He probably is effeminate, but that is not the point. The PC outrage to Isaiah Washington's comment was generated specifically because he called a genuine homosexual a faggot. Had Washington called an effeminate heterosexual a faggot, there would have been much less response. Ann made reference to Washington's specific case.
Had Ann wanted to object to the PC outrage associated with calling an effeminate heterosexual a faggot, the Washington case does not work as an example. And of course Ann had to know that Knight was actually gay, it was very public information by the time Ann referenced it. Events had overtaken your argument that Washington might have meant "effeminate."
Sheesh what people will resort to to wax self-righteous over a joke.
I agree that is tiresome to have to parse Ann's words for the umpteenth time, but it is just as tiresome to hear posters contend for the umpteenth time that that Ann did not say what she so obviously said.
Now, because of her dumb comment and her failure to retract it, she will find herself uninvited to many conservative events and unwelcome on many conservative media outlets. Her influence will certainly diminish. She may actually find herself more popular with the left, since to them she has become a valuable circus act -- the conservative they love to hate. She has apparently revived Edwards's flagging campaign, and put him back in the running for the vice-presidency. Does pointing out that Ann's joke will have bad consequences make me self-righteous? Fine.
We needed her on the front lines. She was magnificent at forcefully telling the adult truth about politically incorrect subjects. She could win a battle of wits and facts with almost any liberal. She just took herself off the battlefield with one botched joke. It's a real loss.
BTW the Free Republic spell checker flags "faggot" as misspelled. Someone really should fix that. The word seems to be a favorite of many Freepers.
" He probably is effeminate, but that is not the point. The PC outrage to Isaiah Washington's comment was generated specifically because he called a genuine homosexual a faggot. Had Washington called an effeminate heterosexual a faggot, there would have been much less response."
You know this how?
Divine revelation?
What a joke.
(And it was a joke. An excellent joke. The point of which you are yourself proving.)