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INDEX
Abbas, Mahmoud, 248
ABC, ABC News, 20, 22, 89
sexual issues and, 178, 230
abortion, 68, 168–75, 229–30
bullies on, 12, 15
feminists and, 165–66, 169–70, 175
Palin and, 159–60
religious issues and, 225, 229
science and, 242–43
Abu Ghraib, 73
Abu-Jamal, Mumia, 115
Abunimah, Ali, 246
Adams, J. Christian, 116
Adelson, Sheldon, 152–53
Adler, Ben, 161
Advocate, 197
affirmative action, 3, 108–10, 115
Afghanistan, 220, 248
anti-Americanism in, 66–67
Islamophobia and, 64–67
U.S. war in, 64–66, 72–74
AFL-CIO, 98, 137
African Methodist Episcopal Church, General Conference of, 224
Albany, Oreg., 56
Aldro, George, 144
Alinksy, Saul, 13, 26, 171, 197
Alito, Samuel, 35, 200
Allen Chapel AME Church, 86
American exceptionalism, 40, 58, 75–76
American Federation of Teachers, 176
American International Group (AIG), 124
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), 249
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), 13, 96–100
corporate sponsors of, 99–100, 171
Martin case and, 97, 99
stand-your-ground law and, 97–98
voter ID measures and, 98–99
American Revolution, 46, 58
Americans for Prosperity, 151
American Taliban, 237–38
Anderson, Nels, 133
And the Band Played On (Shilts), 197
Angle, Sharron, 11, 61
anti-Semites, anti-Semitism, 65, 102, 244–54
bullying of, 252–53
class issues and, 135–36, 145, 148, 153
Israel and, 12, 27, 148, 244–45, 247–51, 253
Apocalypse Now, 71
Arabiya, Al, 37–38, 73
Argentina, 41
Arian, Sami Al-, 29, 246–47
Arizona:
immigration issues and, 11, 60, 117–19
“rightwing” extremism and, 59–60
Arkansas, University of, Fort Smith, 194
Assange, Julian, 44
Associated Press (AP), 66, 84, 148, 173
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), 23, 120–21, 137, 261
Atlantic, 44, 104–5, 160, 173
autos, auto industry:
bailouts and, 138–39
environmental issues and, 201–3, 206–7, 215, 220
labor unions and, 135, 138–39, 144
Avatar, 221
Axelrod, David, 154–55, 176–77, 221, 246
Ayers, Bill:
9/11 interview of, 53–54
terrorism of, 29, 42, 53–54
Vietnam War and, 42, 50, 53–54
Azerbaijan, 250
Bachmann, Michele, 162, 229
Baer, Greg, 141, 145
bailouts:
in auto industry, 138–39
class issues and, 138–39, 142, 157
economic crisis and, 123–24
Occupy movement and, 144, 146
Bain Capital, 155–56
Bank of America, 124, 141, 145–46
banks:
bailout of, 124, 144
class issues and, 141, 145–46
economic crisis and, 124–26, 136
Occupy movement and, 144–45
Bashir, Martin, 254
Bauer, Gary, 184
Bay, Robert, 112
BBC, 66
Bear Stearns, 123
Beauchamp, Scott Thomas, 73
Behar, Joy, 11, 255
Beinart, Peter, 251
Bell, Derrick:
anti-Semitism of, 245–46
race theory of, 114–15
Bellavia, David, 74
Ben Ami, Jeremy, 251
Berkeley, Calif., 44
Bernanke, Ben, 124
Bernstein, Leonard, 112–13
Bérubé, Michael, 44
Bias (Goldberg), 24
Biden, Joe, 107, 143–44, 183
Bieber, Justin, 57
bin Laden, Osama, 65, 72, 143, 215, 238, 246
Birch, Elizabeth, 176
Black, Jack, 189
Black Panther Party, 111–13
blacks, 57, 59, 69
civil rights and, 62, 88, 94, 103, 108, 110–11, 113
see also under racists, racism, race
Blow, Charles, 85, 255
Bluestockings, 147
Blumenthal, Max, 121, 162, 245
Blumenthal, Sidney, 245
Boehlert, Eric, 247
Bonus March, 131–34, 137
Booker, Cory, 155
Born on the Fourth of July, 71
boycotts, 28, 99, 120, 135, 251
left bullying and, 13–14
sexual issues and, 168, 187, 191, 234
Brawley, Tawana, 85
Breitbart, Andrew, 4–9, 22, 103, 258–63
ACORN and, 120–21, 261
on bullies, 5–8, 263
death of, 4, 7–9, 16, 162, 258, 260–62
as fighter, 5–7, 9, 16, 260–62
goal of, 262–63
hateful emails of, 8–9
on Media Matters, 4–5
on SWATting, 258–59
Breitbart, Suzie, 9
Breitbart News, 8, 22, 261
Brewer, Contessa, 101
Brewer, Jan, 11, 117–19
Brinker, Nancy, 170, 174
British Petroleum (BP), 10, 216–18
Brock, David, 5, 13, 24–26, 153, 155
Brown, Corrine, 91
Brown, Jerry, 55
