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The Silencing

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by Kirsten Powers


  Attkisson, Sharyl, 42–44, 127, 144–45

  Australian, 167

  authoritarianism, 4, 6, 8, 13–14, 25, 40, 53, 87, 161, 165, 190

  Axelrod, David, 110–11, 127

  B

  “Baby Palins,” 32, 159

  Bachmann, Michele, 31, 155, 158, 160, 165

  Bacile, Sam, 79

  Baker, Houston, 191

  Baker, Jim, 132

  Baker, Mitchell, 11

  Baldwin, Alec, 29

  Baldwin, Tammy, 146, 154, 184

  Ball, Krystal, 61

  Baltimore Sun, 27, 129–30, 170

  Barber, William, 29

  Barnard College, 191

  Barrow, John, 34

  Bartholet, Elizabeth, 194

  Bass, Barbara Lee, 175

  Batiste, Stephanie, 73

  Becker, John, 59

  Becket Fund, 151

  Bell, Alice, 172

  Bellantoni, Christina, 113

  Benghazi, September 11 attack on, 42, 44, 114, 130, 145

  Bennett, Bill, 36

  Bennett, Siobhan, 31

  Bennett College, 192

  Beredjick, Camille, 54

  Berry, Mary Frances, 8

  Bethany Christian Services, 60, 134

  Beverly LaHaye Institute, 152

  Beyerstein, Lindsay, 54

  bigotry, 5, 49, 52, 59, 61, 64–65, 143, 152

  Birgeneau, Robert J., 93

  Blacquiere, William J., 60

  Blecher, Marc, 85

  Blitzer, Wolf, 130

  blondes, discrimination against conservative blondes, 121–22

  Bloomberg, 133

  Bloomberg, Michael, 92–93, 96

  Blumenthal, Richard, 146, 184

  Bob Jones University, 103

  Boehlert, Eric, 46

  Boies, David, 22–23

  Boiling Mad, 37

  Bolton, John, 137

  Borelli, Deneen, 27

  Boston College, 90

  Bowdoin College, 100

  Boyer, Peter, 44–46

  Brand, Russell, 158

  Brandeis, Louis D., 14

  Brandeis University, 80, 95, 105

  Brawley, Tawana, 192

  Brazile, Donna, 12

  Breast Cancer Prevention Institute, 152

  Brennan, William, Jr., 15

  Brewer, Jan, 57

  Breyer, Stephen G., 151

  Brock, David, 7, 112, 123

  Brockes, Emma, 63–64

  Brodsky, Alexandra, 181, 184, 186

  Brookings Institution, 129

  Brooks, David, 133, 190

  Broward Community College, 91

  Brown, Campbell, 21–24, 33, 42–44

  Brown, Jerry, 196

  Brownback, Sam, 163

  Brown University, 96, 99

  Buckley, William F., Jr., 128

  Burch, Rebecca L., 175

  Bureau of Justice Statistics, 176

  Burleigh, Nina, 32, 157, 159–60

  Burton, Dan, 34

  Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 149

  Bush, George H. W., xiii, 22, 26, 43, 65, 96, 123, 131–32, 155

  Bush, George W., 132

  Bush v. Gore, 22

  C

  California State University (CSU), a.k.a. Cal State, 97–100

  Cameron, Carl, 119

  Campus Sexual Assault Study, 183

  capitalism, 7, 63

  Capital New York, 120

  Caplan-Bricker, Nora, 166

  Carlin, George, 77

  Carlson, Gretchen, 122

  Carmon, Irin, 120

  Carney, Jay, 133

  Carroll, Kathleen, 47

  Carter, Jimmy, xi–xii, 33

  Carusone, Angelo, 128

  Casey, Robert, 146, 184

  Catholic Charities, 59

  Catholicism, Catholics, xii, 54, 56, 59, 61, 64–65, 101, 150, 163

  Catholics for Obama, 59

  Cathy, Dan, 49, 51

  Cavalier Daily, 188

  CBS, 42–44, 110–13, 118–19, 122, 127, 129, 133, 144–45

