Posted on 09/03/2002 2:28:07 PM PDT by SheLion
Editor's File | A letter to Coulter
Dear Ann Coulter:
You're fired.
It's not that extreme viewpoints are unwelcome on the opinion pages of the Centre Daily Times. All political viewpoints, from Cal Thomas on the right to Molly Ivins on the left, are welcome here.
But, we don't welcome haters, Ann, and that's what you are.
Well, you are either a hater or a hypocrite who calls names and spews enmity because you believe it will get your pretty face on television more or sell more copies of your best-selling books.
In either case, we won't be publishing your Friday column anymore . We decided not to publish a piece of yours a few weeks back because it was nothing more than a sexual history of some of your enemies -- i.e., private citizens who dared to give money to the Democrats.
I wrote a column about why we held the piece and told readers then that if you continued to cross the line, we'd can you.
Your Friday column, in which you declared that liberals are "no good," then trashed the entire Kennedy clan as a collection of "heroin addicts, convicted killers, cheaters, bottleggers and dissolute drunks," crossed that line. I'm not going to defend the Kennedy family or liberals; either group can argue with you if they'd like.
But, Ann, you're mean -- vicious, really -- which is why we do not believe that you in any way serve the public good.
On a late summer morning almost a year ago, all of us -- Republicans, Democrats and everyone else -- witnessed what hate is capable of.
Since that day, Americans have tried to remember that they are on the same side, regardless of differences in skin color, nation of origin, religion or political viewpoint. It has not always been easy because, more than ever, those who are different can seem more threatening. But we're trying because what we have in America is worth keeping.
And, Ann, you're not helping. You do nothing to elevate our spirits, to celebrate the great bond that holds us this unruly people together and makes us a nation.
Hate is easy; love is hard.
Our great nation gives you the freedom to hate all you want and even to make a buck off it if you can. But, even better, it gives us the right not to have to listen.
So, Ann, you're fired. I expect some of our readers are going to be mad at us over this, but we hope they'll understand that while we joyfully publish a wide spectrum of political and social viewpoints, we condemn hate where we find it.
You won't miss us much, Ann. Heck, you're rolling in money. And your fans can find your column on the Internet anyway.
We'll start looking for someone to replace you. It won't be easy because you sure are flashy and a lot of folks like flashy. But political conservatism has produced other columnists of merit whose ideas will provide subjects fit for public consumption and debate -- writers who do not believe those who disagree with them are traitors, or worse.
Sincerely,
Bob Unger, executive editor
Bob Unger can be reached by
e-mail at runger@centredaily.com or by phone at 231-4640.
And they can't handle the truth.
Perplexingly, he writes: "The vast majority of liberals are good, sincere, well-meaning people." This cheery bonhomie is beginning to sound like the mantra about the "vast majority" of Muslims being peaceful. (And has produced the same good results!) I think it's time to drop the infernal nonsense about liberals being well-intentioned but misguided. In the spirit of Hannityesque magnanimity, I will say that there is only one thing wrong with liberals: They're no good.
Yes, yes, yes! The cliche about liberals being well-intentioned has driven me crazy for years. Maybe some were well-intentioned forty or fifty years ago, but they certainly haven't been since the first urban riots hit, and they cheered on the thugs, and then rationalized the violence.... and have been rationalizing away murder and mayhem ever since.
BTW, although I only quoted one passage, I agree with EVERYTHING she said.
How much you wanna bet, that if you read this guy's newspaper for a week, you'd come acorss lots of haters of the socialist variety?
Thanks for the posts.
She'll hardly notice I'm sure, but the fact that this rag is 'firing' her under the guise that they won't tolerate 'hate' and have the gall to compare a conservative viewpoint as akin to the 9/11 terrorists view of America says a lot about Ann Coulter's effectiveness, despite all the whiny objections we read whenever Ann's name comes up. She's giving the liberals jitters, they don't like it one bit and now they've resorted to calling her writings 'hate' in order to justify cutting her off. Lame.
Clearly a case of a liberal editor frustrated with and lashing out against the truth.
I listened to a lib out here debated Ann and he tried to make her out to be "hatefull." She gobbled him up, showing him to be the one spewing hate in every question he asked here.
The guy was definately shaken by the exchange, by being confronted head on with the venom he and the left constantly spew.
Classic hate-filled/insulting response I'd come to expect from a devotee of Coulter. Many actually think that literary insults is a valid writing style. I find it (and her) rather boring. Thanks for the intellectual discussion ...NOT ... bye ...
Agreed, Molly Ivins is about the most viscious liberal columnist I've ever read. Just thinking about her columns makes me want to hurl. Worst part is Molly's columns are very poorly written, and she usually has no idea what the hell she is writing about especially concerning economic issues.
This would at least give your readers some perspective.
Or, gasp! is your paper biased toward conservatives?
And you are free to do so. You need never read or hear her again, but my issue is that I should have the OPTION to listen/read/see her as often as I am allowed to listen/read/see her counterparts. It is not 'fair and balanced' to censor one side of an arguement.
If you read the article closer, you will see that this paper carries other conservative columnists proudly, including Cal Thomas. The republic got on fine for a little while with conservative columnists not named Ann Coulter ya know.
I thought all the guys were CRAZY about her!! Everytime I see a thread in here about her, the guys go NUTS!
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