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The Silencing

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by Kirsten Powers


  Kaminer, Wendy, 1–4, 78

  Kasic, Allison, 167

  Kasich, John, 163

  Kelly, Megyn, 119–22, 129

  Kelly, Ray, 96

  Kendell, Kate, 59

  Kennedy, John F., xii

  Kennedy, Robert F., Jr., 4, 15

  Kerry, John, 142

  Kessler, Glenn, 176

  King, Colbert, 37

  King, Gary, 29

  King, John, 111

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 92, 143, 151

  Kirkpatrick, Jeane, 155

  Klein, Ezra, 143

  Klein, Joe, 119

  Know Your IX, 181, 184

  Koch brothers, the, 4, 15

  Kohn, Sally, 10

  Kraft, Brooks, 133

  Krauthammer, Charles, 119, 127, 144

  Krebs, Christopher, 183

  Kroft, Steve, 135

  Krugman, Paul, 36–37

  Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 2, 34, 37, 50

  Kumar, Martha Joynt, 132

  L

  LaBolt, Ben, 22–23

  Lafayette College, 81

  Lagarde, Christine, 92

  Landrieu, Mary, 34

  Lange, Peter, 190

  Lardner, Ring, 89

  Laycock, Douglas, 57–58

  Lee, Barbara, 36

  Lee, Edwin M., 52

  left, the, 30, 63, 103, 185. See also illiberal

  left, the

  dissent and, 35, 42, 47, 57, 76, 80, 201

  First Amendment and, 16, 20, 80

  Fox News and, 119, 126

  Juan Williams and, 30

  MSNBC and, 111

  Leno, Jay, 134

  Less than Human, 24

  Levkoff, Logan, 185

  Lewis, Gregory, 57

  LGBT community, 51, 54, 57–58, 60, 66, 143

  Liasson, Mara, 124

  Libby, Scooter, 45

  liberal arts, 1, 80, 94, 100

  liberal dogma, 6, 105

  liberals, xi–xiii, 76, 103, 105, 109, 152, 177, 182, 289, 197–201

  academic freedom and, 9, 58, 92–93, 199–200

  commencement speakers and, 7, 92–97

  dissent and, 4–5, 9, 18–19, 25–26, 28–33, 40–41, 44, 46–47, 61, 75, 98, 105, 117, 128, 142, 147, 177

