Ann Coulter, for God’s sake, STFU.
Tags: CPAC, Ann Coulter, John Edwards
Oh, for cryin’ out loud. AGAIN?
“I’d say something about John Edwards, but if you use the word ‘faggot’, you have to go to rehab.”
Look, I’m not even going to get all worked up in a self-indulgent tizzy about this shi’ite. (Sorry, Gleen G. and other leftards, it’s not my baby and I’m not rockin’ it.) I just wish Ann Coulter would at least occasionally shut the hell up, and not feel the need to take the publicity-whoring cheap shot.
“Faggot.”
Brilliant, Ann. The words of a genius. Just brilliant.
But you know what? The “rehab” part IS funny. Why’d she have to ruin a perfectly good crack on (celebrity image) “rehab” by making a gay “joke?” She’d have been a lot funnier if she’d said something like “I’d say something about John Edwards, but if you use the word ‘(lightweight, Ken Doll, airhead, ambulance-chaser, assclown, etc.–take your pick)’, you have to go to rehab.” THAT would have been funny.
I myself would say more about Coulter, but if you say the word “asshole,” you have to go to rehab. Damn, now it’s not even funny.
Say hello to irrelevance, Ann. Enjoy what’s left of your last “show” at CPAC.
Forget her. Read about the other people speaking at CPAC that actually matter.
UPDATE!
Ann and Gleen
Sittin’ in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
First comes love
Then comes marriage
Then comes baby in a baby carriage
Er, maybe not. But cats! Definitely cats!
UPDATE #2, Monday 3/5: Little Miss Attila has “An Open Letter to CPAC Sponsors and Organizers Regarding Ann Coulter,” and if you’re as aggravated about this as most people are, head over and add your name to the signatures. (Update within an update: OK, whoever it is with the damn letter, PLEASE add my name to it. The American Mind? Outside the Beltway? What, do I seriously have to ask twice?
Also, my last word on this, as I put it over at Hot Air in the comments (over 400 pretty heated comments there!). I won’t post about this any more, because it’s getting tiresome, so this is just an update instead.
To those of you who think all of us who think she’s an ass for saying “faggot” are RINOs or “liberals” or sucking up to PC leftards: You’re totally missing the point.
This has absolutely nothing to do with seeking approval from bed-wetting leftists, nor does it have to do with any of these other fallacies you’ve dreamed up.
It’s like this: Suppose she was talking about Barack Obama. Suppose she said, “I’d call him a nigger, but then I’d have to go to rehab.”
Is THAT okay with you too?
“Faggot” is a perjorative, as is “wetback” or “nigger” or whatever. I guess y’all don’t even know how the word affects its intended targets–some of whom (”faggots”) were even in the audience, in fact. And fer cryin’ out loud, this “she didn’t call him a faggot” idiocy is ridiculous. NO, she didn’t. That is NOT the point. (See also: the Obama example.)
This isn’t about political correctness (God knows I’m certainly not PC)–it’s about basic human decency.
And that’s all I’ve got to say about that.
Coulter Fan says:
You ought to change the name of this blog to MY Vast LEFTwing Conspiracy
Beth says:
Yeah, probably. Just like those barking liberal moonbats Michelle Malkin and Ed Morrissey and Kevin McCullough and, oh, just about every other conservative blogger I’ve seen should.
‘Cause you know, only a left-winger likes those faggots, right?
:roll:
Guess what, if you think going around saying “faggot” in a speech at a political conference is cool, and objecting to calling someone a “faggot” makes me a left-winger in your mind, then I’m guilty as charged. But you know what? I really don’t care what some anonymous goofball on teh intarweb says.
Jim Treacher says:
Because Ann Coulter is the right-wing! They are one and the same. It’s nice that the far-left and far-right can finally agree on something.
Matthew says:
I’ve felt this way for a while, I just don’t understand why so many right-wingers still accept her. Even though she is intelligent, she is worse than most liberals when it comes to her antics.
Amanda says:
That woman will never ever shut up.
Chris says:
Worse than liberals? I wouldn’t say that. Ann crossed a line, and it doesn’t help, but last I looked, she wasn’t pieing people, tossing blood on them, defacing war memorials, having die ins, asking soldiers to shoot their officers. She’s looney sometimes, but she’s no lefty when it comes to antics.
raz0r says:
Whatever. Everyone gets all in a piss cause Ann said something inflammatory. Shocked - that anyone is surprised.
I’m more upset that a woman who I think is intelligent, couldn’t come up with more cutting vernacular.
auhin says:
I agree with raz0r. It was a freakin’ joke, just like all of her past “shrill” remarks. Get a sense of humor. Everyone’s human.
And I’m sick of my fellow right-wingers criticizing her for being…her.If you can’t appreciate Slander, you’re beyone therapy.
Beth says:
:roll:
auhin, I don’t think you do agree with raz0r that much. See, raz0r didn’t feel the need to attack me personally for thinking the word “faggot” sucks; obviously, we are able to not have the same opinion on it yet not have it affect our opinions of each other. Apparently the best you’ve got is ad hominem bullshi’ite, which speaks volumes.
I happen to LIKE a lot of “faggots,” and I know it’s a shi’itety thing to say. And guess what–there were “faggots” in the audience, too. It didn’t hurt me personally, hearing it–but it really is a slur that hurts a lot of other people who don’t deserve it. See that “huge blogroll” over there? There are a lot of conservative “faggots” there, many (if not all) of whom you would like. Think they thought it was cool?
You’re entitled to your opinion; I just don’t share it. So if that makes me “humorless” or “beyond therapy,” so be it. I stand by my words, and I sleep well at night knowing my sense of humor and sanity are quite intact.