Brown, Tina, 21
Brown v. Board of Education, 109, 114–15
Bryant, Jamal, 86–87
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 247
bullies, bullying:
anti-American, 11, 16
crisis of, 1–2
meaning of, 10
standing up to, 6–8, 257–58, 262–63
victims vs., 5–6, 16
Bully, 32
Burgess, Emmanuel, 82
Burleson, Albert Sidney, 45–46
Burns, Eric, 26
Burton, Bill, 155
Bush, George W., 31–32, 35, 42, 100, 107, 157, 159
economic crisis and, 123–24
Iraq War and, 45, 65
Islamophobia and, 64–65
military and, 68, 71–72
9/11 and, 10, 53, 64
patriotism and, 45–46, 53
science and, 240–41
Bush, Laura, 177
Buss, Kaitlyn, 100
Cain, Herman, 102, 122, 184
Cairo, 38, 248
Calderon, Felipe, 118
California:
patriotism and, 55–56
Proposition 8 in, 13–14, 33, 184, 189–92, 226–28
California, University of, Davis, 109
California, University of, Los Angeles (UCLA), 166
Camelot and the Cultural Revolution (Piereson), 62
Cameron, David, 217
Cameron, James, 221
Cameron, Judy L., 244
Cantor, Eric, 120
Capehart, Jonathan, 2, 97
capitalists, capitalism, 34, 47, 62, 114, 124
class issues and, 129, 136, 144–45, 158, 221
environmental issues and, 201, 207, 221
Occupy movement and, 95–96, 144–45
patriotism and, 48, 50
racial issues and, 95–96, 112
Captain Planet, 221
Carafano, James Jay, 70
card check, 138
Carey, Mariah, 32
Carlos III, King of Spain, 92
Carmichael, Stokely, 112
Carney, Jay, 79, 147, 233
Carson, André, 103
Carson, Rachel, 207
Cartoon Network, 2
Carusone, Angelo, 234
Carville, James, 26
Casey, Bob, 158, 184
Casey, George, 71
Catholics, Catholic Church, 81, 153, 171–73, 175, 230–33, 236, 253
Cathy, Dan, 187
CBS, CBS News, 24, 36, 148, 210, 239
Center for American Progress (CAP), 13, 24–25, 28, 34
Center for Social Inclusion, 119–20
Center for Sun-Climate Research, 208
Cermak, Anton, 62
charities, 18, 27–28, 170, 231, 235
Chavez, Hugo, 39
Cher, 255
Chevy Volt, 201
Chicago Tribune, 73
chickenhawk argument, 68–69
Chick-Fil-A, 187
China, 40–42, 169, 204
Chomsky, Noam, 237, 253
Christians, Christianity, 11, 225–27, 235–40, 244
comparisons between Taliban and, 237–39, 254
Obama and, 226–27, 235–36
secularism and, 229, 253–56
sexual issues and, 168, 184
Christoffersen, Margie, 191
Chrysler, 135, 138–39
Chu, Steven, 216
Churchill, Ward, 16, 29, 65
Cinco de Mayo, 56
Citigroup, 124
Citizens United, 153
civil rights, 62, 88, 94, 103, 108, 110–11, 113
Civil War, 18, 48, 100, 114, 118
Clapper, James, 40
class, class bullying, 3, 32, 49, 124–58, 258, 262
Bonus March and, 131–34
economic crisis and, 124–25
environmental issues and, 217, 220–21
labor unions and, 126, 131–42
military and, 69–70
Occupy movement and, 11–12, 126, 128, 142, 144–50, 153, 155
origins of, 128–36
racial issues and, 90, 104, 108, 112, 115
Wurzelbacher incident and, 127–28, 142
see also poor; wealthy
class warfare, 127–28, 131, 136, 142, 157
Clausen, Jim, 56
Clean Air Act, 214
Cleaver, Emanuel, 90, 107–8
climate change, 43
bullying on, 3, 207–8, 210–11, 214
causes of, 207–8, 210–11, 213
deniers of, 3, 211–13
environmental issues and, 201, 203, 207–15, 220, 222
fraud and manipulation of data on, 208–10
Gore and, 210–11, 213, 222
Clinton, Bill, 25, 67–68, 106, 157, 166, 211, 218, 245
left bullying strategy and, 12–13
Clinton, Hillary, 25, 67, 177, 183, 241, 246, 249
Clooney, George, 149, 186
Clyburn, James, 99
CNBC, 142, 195
CNN, 22, 89, 148, 259, 261
Duke lacrosse rape case and, 18–19
environmental issues and, 216–17
sexual issues and, 176, 178
coal, 130, 214
Coca-Cola Company, 99–100, 171
Cohen, Michael, 161
colonialism, 41, 47–48
and Obama’s apologies for U.S. foreign policy, 38–39
patriotism and, 48, 55
ColorOfChange, 10, 26, 98–99
communists, communism, 3, 29, 39, 42, 49, 72, 112, 118, 169, 213, 237
Bonus March and, 132–33
class issues and, 132–35
Kennedy assassination and, 62–63
Coney Island, N.Y., 57
