by Ben Shapiro
Duke lacrosse rape case and, 18–21
Fluke incident and, 232–34
in history, 163–68
Martin and, 78, 80
Obama and, 160–61, 171–73, 175–78, 183–89, 193–95, 226, 229–30, 233
Palin and, 159–62, 173–74, 178, 228, 233
religion and, 168, 171–73, 175, 184, 188–92, 196, 225–34, 237–39, 254–55
science and, 242–44
and stay-at-home moms, 165, 172, 176–79
violence and, 187–88
see also feminists, feminism; gays; marriage
Shabazz, Malik, 116
Shaiman, Marc, 189–91
Sharpton, Al, 11, 113, 118–19, 122, 226, 247
Martin case and, 84–85, 93
Shaw, Irwin, 47
Sheehan, Cindy, 45
Shelton, Hilary O., 119
Shepard, Matthew, 168
Shilts, Randy, 197
Signorile, Michelangelo, 197, 254
Silent Spring (Carson), 207
Simeone, Lisa, 147
Simmons, Russell, 148
Sinclair, Upton, 129
Sirhan, Sirhan, 62
Slate, 23, 209, 241, 261
Smith, Ben, 13, 22, 27
socialists, socialism, 6, 11, 124
class issues and, 129, 131, 136
Social Psychological & Personality Science, 202–3
Society for the Psychology of Women, 181
Solov, Larry, 261
Sommers, Christina Hoff, 180
Soptic, Joe, 155–56
Soros, George, 119–20, 152, 260
Israel and, 250–51
Media Matters and, 4, 26
South America, 39
Southern Poverty Law Center, 188
Soviet Union, 16, 18, 40, 67, 115, 118
class issues and, 132–33
Kennedy assassination and, 62–63
Stalin, Joseph, 11, 15, 65, 169
stand-your-ground law, 97–98
Starr, Kenneth, 61
State Department, U.S., 64, 219, 249
stay-at-home moms, 165, 172, 176–79
Steinem, Gloria, 169, 180
Stephanopoulos, George, 23, 230–31
Stewart, Jon, 26, 60, 62
stimulus package, 137, 157
stocks, stock market, 123–25, 131
Stone, Oliver, 46, 50
StopBullying.gov, 2, 183
Streisand, Barbra, 32, 203
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 63, 75
Port Huron statement of, 48–49, 53
Vietnam War and, 49–50
Stuxnet computer virus, 250
Sullivan, Andrew, 10, 44, 160
Summers, Larry, 166–67, 244
Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, 117–18
Supreme Court, U.S., 62–63, 75, 87, 133, 153, 200
Obamacare and, 35–36
racial issues and, 108–9
religious issues and, 234–35, 237
sexual issues and, 255–56
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 13, 163, 170–75
Svensmark, Henrik, 208
SWATting, 258–60
Sylvester, John “Sly,” 163
Taibbi, Matt, 9, 162
Taliban, 16, 237–40, 254, 248
taxes, taxpayers, 12, 24, 35, 45, 68, 72, 97, 123, 248
class issues and, 127–28, 132, 135, 151–52, 158
environmental issues and, 202, 217
racial issues and, 120–21
sexual issues and, 167, 170, 172
Tea Party, 3, 162
class issues and, 142–44, 148, 151
extremism and, 60–61, 188
Occupy movement and, 144, 148
patriotism and, 57–58, 60
racial issues and, 35, 101–4
sexual issues, 58, 102
terrorists, terrorism, 11, 40, 188, 232, 260
of Ayers, 29, 42, 53–54
DHS on, 58–59
Islamophobia and, 64, 66–67
military and, 67, 70, 73
patriotism and, 43–44
right and, 58–61
war on, 39, 143
see also 9/11
Thin Red Line, The (Jones), 47
Thomas, Clarence, 35, 122, 169
Thomas, Kelly, 94
Thomas More Law Center, 56
Thoreen, Casey, 74
Tides Foundation, 26, 260
Till, Emmett, 88
Time, 37–38, 117
class issues and, 134, 143, 149
sexual issues and, 186, 195
Times of London, 249
Todd, Chuck, 25
Tonight Show, The, 195
Toobin, Jeffrey, 21, 89, 161
Touré, 4, 104–7, 261
Toyota Prius, 202–3, 220
“Tragedy of the Commons, The” (Hardin), 205
transgenderism, transvestism, 18, 167, 181–83, 193–94
treason, 44, 53, 168
Treasury Department, U.S., 124, 151
Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), 124–25
Turkey, 38–39, 235
Twain, Mark, 254
