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Ann Coulter not to be taken literally
BG News ^ | 2/24/05 | dj Johnson

Posted on 02/25/2005 11:39:12 AM PST by pissant

Ann Coulter hates liberals with an undying passion. Although that's common knowledge and usually the first thing most people know about this conservative diva, you're probably thinking that that's not the best way to start an article in which the goal is to, in a way, glorify and defend her from those men and women who covet the safety of political correctness.

Yet, it's the truth.

First and foremost, "political correctness" are two words that are not in Coulter's vocabulary, nor should they be. Why are we, as a society, so concerned with what other people want to hear? We've gotten to an unparalleled time in American history where we cannot voice what we truly think and want to say. Instead of honesty, we're forced to exist in the ever- narrowing confines of American appropriateness.

For example, if we see a woman on campus who wants to express herself by parting her hair in a purple Mohawk, we are now forced to acknowledge this as acceptable. Our honest opinions have become secondary to the perceived opinions of the perceived majority. Liberals now find that deviation from this ideology is implausible. Now, thank God, we have a woman who is not going to tolerate being "politically correct," or in layman's terms, live life as a societal android.

Yet, liberals scream that her brusqueness is an excruciating media problem and feel threatened that a woman has voiced her opinion. So they do what they do best: start with the name-calling. Coulter has been labeled as the most fascist, sexist, racist bigot to have ever lived. Because of her hard-to-grasp belief that women shouldn't vote, liberals call her "dumb," not taking into consideration that she is both a legal correspondent and a world-renowned attorney.

She's Satan to some, only because it becomes too difficult for liberals at times to actually dissect her arguments. BG News opinion columnist George Valko's comments on Feb. 21 serve as an example. After stating one of Coulter's quotes, he simply states that "no one needs to comment on that." With no offense to Mr. Valko, that's simply bad analytical literature. That "comment," like so many other liberal "arguments," is nothing more than trash-talking about someone he doesn't like.

My favorite Ann quote sums up her philosophy on life. She once said, "Democrats couldn't care less if people in Indiana hate them. But if Europeans curl their lips, liberals can't look at themselves in the mirror."

Whether you agree with the war on terror or not is one thing, but to actually base your opinion about the war on what France thinks of it is treasonous. Many people know that but are afraid to speak out about it. Coulter, contrary to popular speakers like Michael Moore and Al Franken, loves her country and is not going to allow liberals' fear of foreign ridicule get in the way of truth. Like Coulter once said, "usually the nonsense liberals spout is kind of cute, but in wartime their instinctive idiocy is life-threatening."

In her 2002 best-selling book "Slander," she stated that the "gravest danger facing most black Americans today is the risk of being patronized to death." Her belief is that nowadays, many of the problems that members of the black community are internal and blacks are being perceived as helpless. Does this make her a racist? Did she ever say, or even insinuate, that she doesn't like black people?

But our society, who loves to oversimplify life, sees blacks being portrayed in something other than a victimized light and, without thought, portrays her as a racist. It's similar to the Cosby controversy, and as was the case with this newly-defined "race traitor," liberals feel that anyone who states a somewhat-conservative opinion should be a Constitutionally-denoted criminal.

The goal of this column is not to make you fond of Ann. Actually, the fundamental truth is that if you have more in common with the socialist party than basic American ideals like the majority of the Democratic party these days, then you won't like Ann and she won't like you. It's a similar relationship to the conservative party and the shameless Michael Moore with the only difference being that Moore's defunct arguments are painfully inferior to those of Coulter's, lacking logic and a general sense of intellect.

On the contrary, the point is to get you to come to more of an appreciation of Coulter's honesty and frankness. All of her books have been on the New York Times bestseller list, so educate yourself about America and check one out.


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His title is misleading, 'cause he's defending her.


1 posted on 02/25/2005 11:39:12 AM PST by pissant
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2 posted on 02/25/2005 11:40:42 AM PST by evets (God bless president George W. Bush)
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a world-renowned attorney

Much as I like Ann, this is a bit of a strectch. I don't think she's world-renowned because of her skills in the courtroom, although she is an attorney.

