The Silencing (32 page)

24
.
    
“Inclusiveness at Mozilla,”
BrendanEich.com
, March 26, 2014,
https://brendaneich.com/2014/03/inclusiveness-at-mozilla/
.

25
.
    
Sunnivie Brydum, “Nearly 65K Demand Mozilla CEO Come Out for Marriage Equality,”
Advocate
, March 31, 2014,
http://www.advocate.com/business/technology/2014/03/31/nearly-65k-demand-mozilla-ceo-come-out-marriage-equality
.

26
.
    
“Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO,”
Mozilla Blog
, April 3, 2014,
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/04/03/brendan-eich-steps-down-as-mozilla-ceo/
.

27
.
    
Andrew Sullivan, “Here Comes the Groom,”
New Republic
, August 28, 1989,
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/79054/here-comes-the-groom
.

28
.
    
“Dissents of the Day,”
TheDish
, April 4, 2014,
http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/04/04/dissents-of-the-day-63/
.

29
.
    
Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu,
The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu
(London: T. Evans, 1777), 4 vols., vol. 1.,
http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/837
.

30
.
    
Alexis de Tocqueville,
Democracy in America
.

31
.
    
Alex Doody, “Protests at Exeter over OSFL Abortion Panel Event,”
Cherwell
, February 7, 2015,
http://www.cherwell.org/news/topstories/2015/02/06/protests-at-exeter-over-osfl-abortion-panel-event
.

32
.
    
“Three Reasons to Affirm Free Speech—Keynote Address at FIRE’s 15th Anniversary Dinner,” FIRE, October 23, 2014,
http://www.thefire.org/three-reasons-affirm-free-speech-keynote-address-fires-15th-anniversary-dinner/
.

33
.
    
Concurring opinion in
Whitney v. California
, 1927, text available at Legal Information Institute,
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/274/357
.

34
.
    
Geoffrey R. Stone, “Justice Brennan and the Freedom of Speech: A First Amendment Odyssey,”
University of Pennsylvania Law Review
,
http://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3755&context=penn_law_review
.

35
.
    
New York Times v. Sullivan
, 376 U.S. 254, 270 (1964).

36
.
    
Marc Morano, “Update: Video: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants to Jail His Political Opponents—Accuses Koch Brothers of ‘Treason’—‘They Ought to Be Serving Time for It,’” Climate Depot, September 21, 2014, see video,
http://www.climatedepot.com/2014/09/21/robert-f-kennedy-jr-wants-to-jail-his-political-opponents-accuses-koch-brothers-of-treason-they-ought-to-be-serving-time-for-it/
.

37
.
    
Stephen Brooks,
Understanding American Politics
(Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009), 287.

38
.
    
“RFK Jr: Eternity in Jail for Coal CEO,”
Green Hell Blog
, March 2, 2009,
http://greenhellblog.com/2009/03/02/rfk-jr-eternity-in-jail-for-coal-ceo/
.

39
.
    
Floyd Abrams, speech provided to author.

40
.
    
Steven H. Shiffrin, Cornell University Law School,
http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/faculty/bio.cfm?id=72
.

41
.
    
Steven H. Shiffrin, “The Dark Side of the First Amendment,”
UCLA Law Review
, 61 UCLA L. Rev. 1480 (2014),
http://www.uclalawreview.org/pdf/61-5-7.pdf
.

42
.
    
Eric Posner, “The World Doesn’t Love the First Amendment,”
Slate
, September 25, 2012,
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2012/09/the_vile_anti_muslim_video_and_the_first_amendment_does_the_u_s_overvalue_free_speech_.single.html
.

43
.
    
“State of the First Amendment: 2013,” First Amendment Center, 2013,
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/madison/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/SOFA-2013-final-report.pdf
.

44
.
    
Jonathan Haidt, “The Bright Future of Post-Partisan Social Psychology,”
Edge.org
, February 11, 2011,
https://edge.org/conversation/the-bright-future-of-post-partisan-social-psychology
; John Tierney, “Social Scientist Sees Bias Within,”
New York Times
, February 7, 2011,
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08tier.html?_r=0
.

