LIBERALS SEEK BAN ON METAPHORS IN WAKE OF ARIZONA SHOOTING

Ann Coulter ^ | 1/12/11 | Ann Coulter

[Nachum]

After the monstrous shooting in Arizona last week, surely we can all agree that we've got to pass Obama's agenda immediately and stop using metaphors.

At least I think that's what the mainstream media are trying to tell me.

Liberals instantly leapt on the sickening massacre at a Tucson political event over the weekend to accuse tea partiers, Sarah Palin and all conservatives who talk out loud of being complicit in murder by inspiring the shooter, Jared Loughner.

Of course, to make their case, they first must demonstrate:

(a) Right-wingers have called for violence against anyone, especially conservative, pro-Second Amendment Democratic congresswomen; (b) Loughner was listening to them; and (c) Loughner was influenced by them.

They've proved none of this. In fact, it's nearly the opposite.

Needless to say, no conservative has called for violence against anyone. Nor has any conservative engaged in any "rhetoric" that was likely to lead to violence. Every putative example of "violent rhetoric" these squeamish liberals produce keeps being matched by an identical example from the Democrats.

Sarah Palin, for example, had a chart of congressional districts being targeted by Republicans. So did the Democratic Leadership Committee. Indeed, Democratic consultant Bob Beckel went on Fox News and said he invented the bull's-eye maps.

Similarly, every time liberals produce an example of military lingo from a Republican -- "we're going to target this district" -- Republicans produce five more from the Democrats.

President "whose asses to kick" Obama predicted "hand-to-hand combat" with his political opponents and has made such remarks as "if they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun" -- making Obama the first American president to advocate gun fights since Andrew Jackson.

These are figures of speech known as "metaphors." (Do liberals know where we got the word "campaign"?)

[Nachum]

If any public figure influenced this guy, my money's on Bill Maher.

[subterfuge]

To quote a very reasoned man, the liberals are PLAYING ON OUR FEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[socialism_stinX]

Ann is awesome. Liberal dolts, the phrase “don’t retreat, reload” is just a military metaphor. It doesn’t mean that anyone should actually load a gun and shoot someone. I have no doubt that political rhetoric had absolutely no influence on the shooter in this tragedy.

[Howie66]

I would suggest that we institute a nation wide ban on liberals speaking at any time.

Or, just a nation wide ban on liberals.

Either way.

[palmer]

The left hates metaphors for philosophical reasons as well. Chomsky is a good example, proposing mindless generative grammar in place of imaginative expression.

[A Strict Constructionist]

Well we’ll still have similes.

[subterfuge]

MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who on Monday night recalled Palin's statement, "We're not retreating, we're reloading," and said, I quote, "THAT'S not a metaphor."

Amazing ignorance on display. Chissy probably believes this episode is going to "literally" blow up the conservative movement. Literally. Unbelievable.