  CBS Evening News, 111, 113

  censorship, censoring, 2–3, 6, 77–80, 136, 165, 168, 171, 201

  Center for American Progress, 54, 177

  Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, 171

  Chait, Jonathan, 122–22, 165–67

  “Challenging the Ideological Echo Chamber,” 1

  Change.org, 62, 87, 91

  character assassination, 4, 9, 18, 21, 24, 33, 63, 154, 156

  Charlotte Lozier Institute, 152

  Chavis, Lakeidra, 173

  Cheney, Dick, 26

  Chicago Manual of Style, 83

  Chicago Reader, 146

  Chick-fil-A, 49–51, 201

  China, 140

  Christian Church, the, 53

  Christianity, Christians, xiii, 6, 19, 28, 38, 50–53, 59, 60–61, 64–65, 97–105, 158, 163, 199, 201–2

  evangelical Christians, 65, 99, 199

  orthodox Christians, xiii, 6, 19, 52, 60, 65, 97, 100–1, 104

  Christianity Today, 59, 101

  Christian Science Monitor, 38

  Christie, Ron, 26

  CIA, 114

  Cinco de Mayo, 126

  “cisgendered,” 5

  Clemente, Michael, 114

  Clinton, Bill, xii, 8, 33–36, 45, 53–54, 132, 134, 149

  Clinton, Hillary, 46, 53, 112, 135

  Clinton administration, the, xii, 45, 115

  Closed Minds, 200

  Clyburn, James, 29

  CNN, 10, 21, 31, 42, 108–12, 114, 117, 119, 121, 127–29, 133

  Cogan, Marin, 154

  Colbert, Stephen, 134

  college campuses, xi, xiii, 1–4, 6–7, 10, 14, 17, 40–41, 50, 55, 57, 69–70, 74–82, 84, 86, 89

  College Fix, 105

  College of the Holy Cross, 81

  Colorado College, 80

  Columbia, SC, 28

  Columbia College, 179

  Columbia Journalism Review, 117, 141

  Columbia University, 122

  comedians, self-censorship of, 77

  “commencement shaming,” 92–97

  Commerce Committee, 35

  Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), 139–40

  Compton, Ann, 131–33

  Concerned Women for America, 152

  Connor, Bull, 4

  conservatives, xi–xiii, 5–10, 16, 18–19, 22, 24, 26–27, 29–36, 39–40, 42–47, 52, 59, 65, 74, 76, 84, 89, 91–95, 105–6, 112, 115–17, 119–20, 122–26, 143, 145, 149, 154–57, 159–61, 167, 184, 186, 199–201

  Constitution, the, 12, 57–58, 90–91, 138

  Constitution Day, 90–91

  contraception, 5, 38, 57, 150–52

  Cooper, Anderson, 130

  Cooper, Brittney, 165

  Cooper, Roy, 192

  Cornell Law School, 16, 201

  Cornell University, 99

  Cosmopolitan, 152, 197

  Coughlin, Anne, 185–86

  Coulter, Ann, 24, 31, 155

  Couric, Katie, 111, 160

  CredoAction, 111

  Crowley, Monica, 122

  Cruz, Ted, 154

  Cuccinelli, Ken, 39

  Cuoco-Sweeting, Kaley, 161

  Cuomo, Andrew, xiii

  Cuomo, Mario M., 192

  Cupp, S. E., 31, 156

  Current TV, 156

  D

  Daily Beast, 23, 40, 44, 156, 161, 165, 185

  Daily Hampshire Gazette, 78

  Daily Kos, 39, 46, 59, 158

  Daily Mail, 41, 185

  Daily Show, 129

  Daily Telegraph, 167, 172

  Dalmia, Shikha, 197

  Dante, 87

  “Dark Side of the First Amendment,” 16

  Dartmouth College, 169

  date rape drug, 181

  Davidson, Amy, 146

  Davidson, Margo, 162–63

  Davidson College, 51

  Davis, Wendy, 151, 154

  D.C. voucher program
, 23

  Deaver, Mike, 132

  debate, xii, 4–6, 9–10, 13–15, 17, 22 24, 27, 30, 33, 41, 51–52, 55, 64–65, 67, 69–70, 73, 75