  diversity, xiii, 11, 199

  free speech and, 8, 10–11, 15–16, 61–62, 76, 92, 112, 169–71

  in the media, 9, 44–47, 61, 117–30, 141–43, 145, 155–56, 158, 168, 177, 201

  on the Supreme Court, 14–15

  “sacred cow” issues of, xiv

  treatment of conservative women, 28–29, 31–32, 39–40, 99, 158, 169

  liberal values, 4, 12

  liberal worldview, xiii–xiv, 15, 128

  libertarians, 15, 84, 151, 167, 197

  Liberty University, 103

  Libya, 114, 130

  Limbaugh, Rush, 31, 44–45

  Lindsay, Ronald A., 150

  Little Red Book, 56

  Los Angeles Times, 98, 144, 186

  Louisiana State University (LSU), 55, 99

  Love, Mia, 28

  Lowey, Nita, 164

  Lubiano, Wahneema, 191

  Lukianoff, Greg, 7, 17, 80, 90, 98–99, 199–201

  Lyons, Gene, 158

  M

  Mack, Jessica, 62–63

  MacKinnon, Catharine, 194

  Maddow, Rachel, 59, 117, 122, 127

  Mad Men, 39

  Maher, Bill, 31–32

  attitude toward Christians, 6, 61, 64–65

  attitude toward Islam, 6, 10, 61–62, 64–65

  Mahmood, Omar, 83–84, 105

  mainstream liberals, 4, 26, 42, 44

  mainstream media, 44, 74, 107, 116–17, 124, 126, 144, 151, 159, 164

  attacks on free speech by, 9, 18, 44–45

  coverage of Obama administration scandals, 130

  dominated by liberals, 4, 44–45, 76, 107–9, 127–28, 141–42, 151, 182, 201

  Fox News and, 42, 110–119, 124, 126, 129–30

  illiberal left and, 147–48, 155, 182

  relationship with the Obama administration, 107–17, 131–41

  Malkin, Michelle, 29, 31, 155

  Malveaux, Julianne, 192

  Mannur, Anita, 95

  “mansplaining,” 5, 153–54, 166

  Man Up ASU, 180–81

  Marcotte, Amanda, 39, 160, 163–65, 186, 190

  Marcus, Ruth, 151

  Marcuse, Herbert, 8

  Marquette University, 54–56

  Martinez, Susana, 29

  Matthews, Chris, 34, 37, 61

  Maxwell, Zerlina, 189–90

  McAdams, John, 55–56

  McArdle, Mairead, 70–71

  McAuliffe, Terry, 39

  McCain, John, 46, 65, 108–9, 158–59

  McCarthy, Joseph “Joe,” 10, 45, 124, 156

  McCarthyism, McCarthyite, 10–12, 123

  McCartney, Kathleen, 1–3, 77–78

  McCurry, Mike, 115–16, 134

  McDonough, Katie, 146, 164, 185–87

  McIntyre, Niamh, 95, 168

  Mediaite, 113

  Media Matters for America (MMFA), 112

  attacks against other journalists, 44–46, 143–44

  campaign against Fox News, 7, 42–44, 123–24, 128

  Meese, Edwin, 132

  “Meet the Blondes of Fox News,” 121

  Menino, Tom, 51

  Men’s Journal, 121

  Merriam Smith Award, 46

  Messenger, Tony, 147

  Meyer, Jeremy, 199–201

  Miami University in Ohio, 94–95

  Michigan Daily, 84

  Michigan Review, 84

  Michigan State University, 95–96

  microaggressions, 2–3, 5, 82–83

  Miers, Harriet, xiii

  Milbank, Dana, 40

  Mill, John Stuart, 9, 13

  Millenials, 157, 170

  Miller, Stephanie, 155

  Miller-Young, Mireille, 69–76, 82, 87

  Milton, John, 1

  Miner, Michael, 146

  Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, 96

  Minuteman Project, 96–97

  misogyny

  dissent from liberal worldview cast as, 5, 25, 38–39, 58, 95, 151–52, 164, 168, 172–73, 181

  liberals participating in, 8, 25, 30–33

  trigger warnings for, 2, 86

  Mitchell, Andrea, 32

  Mitchell, Lincoln, 153

  Modesto Junior College, 90–91

  Mondale, Walter, 141–42

  Moneta, Larry, 51

  Montenegro, Stephanie, 57

  Montesquieu, 12–13

  Moore, Michael, 95

  More magazine, 167

  Moreno, Joe, 51–52

  Morgan, Piers, 135

  Morgan, Robin, 31

  Mormons, 101

  Morning Joe, 117

  Morning Mayhem, 134–35

  Mota, Bethany, 134

  motherhood, 40, 161

  Mother Jones, 31, 126

  Mother’s Day, 40, 161

  Mother Teresa, 64

  Mount Holyoke College, 156, 195

  MoveOn.org, 46, 109, 183

  Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 18

  Mozilla, 11–12

  MRA (Men’s Rights Activist), 184

  Mrs. Dalloway, 86

  MSNBC, 32, 40, 43, 47, 59, 115, 117–18, 120, 146, 150, 152–53

  audience of, 117–18, 128–29

  conservatives at, 47, 117

  coverage of Ben Affleck, 61

  coverage of McCain and Obama, 108

  coverage of Mitt Romney, 127

  misogynist comments made on, 30–31, 157–58, 161

  opinion shows on, 111–12, 117, 127

  race issues and, 27, 34, 36, 126

  Mulford, Don, 10

  Mullins, Dexter, 26

  Murphy, Wendy, 191–92

  Muslims, 2, 16, 30, 37, 57, 79, 98, 105, 130, 182

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali and, 62–63

  Bill Mah
er and Ben Affleck’s discussion about, 10, 61–62

  same-sex marriage and, 60, 98, 103

  Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate, 30

  “My Break with the Democrats,” 23

  N

  NAACP, 28–29, 100

  Nagle, Rebecca, 181

  NARAL Pro-Choice America, 38, 163

  Narayanan, Sruthi, 88

  Nation, 35, 165

  National Association of Hispanic Journalists, 126

  National Center for Lesbian Rights, 59

  National Institute of Justice Journal, 176

  National Journal, 46–47, 135–36

  National Organization for Women (NOW), 38, 147, 150, 152, 155, 162–63, 183

  National Public Radio (NPR), 30, 44, 124, 170, 192

  National Review, 159

  National Review Online, 146

  Native American, 149

  NBC, 21, 33, 110–12, 119, 129, 133

  New Confederacy, 37

  New England School of Law, 191–92

  New Republic, 116–18, 121, 166, 194

  Newspaper Association of America, 138

  Newsweek, 40, 44–45, 124, 161

  New Trier High School, 179

  New York City, xii, 2–3, 22, 92

  New Yorker, 44–45, 146, 194

  New York magazine, 77, 122, 154, 160, 165–66, 191

  New York State Democratic Committee, xii–xiii

  New York Times, 25, 29, 36–37, 41, 44, 66, 74, 100–1, 110, 112, 119–20, 125–26, 132, 134–35, 138–41, 167, 175, 182, 191–92, 195