United Auto Workers (UAW), 135, 138–39, 144
United Nations, 41–42, 54, 99, 148, 214, 222, 248
universities, university professors, 51, 69, 257
anti-Americanism at, 29–30
left and, 18, 30–31
liberals and, 28–32
patriotism and, 46, 48
racial issues and, 29, 109–10
science and, 242–43
sexual issues and, 31, 194, 232–33
student loan rates and, 31–32
Urban League, 86, 98, 113
USA Today, 19, 148, 254
Valley of the Wolves, 251
vanden Heuvel, Katrina, 241
VanderSloot, Frank, 150–52
Varney, Stuart, 125
Velvet Revolution, 260
Vietnam, Vietnam War, 16, 40, 70, 168–69
Ayers and, 42, 50, 53–54
Obama and, 41–42, 52–53, 71
patriotism and, 49–54
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 41–42, 52, 71
View, The, 11, 37
voter identification measures, 3, 14
as racial issue, 98–99, 104
voter registration, 88, 137, 184
Wagner, Dennis, 254
Walker, Scott, 139–41
Walker, Vaughn, 192, 227–29
Wallace, Chris, 61
Wall-E, 221
Wallsten, Peter, 147
Walsh, Kenneth T., 102
Walt, Stephen, 12
War on Poverty, 157
War on Terror, 39, 143
Warren, Earl, 62–63
Warren, Rick, 184
Washington Examiner, 99, 120
Washington Post, 2, 13, 27, 241, 250
class issues and, 147–48
JList and, 21, 23
Martin case and, 91, 97–98
sexual issues and, 194–95
water, 199–202, 204–6
Waters, Maxine, 90, 95
Waters, Walter W., 132
wealthy, 156–58, 177
class bullies and, 128–31, 136
economic crisis and, 124, 126
labor unions and, 131, 139
Occupy movement and, 144, 149
shutting up, 150–54
Weathermen, Weather Underground, 50–51, 53, 75, 112
Weigel, David, 23
Weiner, Anthony, 21, 261
Weinstein, Harvey, 32
welfare, welfare state, 15, 110, 152, 229
West, Allen, 61
West, Cornel, 29
West, Kanye, 148–49
wetlands, protection of, 199–200
White, Betty, 160
White, Micah, 213
Whitefield, Paul, 68
WikiLeaks, 44
Wiley, Maya, 120
William II, King of Germany, 15, 130
Williams, Brian,
178
Williams, Joe, 107
Willis, Oliver, 247–48
Wilson, Duff, 19–20
Wilson, Frederica, 90
Wilson, Woodrow:
class issues and, 130–31, 135
patriotism and, 45–47, 50
Winning the Future, 2
Wisconsin, 57, 139–41, 162–63
Wolfe, Tom, 112–13
Wolfowitz, Paul, 247
Wonkette, 161–62
World Bank, 214
World Trade Center (WTC), 54, 64, 247
World War I:
class issues and, 131–32, 135
patriotism and, 45–48
World War II, 29, 42, 66, 135, 196
patriotism and, 46–48
Wright, Jeremiah, 16, 22, 41, 65, 113, 115, 224, 245
Wurzelbacher, Samuel Joseph (Joe the Plumber), 12, 127–28, 134, 142
Wyman, Thomas, 238–39
Yeomans, William, 143
Yglesias, Matthew, 261
Young Lions, The (Shaw), 47
Zangara, Giuseppe, 62
Zeese, Kevin, 44
Zimmerman, George:
arrest of, 83, 86, 89, 91–93, 98, 119–20
Martin case and, 79, 81–93, 96–98, 104
Martin’s physical confrontation with, 83–84, 88, 91, 96
media on, 85–86, 88–89, 97
neighborhood watch led by, 81–82, 84–85, 87
911 call of, 82, 88–89
stand-your-ground law and, 97–98
Zimmerman, Shellie, 81
Zinn, Howard, 47, 65
Zwick, Steve, 212
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Shapiro, Ben.
Bullies : how the left’s culture of fear and intimidation silences America / Ben Shapiro.
p. cm.
Summary: “From the editor-at-large of Breitbart.com comes a galvanizing and alarming look at the strategy of leftist thuggery to silence their opponents”—Provided by publisher.
1. Threat (Psychology)—United States. 2. Intimidation—United States. 3. Bullying—United States. 4. Liberalism—United States. 5. Right and left (Political science)—United States. I. Title.
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