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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