Congress, U.S., 11, 31, 51, 98, 106, 120, 143–44, 248, 260
class issues and, 136, 138, 154
environmental issues and, 200–201, 214, 216–17
labor unions and, 135, 138
Martin case and, 90–92
Obamacare and, 35–36
patriotism and, 45, 75
religious issues and, 232, 235
sexual issues and, 175, 231
Connor, Bull, 94, 103
Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), 8
conservatives, conservatism, 3, 7, 10, 13, 17, 22–24, 33, 40, 49, 64, 74, 259–61
blacks as, 121–22
Breitbart and, 6, 9
media and, 22–24
Media Matters and, 26, 28
military and, 69, 73
racial issues and, 100, 102, 113, 115, 120–21, 245–46
religious issues and, 225, 239, 254
“rightwing” extremism and, 59, 61–62
sexual issues and, 162–63, 169, 178–79, 193
universities and, 28, 30–31
Constitution, U.S., 6, 15, 42, 49, 58, 97, 101, 106, 114, 214
class issues and, 130, 153
Obamacare and, 35–36
religious issues and, 225, 234–36
sexual issues and, 190, 226, 228–30, 256
consumerism, 154, 156, 213, 220–21
contraception, 163, 172–73, 229–34
Corkins, Floyd, 187–88
corporations, 11–13, 121, 213
ALEC and, 99–100, 171
class issues and, 128–29, 134–35, 145–46, 151–57
labor unions and, 135, 137, 139, 141
Occupy movement and, 96, 145
Coughlin, Charles, 135–36, 143
Couric, Katie, 169
Cox, Archibald, 30
Cox, James Renshaw, 132
Craig Ferguson Show, 160
creationism, 241
Creators Syndicate, 8
crime, 42, 73, 187
Occupy movement and, 146, 149
racial issues and, 110–12, 114–16, 119, 168
critical race theory (CRT), 114–15
critical theory, 114
Crown Heights riot, 113
Cruise, Tom, 71, 228, 254
Crump, Ben, 84
Cumming, Alan, 102
Cutter, Stephanie, 152, 155–56
Cyrus, Miley, 149
Czolgosz, Leon, 61–62
Daily Beast, 162, 261
Daily Bruin, 7–8
Daily Caller, 26, 106
Daily Kos, 27, 237–38
Davis, Angela, 112
Days of Rage, 50–51
debt, 123
labor unions and, 139, 141
Tea Party and, 142–43
Defense Department, U.S., see Pentagon
DeLong, Carl, 260
Democrats, Democratic Party, 9, 30, 32, 41, 54, 59, 61, 65, 97, 99, 117, 248, 260
Bonus March and, 132–33
bullying of, 11, 13, 231
class issues and, 131–33, 136, 150, 152, 154, 158
environmental issues and, 201, 203, 216–17
labor unions and, 137, 141
media and, 21–24, 174
Media Matters and, 26, 28
military and, 67–69, 72–73
patriotism and, 51, 56, 75
racial issues and, 79, 90–91, 103, 107–8, 116, 118, 120
religious issues and, 231, 253–54
sexual issues and, 169–70, 172–76, 192, 231, 234
Denton, Vicki, 139
Dershowitz, Alan, 27, 247
DeSmogBlog, 209
Deutsch, Donny, 195
DiBona, Vin, 33
Dimon, Jamie, 146
Dionne, E. J., 13, 27
Dissent, 44
Dohrn, Bernardine, 29, 50
Donaldson, Sam, 106–7
Donmoyer, Ryan, 161
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, 186
Dos Passos, John, 47
Dowd, Maureen, 45
Dreams from My Father (Obama), 111
Drexler, Peggy, 195
Drudge, Matt, 8, 23
Duke lacrosse rape case, 18–21, 85
Dunn, Anita, 26
Dupnik, Clarence, 60
Durbin, Dick, 11, 67
Dworkin, Andrea, 181, 196
Dyson, Michael Eric, 105
Earth System Governance Project, 222
East Anglia, University of, Climate Research Unit (CRU) of, 208, 210
Easton, Nina, 141
Eckern, Scott, 190–91
economics, economy, 15, 26, 34, 96, 109
class issues and, 124–25, 128–32, 134, 136–37, 139, 143–44, 147, 150–52, 154–55
crises in, 1, 29, 36, 46, 123–26, 131–32, 136, 216
environmental issues and, 201–5, 216–18, 220, 222–23
Iran and, 250–51
labor unions and, 137, 139
military and, 69, 72
patriotism and, 46, 48–49
“rightwing” extremism and, 58–59
sexual issues and, 166, 171, 190
Tea Party and, 143–44
universities and, 29–32
Economist, 121
Edison, Thomas, 130, 153–54
Edna Cohen School, 57
education, 14, 72, 145
bullying in, 1–2, 257
environmental issues and, 31, 209–10, 213
labor unions and, 137, 140
Martin case and, 77–78, 80
military and, 69–70
multiculturalism and, 55–56
patriotism and, 43, 55, 57
racial issues and, 77–78, 80, 91, 108–9
religious issues and, 31, 226–27, 232–34