45
.
    
“Three Reasons to Affirm Free Speech—Keynote Address at FIRE’s 15th Anniversary Dinner.”

CHAPTER TWO: DELEGITIMIZING DISSENT

1
.
      
“Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast,” in “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams (1970– ), Awards,” IMDb,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0231035/awards
.

2
.
      
Campbell Brown, “Teachers Unions Go to Bat for Sexual Predators,”
Wall Street Journal
, July 29, 2012,
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390443437504577547313612049308
.

3
.
      
Stephen Sawchuk, “A Twitter Debate on Teacher Sexual Misconduct,”
Education Week
, August 2, 2014,
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2012/08/a_twitter_debate_on_teacher_se.html
.

4
.
      
Stephanie Simon, “Obama Alums Join Anti-Teachers Union Case,”
Politico
, June 24, 2014,
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/robert-gibbs-ben-labolt-legal-fight-teachers-union-incite-agency-108243.html
.

5
.
      
Kirsten Powers, “Left-Wing Teacher Groups Launch Sexist Crusade,”
USA Today
, August 19, 2014,
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/08/19/powers-left-campbell-brown-school-choice-teacher-groups-sexist-crusade-column/14299039/
.

6
.
      
Paul Farhi, “Campbell Brown Goes after Teacher Tenure in Transition from Journalist to Advocate,”
Washington Post
, July 14, 2014,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/campbell-brown-goes-after-teacher-tenure-in-transition-from-journalist-to-advocate/2014/07/14/58fdb33e-0919-11e4-a0dd-f2b22a257353_story.html
.

7
.
      
Michelle Rhee, “My Break with the Democrats,” Daily Beast, February 4, 2013,
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/04/michelle-rhee-my-break-with-the-democrats.html
.

8
.
      
Richard Whitmire, “What Is behind the Discrediting of Michelle Rhee?,”
Education Week
, February 28, 2011,
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/03/02/22whitmire.h30.html
.

9
.
      
Ibid.

10
.
    
Michele McNeil, “U.S. Dept. of Ed. Protesters Turn Fierce Rhetoric on ‘Corporate’ Reform,”
Education Week
, April 4, 2013,
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2013/04/education_department_protesters_turn_fierce_rhetoric_on_corporate_reform.html
.

11
.
    
Jeff Bryant, “Michelle Rhee Misreads ‘Shift among Democrats’ on Education,” Campaign for America’s Future, October 12, 2012,
http://ourfuture.org/20121012/michelle-rhee-misreads-shift-among-democrats-on-education
.

12
.
    
Jeff Bryant, “Education ‘Reform’s’ New Ann Coulter: A Reeling Michelle Rhee Passes the Lead to Campbell Brown,”
Salon.com
, July 23, 2014,
http://www.salon.com/2014/07/23/education_reforms_new_ann_coulter_a_reeling_michelle_rhee_passes_the_lead_to_campbell_brown/
.

13
.
    
Alexander Russo, “Update: Union Defends Anti-Rhee Site/Attacks Rhee Secrecy,” Scholastic’s
This Week In Education
, August 29, 2011,
http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/thisweekineducation/2011/08/confronted-with-information-published-in-politico-that-rheefirst-was-an-anonymous-attack-vehicle-secretly-created-inside-the.html#.VOafTilUXjQ
.

14
.
    
Jeremy Waldron, “Hate Speech and Free Speech, Part Two,”
New York Times
, June 18, 2012,
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/hate-speech-and-free-speech-part-two/?_r=0
.

15
.
    
Andrew Kaczynski, “Democratic Congressman Makes Shocking Racial Comments about Republicans, Clarence Thomas, Mitch McConnell,” Buzzfeed News, April 29, 2014,
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/democratic-congressman-makes-shocking-racial-comments-about
.

16
.
    
Ron Christie, “Why Criticizing Obama Isn’t Racist,” Daily Beast, November 29, 2013,
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/29/criticizing-obama-isnt-racist.html
.

17
.
    