4 posted on 02/25/2005 11:42:16 AM PST by CaptRon (Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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To: evets

thanks for fixing my error...


5 posted on 02/25/2005 11:43:37 AM PST by pissant
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To: evets

She was in town (Boise) giving a speech on Wednesday and I somehow missed that she was going to be here.


6 posted on 02/25/2005 11:44:35 AM PST by MarkeyD (<a href="http://www.johnkerry.com">Loser</a>)
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My pleasure! Thanks for the article.


7 posted on 02/25/2005 11:44:42 AM PST by evets (God bless president George W. Bush)
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more in common with the socialist party than basic American ideals...

uh, I think he means "National Socialist" party...

8 posted on 02/25/2005 11:44:47 AM PST by martin gibson
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To: evets

At last... gotta get cable.


9 posted on 02/25/2005 11:46:25 AM PST by Tax Government (Boycott and defeat the Legacy Media. Become a monthly contributor to FR.)
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To: pissant
Ann Coulter hates liberals with an undying passion.

Did she ever actually say that.

Most of us are puzzled, frustrated, annoyed, disquieted and troubled by the libs.......but I don't hate anybody!

10 posted on 02/25/2005 11:50:36 AM PST by JimVT (I was born a Democrat..but then I grew up)
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From: http://www.intellectualconservative.com/


"Coulter graduated with honors from Cornell University and received her J.D. from University of Michigan Law School, where she was an editor of The Michigan Law Review.
Coulter clerked for the Honorable Pasco Bowman II of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and was an attorney in the Department of Justice Honors Program for outstanding law school graduates.

Coulter practiced law for a private firm in New York City and worked for the Senate Judiciary Committee. From there, she became a litigator with the Center For Individual Rights in Washington, DC, a public interest law firm dedicated to the defense of individual rights with particular emphasis on freedom of speech, civil rights, and the free exercise of religion."



11 posted on 02/25/2005 11:50:55 AM PST by msnimje
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OK, but her 'renown' is from her writing rather than her attorney-ing.


12 posted on 02/25/2005 11:55:21 AM PST by CaptRon (Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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It's her writing about her attorney-ing that gave her the spotlight.


13 posted on 02/25/2005 11:58:54 AM PST by Ladysmith (Wisconsin Hunter Shootings: If you want on/off the WI Hunters ping list, please let me know.)
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On the contrary, the point is to get you to come to more of an appreciation of Coulter's honesty and frankness.

Ann doesn't have a problem, her critics do. As does the author here. It's not so much honesty as evolved parody; sarcasm and irony to the Nth degree and it has flummoxed the liberals. They have to pretend she is serious or run the risk of defending a fictional comedy routine, which Ann seems to be able to deliver with a straight face.

It is, God bless her, sarcasm honed into a weapon so effective that the losers keep digging a deeper and deeper ideological hole for themselves.

14 posted on 02/25/2005 12:01:29 PM PST by Publius6961
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LOL.

And if she was a short, squat brunette, we'd all be saying "Ann who?".


15 posted on 02/25/2005 12:03:12 PM PST by dmz
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She was in town (Boise) giving a speech on Wednesday

Boy...talk about walking into the liberal lion's den...did they throw stuff on her?? Boise is the liberal bastion of Idaho.

16 posted on 02/25/2005 12:06:40 PM PST by Getsmart64 (..)
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To: dmz

If she was a short, squat brunette, she'd have become a liberal.


17 posted on 02/25/2005 12:07:44 PM PST by Uncle Fud
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To: pissant

bump


18 posted on 02/25/2005 12:09:32 PM PST by Tribune7
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To: msnimje

With credentials like those, and the fact that she's now a journalist, you'd think liberals would love her.


19 posted on 02/25/2005 12:11:15 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: dmz

Well, if you don't utilize your assets, why have 'em?


20 posted on 02/25/2005 12:11:17 PM PST by iopscusa (El Vaquero)
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