Posted on 03/05/2007 12:51:58 AM PST by kristinn
It is with growing dismay and frustration that I am watching so many of my friends and acquaintances in the conservative community attack Ann Coulter for her comments pointing out that saying the word 'faggot' can get you sent to a rehabilitation clinic.
That she said it in the context of primping pretty boy Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards has sent conservatives to the fainting couch in an episode of 'why I never!' mass hysteria.
Ann Coulter has walked point for conservatives for almost a decade. She has been assaulted, threatened and stalked. She requires bodyguards for protection. Liberals believe they are justified in physically attacking Ann. I heard one say so at CPAC--not in response to her rehab joke, but because Ann 'insults people.'
Ann has been an early and loyal friend of Free Republic. She is one of the few prominent conservatives who regularly breaks bread with FReepers. Her friendship is now being repayed by FReepers who want her driven out of conservatism.
That so many conservatives want Ann banned from CPAC is a sad indicator of the state of conservatism. It is not Ann Coulter's fault that Republicans lost both houses of Congress. It is not Ann Coulter's fault that President Bush is not popular. Sacrificing Ann Coulter on the altar of political correctness will not win the elections of 2008 nor will it prevent conservatives from being sent to rehab for uttering politically incorrect words and ideas.
After Ann uttered the words that have given so many conservatives the vapors, the line for her booksigning at CPAC was just as long as usual. I know, I was standing in that line. If CPAC attendees were so outraged about Ann's remarks, it was not manifested there. I didn't learn about the controversy until I read about it online later that night.
I spent the next day at CPAC. Ann's remarks were not a hot topic. I know because the only time I heard it talked about was when I brought it up. Those I spoke with about it were not upset.
I do not wish to speak ill of my friends and acquaintances who are dumping on Ann, other than to express my disappointment. I do wish they'd reconsider and stop attacking a friend who has walked point for them. Liberals must be laughing themselves silly as they watch us take out someone they've been wanting to eliminate for years.
Me too! Joke 'em if they cant take a f***! ............ FRegards
Audio:
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/05/audio-laura-ingraham-addresses-laffaire-coulter/
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As does conservative talk show host Lores Rizkalla of KRLA 870am in Los Angeles -
Audio:
http://justawoman.squarespace.com/lores-rizkallas-official-site/2007/3/5/addressing-ann-coulter.html
Both Laura and Lores are Reagan conservatives.
What you said....I agree with wholeheartedly.
I remember Ann at the March for Justice in Oct. 1998.She has been with us a long time.
Contrast the caterwauling about Ann's comments with the total lack of outrage over that slug Bill Maher's despicable comments about Dick Cheney, which no one on the left dares to criticize.
What Ann has done is open a platform to further expose the marxist inspired PC police groupthink concernig political speech, which she will use effectively in the near future to slice and dice the left.
Thank you for the courage to post your erudite thoughts on this subject.
Seems like a no-brainer.
I prefer to deal with "what is".
Thanks Kristen, nice to see some real men are still posting on FR!
How many threads are you spamming? (Not counting the Coulter-bashing threads you started yourself.)
Ingraham plays fart noises under clips of people speaking. She's your idea of a high standard of behavior?
Bennett is a hypocrite, to put it mildly.
Now, tell us more about how you are going to challenge the record for running the mile and join the US Olympic Team when you are age 47.
(No, I'm not kidding folks. That is what this maniac pretends to be true. Just thought you should know that about him. You should also check out his posting history, as well as his shilling for Michelle Malkin for years.)
Who are these lamebrained "conservatives" that want her banned?
And banned from what?
They must be the dumbed down ones.
Thanks for writing this.
Here is an email I sent to our morning talk show host who was piling on Ann for her word choice. He read it on air, editorializing against my position, but at least his listeners heard that there was one conservative in Baltimore with an alternative position.
Hi Tom,
Ann is being attacked for uttering a forbidden word! She did not call Edwards anything. I know you will say I am splitting hairs, but please consider how ofter we conservatives join the libs to beat up on our own, and how often libs beat up on their own. Answer: never!
We are all undergoing 're-education', what used to be called 'brain-washing' every day. Ann is trying to get us to see that.
maica
Ann Coulter skewers the politically correct and those that are bent from the politically correct winds.
Get'm Ann
As per usual I agree with you. You have freepmail.
Me too, Jim!
(Heard you on the radio this AM...)
Ann Coulter's speech was a series of jokes, and her joke (that the media highlighted) referred to the Liberal (political correctness) of an actor for using the "faggot" word and then he needed to go into a rehab clinic to regain acceptance by the Left.
Most seemed to laugh at the comment, but if some didn't think this was funny(perhaps due to media presentation), the the key conservative point was she was making fun of the Left's attempt to control speech and thought by reacting to specific words. Another example, is the left's attempt to stop the use of "illegal alien".
Ann was merely repeating the word used by an actor and referred to the way it was handled by the Left. She got the same reaction from the Left and also from some RINOs.
The key to conservative principles is our ability to discuss and defend them logically and rationally and not accept the political correctness of the left.
Ann is pushing the line back so that conservatives stand on principles without allowing the left to keep taking more.
You may not agree with her choices, but if you understand her logic, then I hope you understand the conservative principles that she stands for and speaks out for.
Her 'FAGGOT REMARKS' WERE NOT DIRECTED AT EDWARDS!!!!they were in context to what happened to Isaiah when he nade a remark on another program!!!--get it straight, people, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE
They really are such punky whiners. Really, it is nauseating.
here here!!
>>Anyone who attacks Ann Coulter is not a conservative. They might say they are but they aren't.<<
Every single person who has criticized Ann Coulter on this is not a conservative. Every... single ...one.
And you know that how?
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