and

  conservatism and

  Echo Chamber: Rush Limbaugh and the Conservative Media Establishment

  Fluke controversy

  influence of

  on mainstream media

  on Obama

  Trump and

  on 2016 election

  Lincoln, Abraham

  Lindsay, John

  Loeb, William

  “low information voters”

  Lowry, Rich

  MacDonald, Kevin

  mainstream media

  conservative distrust of

  fake news and

  Limbaugh on

  voter ignorance and

  Mair, Liz

  Mandate for Leadership (The Heritage Foundation)

  Mandel, Bethany

  McCain, John

  McCarthy, Eugene

  media bias

  Medicare

  Medved, Michael

  Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics (Hemmer)

  Meyer, Frank

  Mill, John Stuart

  Miłosz, Czesław

  misogyny

  Fluke controversy

  sexist language

  sexual harassment

  moderation

  “modern Republicanism”

  modesty, binary versus

  Mook, Robby

  Moore, Russell

  Moral Majority

  moral relativism

  morals

  liberal

  Mourdock, Richard

  Moynihan, Daniel Patrick

 

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