  New York Times v. Sullivan, 15

  New York University, 8, 22, 25, 81, 199

  Nightly News, 33

  Nixon, Richard, xi, 130–31, 139

  Nolan, Hamilton, 28

  Northern Kentucky University, 169

  North Korea, 14, 137, 172

  Not All Like That Christians Project, 53

  Ntavelou-Baum, Fani, 88

  O

  Obama, Barack, 27, 177

  comments at 2009 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, 107

  criticism of, 30, 33–37, 46–47

  Fox News and. See under Obama administration

  media and, 131–41

  same-sex marriage and, 11, 51, 53, 66

  Obama administration

  former staffers of, 22, 54, 59, 127

  Fox News and, 44, 108–13, 119, 124, 130, 142

  lack of transparency, 131–37

  relationship with the media, 30, 42, 107–9, 116, 126–27, 130–41, 145

  religious tolerance and, 65–67

  sexual assault statistics and, 193

  war on whistleblowers, 42–43, 135–36, 139–41

  Obamacare, 35, 47, 57, 125, 149, 151, 164

  Obama’s Wars, 137

  Obama White House, 9, 22, 33, 51, 177

  faith-based initiatives and, 65–66

  Fox News and, 7, 30, 44, 107–16, 124, 130, 137

  relationship with the media, 107–8, 131–39

  Oberlin College, 85–86

  O’Donnell, Rosie, 61

  Office for Civil Rights (OCR), 193–94

  Ohio State University, 99

  Okrent, Daniel, 141

  Olbermann, Keith, 31, 37, 117, 156

  Olmert, Ehud, 96

  O’Neill, Brendan, 167–68

  O’Neill, Terry, 150, 152, 183

  On the Record, 122

  Operation Iraqi Freedom, 158

  O’Reilly, Bill, 40, 118, 126

  Oren, Michael, 96

  Oreskes, Michael, 140

  Orwell, George, 56, 168

  Orwellian, 12, 77, 134

  Oslo Freedom Forum, 14

  Othello, 21

  Oxford Students for Life, 167

  Oxford University, 167–68

  P

  Palin, Sarah, 45

  liberal attacks against, 31–32, 155–56, 158–60

  Western Feminism and, 160

  Parker, Kathleen, 190

  Partnership for Educational Justice, 21

  Paulson, Michael, 100

  PBS, 44–45, 129

  Peligri, Justin, 86

  Pelley, Scott, 129–30

  Pelosi, Nancy, 9, 38, 150, 164

  Pennsylvania State National Organization for Women, 162

  Pennsylvania State University, 99

  Perino, Dana, 121

  Perry, Rick, 154

  Peterson, Karen Carter, 35

  Pew Research Center, 61, 108–9, 111, 117–18, 127

  Pfeiffer, Dan, 110

  Phi Kappa Psi, 188

  Pinker, Steven, 13–14

  Plame, Valerie, 45

  Planned Parenthood, 162–64

  Platek, Steven M., 175

  Playboy, 158

  Podesta, John, 54

  Polick-Kirkpatrick, Kaelyn, 180

  political independent, 22, 42, 112, 117–18, 158

  Politically Incorrect, 61

  Politico, 7–8, 109, 123, 132–34, 142

  PolitiFact, 125

  Pope Francis, 51–52

  Popper, Karl, 13

  Posner, Eric, 16

  post-traumatic stress disorder, 6

  Powell, Colin, 45

  Poynter Institute, 188–89

  Presidential Inaugural Committee, 66–67

  Princeton University, 82, 94, 99

  pro–abortion rights activists, 74–75, 155–56, 163, 168–70

  progressives, progressivism, 7–8, 11, 15–16, 46, 101, 103, 112, 118, 123–24, 127, 141, 197

  Project for Excellence in Journalism, 108–9

  “pro-life” activists, 32, 38, 65, 69, 120, 154, 164, 168–71

  Proposition 8 (“Prop 8”), 6, 11

  Protestants, xii

  Protevi, John, 55

  Pruitt, Gary, 138

  Psaki, Jen, 40, 134

  Psychology Today, 157

  Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), 129, 170

  Purdue University, 99

  R

  racist, racism, 15, 18, 64, 87, 182, 192

  dissent from liberal worldview cast as, 3–4, 8, 23–38, 49, 55, 58, 61–62, 81, 83, 97