  deBoer, Fredrik, 4

  DeFrank, Tom, 136

  dehumanizing, 4, 8, 24–25, 27, 31, 52, 155, 157

  as a tactic of the illiberal left, 24–32

  delegitimizing, 3–6, 8–10, 17, 21–47, 57, 63, 96, 108–10, 112, 118, 120, 123, 126, 153, 156–57, 159, 167, 176, 186

  democracy, 93, 125

  Democracy in America, 13

  Democratic National Committee, 39, 150

  Democratic Party, xii, 7, 26, 35, 42, 141, 150

  Democrats, xii, xiv, 8, 22–23, 26, 30, 34, 37–39, 43, 46, 53, 112, 116–18, 120, 124, 141–42, 150, 152, 155–56, 159, 162, 164

  demonizing, 4, 6, 8, 21, 24, 27, 32–33, 35–36, 39–40, 52–54, 126, 128, 130, 143, 153, 156, 160–62, 186, 180, 183, 186, 191, 200

  as a tactic of the illiberal left, 32

  DeNicolo, David, 122

  Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 149

  Department of Justice. See Justice Department

  Department of Labor, 177

  DePaul University, 169

  de Tocqueville, Alexis, 13

  Diaz, Junot, 86

  Dickinson, Tom, 125–26

  discrimination, xiii, 6, 19, 51, 59, 83, 98, 102, 104–5, 177, 200, 202

  District of Columbia, 23, 59, 113, 142, 199

  diversity, xii, 17–18, 65, 67, 70, 79, 90, 94, 105, 173, 199, 201–2

  Django Unchained, 27

  Dockterman, Eliana, 179

  domestic abuse, 39, 86, 132, 176–77

  Doniger, Wendy, 155

  Double X blog, 166

  Dowd, Maureen, 112

  Downie, Leonard, Jr., 139–40

  Drudge, Matt, 47

  Drudge Report, 116

  Dukakis, Michael, 142

  Duke lacrosse rape case, 189–93

  Duke University, 51, 189–91, 193, 195

  Dunn, Anita, 109–10

  Dunst, Kirsten, 159

  Dworkin, Andrea, 194

  Dyson, Michael Eric, 61, 146

  E

  Earnest, Josh, 136

  East Germany, 91

  Easton, Nina, 119

  Eberstadt, Mary, 60

  Edsall, Thomas, 141

  Ed Show, 61

  education reform, 21

  Education Week, 24

  Edward R. Murrow award, 42

  Egypt, Egyptians, 61, 83

  Eich, Brendan, 11–12

  Elder, Larry, 27

  Elle, 32, 157, 159–60

  Emanuel, Rahm, 51, 111

  Emmy Award, 21, 42–43, 119, 122, 145

  Emory University, 33, 50

  End of Men, The, 166

  Ensler, Eve, 156

  Ernst, Joni, 30, 157–58, 165

  “Error of the Year” award, 188

  ESPN, 128

  Estrada, Jaime, 2

  European Space Agency, 171–72

  evangelicals, xiii, 99–100, 201

  Eveleth, Rose, 172

  Exxon, 15

  F

  Fallon, Jimmy, 134

  Farhi, Paul, 134–35, 137

  Farrow, Ronan, 30, 157

  Fast and Furious gun scandal, 42, 44, 145

  Fast Company, 116

  Feinberg, Kenneth, 112–13

  Feinstein, Dianne, 146, 154, 184

  Feministing, 41, 160, 182, 184–85

  feminist orthodoxy, 154

  feminists, xi, 1, 32, 38–39, 41, 49, 63–64, 69, 74, 120, 149–69, 171–77, 179–91, 193–97