Dexter Mullins, “Do Black People Really Know Their ‘Uncle Tom’?,” Grio, February 16, 2011,
http://thegrio.com/2011/02/16/do-black-people-really-know-their-uncle-tom/
; Adena Spingarn, “When ‘Uncle Tom’ Became an Insult,”
Root
, May 17, 2010,
http://www.theroot.com/articles/politics/2010/05/uncle_tom_from_compliment_to_insult.html
.

18
.
    
“Radio Host Calls Rice an ‘Aunt Jemima,’” Fox News, November 19, 2004,
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2004/11/19/radio-host-calls-rice-aunt-jemima/
.

19
.
    
See excerpt from Malcolm X, “The Race Problem,” African Students Association and NAACP Campus Chapter, Michigan State University, January 23, 1963, available here:
http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/mmt/mxp/speeches/mxa17.html
.

20
.
    
Raffi Williams, interview with author, January 16, 2015.

21
.
    
“Steele Weighs in on the Oreo Incident,”
Baltimore Sun
, November 15, 2005,
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2005-11-15/news/0511150358_1_oreo-cookies-ehrlich-steele
; “Michael Steele Oreo Incident Eyewitness Report,” Amy Ridenour, National Center Blog, National Center for Public Policy Research, November 23, 2005,
http://www.nationalcenter.org/2005/11/michael-steele-oreo-incident.html
.

22
.
    
“The Top 10 Sambos Living in America Today,” ThyBlackMan, June 30, 2011,
http://thyblackman.com/2011/06/30/the-top-10-sambos-living-in-america-today/
.

23
.
    
Blogxilla GlobalGrindTV, “Samuel Jackson Talks Troubles of Playing a ‘House Negro’ In Django Unchained,” YouTube, December 26, 2012,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYkZe3yprKU
; Jeff Poor, “Jason Whitlock Strikes again: Likens Thomas Sowell to ‘House Negro’ Film Character,” Daily Caller, January 3, 2013,
http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/03/jason-whitlock-likens-thomas-sowell-to-house-negro-film-character/
.

24
.
    
“The Top 10 Sambos Living in America Today.”

25
.
    
Ibid.

26
.
    
Ibid.

27
.
    
Pam Key, “MSNBC Guest: Jindal ‘Trying to Scrub Some of the Brown Off His Skin,” Breitbart, January 19, 2015,
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/01/19/msnbc-guest-jindal-trying-to-scrub-some-of-the-brown-off-his-skin/
.

28
.
    
Darron T. Smith, “She Looks Black, but Her Politics Are Red: What Mia Love’s Victory Means for the Face of the GOP,” Huffington Post, November 6, 2014, updated January 6, 2015,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/darron-t-smith-phd/mia-love_b_6116466.html
.

29
.
    
Hamilton Nolan, “The Breathtaking Cynicism of the Mia Love Lovefest,”
Gawker
, November 6, 2014,
http://gawker.com/the-breathtaking-cynicism-of-the-mia-love-lovefest-1655416459
.

30
.
    
Smith, “She Looks Black.”

31
.
    
Erica Ritz, “RNC Star Mia Love’s Wikipedia Reportedly Changed to ‘Dirty, Worthless Wh*re’ Who Is a ‘House Ni**er,’” TheBlaze, August 29, 2012,
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/08/29/rnc-star-mia-loves-wikipedia-reportedly-changed-to-dirty-worthless-whre’-who-is-a-house-nier/
.

32
.
    
“Sick: Wikipedia Entry Calls Mia Love ‘Dirty, Worthless Whore’ and ‘House Nigger,’” Twitchy, August 29, 2012,
http://twitchy.com/2012/08/29/sick-wikipedia-entry-calls-mia-love-dirty-worthless-whore-and-house-nigger/
.

33
.
    
John Monk, “NC NAACP Chief Denounces Extremists of All Kinds, Including Conservatives,”
State
, January 19, 2014,
http://www.thestate.com/2014/01/19/3216854_in-fiery-pre-mlk-day-speech-nc.html?rh=1
.