  liberals and, 32–33

  MSNBC and, 126

  opposition to same-sex marriage and, 49, 54

  trigger warnings and, 2, 85

  Raimondo, Meredith, 85–86

  Raines, Howell, 125

  Rangel, Charlie, 37

  rape, 166, 181, 197

  alcohol and, 185–86

  false accusations of, 41, 186–92

  prosecution of, 145, 193–96

  “rape apologists,” 5, 33, 40, 180, 184–86, 195

  rape culture, 173, 179–83

  Rotherham, England, and, 181–82

  statistics about, 40, 94, 176, 182–84

  Raushenbush, Paul, 54

  Ravitch, Diane, 22–23

  Reagan, Ronald, xii, 132

  RealCampbellBrown.com, 22

  Real Time, 10

  Reason.com, 197

  Reason magazine, 10, 41

  Redbook, 161

  Redford, Robert, 33

  Reed, Adolph, 29

  Reed, Charles, 97

  Reid, Chip, 113

  Reid, Harry, 9, 29, 150

  Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 149

  Reno, Janet, 36

  Republican National Committee, 26–28

  Republicans, xiii, 10, 22, 34, 43–44, 82, 96, 145, 158, 164. See also GOP

  accusations of racism against, 9, 27–28, 34–38

  media and, 103, 108–9, 116, 123, 126, 151, 154

  vilification of minorities for being, 26–30

  vilification of women for being, 31–32

  War on Women and, 38–40, 164–65

  Reuters, 133, 170

  Rhee, Michelle, 23–24, 33, 42

  Rice, Anne, 63–64

  Rice, Condoleezza, 92

  Rice, Ray, 152

  Rich, Frank, 77

  Risen, James, 139

  Roberts, John
, 119

  Rock, Chris, 77

  Rockefeller, Jay, 35

  Roe v. Wade, 151, 169

  Roll Call, 113

  Rolling Stone, 125, 186–88

  Rollins, 100

  Romney, Ann, 40, 161

  Romney, Mitt, 22, 35–36, 126–27, 154

  “roofie,” 181

  Rosen, James, 137–38

  Rosenberg, Paul, 153

  Rosin, Hanna, 166, 177

  Rotherham, England, 181–82

  Rove, Karl, 47

  Rubenfeld, Jed, 41, 195

  Rust, Val, 83

  Rutgers University, 86, 92, 99, 165

  Ryan, Erin Gloria, 146, 197

  Ryan, Paul, 36–37, 165

  S

  “Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency,” 65

  Saletan, Will, 168

  Salon.com, 24, 39, 49, 54, 120, 125–26, 150, 152–54, 158, 164–65, 182, 185–86

  SAMBOs, 27

  same-sex marriage, 5, 11–12, 49–60, 66, 82, 106, 201. See also gay marriage

  San Francisco, 52

  SB 967, 196

  Scarborough, Joe, 47, 117

  Scheer, Robert, 35

  Scherer, Michael, 110

  Schneck, Stephen, 59

  Scholar & Feminist Online, 191

  Schow, Ashe, 63

  Schultz, Debbie Wasserman, 9, 36, 39, 150

  Schultz, Ed, 31, 117, 153

  Scott, Tim, 28, 34–35

  Scripps College, 94

  Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 57

  Second Amendment, the, 10, 154

  segregation, 52, 152

  Senor, Dan, 22

  sexism, sexist, 2, 5, 8, 22–28, 31, 39–40, 54–55, 58, 85, 87, 119–20, 123–24, 147, 154, 156–58, 169, 172–73, 179–81

  “Sexual Victimization of College Women, The,” 184

  Shakespeare, William, 21, 87

  Sharpton, Al, 36, 39, 192–93

  Shaw, Semika, 162

  Shenkman, Carey, 140

  Shiffrin, Steven H., 16

  Shore, John, 53

  Short, Thrin, 72

  Shulevitz, Judith, 194

  Siegel, Lee, 121

  Silverglate, Harvey, 87, 99–100

  Simcox, Chris, 96

  Simeone, Diane M., 175

  Slate, 16, 40–41, 49, 52, 142–43, 153, 163, 166, 168, 177, 183, 185–87

  Slate Group, 124

  “Sleepwalker” statue, 88

  Smith, Ben, 123

  Smith, Billy, 162

  Smith, Ceresta, 24

  Smith, David Livingstone, 24–25

  Smith, Shepard, 119

  Smith College, 1–2, 77, 92

  Smith Sophian, 2–3

  Snopes.com, 34

  Soave, Robby, 41

  Social Justice & Equity Committee ’14–’15, 3

  Society of Professional Journalists, 136

  Sokolow, Brett A., 194

  Solnit, Rebecca, 153

  Sommers, Christina Hoff, 176–77

  Sontany, Janis Baird, 155

  South, the, 34–35

  Southern Company, 15

  Sowell, Thomas, 27

  Special Report with Bret Baier, 119

  Spelman College, 74

  Spiked, 167

  “Spotlight on Speech Codes,” 79

  Stanford Law School, 16–17, 90

 

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