  feminist thought police, 149–78

  Filipovic, Jill, 152, 197

  Firedoglake, 46

  First Amendment, the, 1, 8, 10, 14–17, 79, 90, 99, 124, 140, 173

  First Amendment Center, 17

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 80, 86

  Five, The, 122

  Fluke, Sandra, 31, 151

  Foer, Franklin, 116

  Fonda, Jane, 31

  Forbes, 177

  FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, 181

  Ford, Gerald R., 132, 137

  Ford, Zach, 54

  Fordham University, 81

  Forecast the Facts, 144

  Fortune magazine, 119

  Foster, Vince, 33–34

  Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), 7, 56, 79, 89, 173, 189

  Fournier, Ron, 46–47, 135

  Fox News, xiii, 6–7, 27, 30, 40, 42, 44–45, 107–30, 133, 137, 142, 156

  anti-Fox derangement syndrome, 124–28

  called a wing of the Republican Party, 109

  coverage of Benghazi incident, 114, 130

  coverage of Obama, 107–9

  the left’s attempt to delegitimize, 107–30

  the left’s war on Fox women, 119–23

  White House’s war against, 107–16

  Fox News Sunday, 109

  Fox Sports, 27

  Fraser, George MacDonald, 49

  Freedom from Speech, 7

  Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 58

  free expression, 9, 16, 136

  free press, 107, 131, 140

  free speech, 1, 3–6, 8–10, 12–17, 19–21, 23, 39, 52, 56, 62, 69–70, 74, 76–80, 87, 89–91, 93–95, 105, 153, 168–70, 201

