The Silencing (48 page)

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
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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
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177
,
182
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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
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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 Maher and Ben Affleck’s discussion about,
10
,
61–62

    
same-sex marriage and,
60
,
98
,
103