  Free Speech Movement, 10, 62

  free speech zones, 6, 70, 79, 89–90

  French, David, 201–2

  Froomkin, Dan, 125

  G

  Galifianakis, Zach, 134

  Gallup, Gordon, 174–75

  Garrett, Major, 113

  Gawker, 28

  gay marriage, 53–54, 94, 99, 118. See also same-sex marriage

  gay rights, 11, 53, 59, 98, 100, 102, 141, 143

  Gender Across Borders: A Global Feminist Blog, 62

  George, Robert, 94

  George Mason University, 152, 199

  Georgetown University, 96, 122, 146

  George Washington University, 86

  Gertz, Matt, 43

  Gibbs, Robert, 22–23, 114–15, 127

  Giglio, Louie, 66–67

  Gilchrist, Jim, 96–97

  Gillibrand, Kirsten, 182

  Glendon, Mary Ann, 152

  Glover, Juleanna, 32

  God and the Gay Christian, 53

  God Is Not Great, 64

  Goldberg, Jonah, 172, 186

  Goldberg, Michelle, 40, 161, 164–65

  Gomes, Peter, 104

  Gomez, Gabriel, 29

  Good Life, The, 104

  GOP, 22, 27–33, 35, 38–39, 126, 145, 155, 157–58, 165. See also Republicans

  Gordon, Bonnie, 187

  Gore, Al, 22, 142

  Gosnell, Kermit, 142, 162

  GQ, 154

  Graduate Christian Fellowship, 101

  Graham, Billy, 65

  Gray, Kalli Joy, 197

  Grayson, Alan, 37

  Great Gatsby, The, 6, 86

  Green, GloZell, 134

  Green, Hank, 134

  Greenfield, Jeff, 111, 113

  Greenfield, Lazar, 173–75

  Greenwald, Glenn, 141

  Grove, Lloyd, 43

  Guardian, 41, 63, 141, 163, 172, 174, 185, 188, 195

  Guernsey, Andrew, 169, 171

  Guilfoyle, Kimberly, 122

  gun control, gun rights, 34, 92, 141

  H

  Hackett, Paul, 158

  Haidt, Jonathan, 18–19, 199

  Halliburton, 43

  Hamblin, James, 41

  Hannity, Sean, 45, 126

  harassment, 19, 42, 55–56, 77–81, 95, 169, 173, 193–94

  Hardball, 37

  Harf, Marie, 40

  Harkin, Tom, 30, 157–58

  Harper’s Bazaar, 159

  Harris, Sam, 61

  Harvard Crimson, 104

  Harvard Divinity School, 104

  Harvard Radcliffe Christian Fellowship (HRCF), 104

  Harvard University, 13, 62, 80, 82,
92–93, 99, 104, 109, 152, 189, 194, 199, 201

  Harvey, Steve, 134

  Harwood, John, 108–9

  Hasselbeck, Elisabeth, 121

  hate speech, 3, 8, 12, 25, 62, 72, 76, 79–80, 94, 97, 105, 191

  Haverford College, 93

  Hawn, Mary T., 175

  Hayes, Chris, 43–44, 61

  Henry, Ed, 119

  Hiatt, Fred, 147

  Hill, Alec, 98

  Hispanics, 29, 126

  Hitchens, Christopher, 64

  Hitler, Adolf, 40, 161, 192

  Hobby Lobby, 57, 59, 149–53

  Holder, Eric, 36, 137, 176

  Holloway, Karla F. C., 191

  homosexuality, 11, 52, 66, 99, 103–4, 143

  Houston, Jordan, 3, 175, 191

  Huckabee, Mike, 128

  Huffington Post, 28, 53–54, 120, 125, 153, 155, 158

  Hughes, Chris, 116

  Hume, Brit, 115–16, 119, 128

  Hunt, Caryn, 162

  Hunter, Joel, 59

  Hurricane Katrina, 21

  Hutchinson, Kay Bailey, 155

  Hyde Amendment, 142

  I

  Iftikhar, Arsalan, 27

  illiberal feminism, illiberal feminists, 32, 149–78, 180, 182–83, 185–89, 193, 195–97

  against humor, 171–73

  against science, 173–76

  illiberal left, the, 4–10, 12–27, 30, 32–33, 35–47, 49, 51–55, 57–63, 65, 67, 70–71, 75–76, 78–81, 83–84, 86–87, 89–91, 94–98, 101, 105–6, 109, 117, 119–21, 123, 125–27, 142–45, 147, 150, 153, 155, 161, 163, 169–71, 177, 189, 192–93, 195, 199, 201. See also left, the

  illiberal sexism, 156–60

  inclusivity, 98

  Independent, 168

  Independent Women’s Forum, 152, 167

  Ingraham, Laura, 31, 122

  Intelligence Squared, 199, 201

  International Monetary Fund, 92

  InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, 97–102

  intolerance, 7, 9, 12, 16, 32, 49, 50–67, 69–106, 141, 147, 164–65, 169, 171

  Iowa, 82–83, 158

  Iowa National Guard, 158

  Iran, 140

  Iraq War, 7, 96

  Ireland, xii, 83

  Ireland, Patricia, 155

  Irish Democrat, xii

  IRS targeting scandals, 130

  Isham, Christopher, 113

  Islam, 2, 6, 10, 60–65, 96–97, 105

  “Islamophobes,” 2, 60

  Issa, Darrell, 36, 43

  J

  Jao, Gregory, 98

  Jefferson, Thomas, 9, 131, 187

  Jesus Christ, 101, 104

  Jezebel, 49, 120, 146, 159, 166, 179, 182, 186, 197

  Jim Crow, 152

  Jindal, Bobby, 27

  Joan Shorenstein Center for Press, Politics and Public Policy, 109

  Johns Hopkins University, 169, 171

  Johnson, Andrew, 146

  Johnson, Ron, 154

  Johnston, Angus, 200

  Johnston, Mike, 92

  J. P. Morgan Chase, 189

  Judicial Watch, 113

  justice, 3, 14–15, 21, 26, 60, 73, 76, 78, 87, 101, 105, 120, 137–38, 150–51, 176, 184–85, 201

  Justice Department (Department of Justice), 137–38, 176, 184

  K

  Kagan, Elena, 134

 

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