[Mr. Silverback]

I am sick and tired of the asymmetric warfare both military and political. You can't allow your enemy to fight by his rules while you fight with mittens on and expect to win.

What a Grade A load of crap.

You're telling me Ronald Reagan won elections and implemented all those policy positions by calling people names? Do you think he was so classy because the Dems never insulted him?

Standing for something (which Coulter does) is not the same as acting like a leftist idiot (which Coulter did at the time we're discussing) and if one does the latter, nobody hears the former. People who make themselves look like idiots look like idiots, not socialist idiots, pro-gay idiots, pro-family idiots, free market idiots--just idiots. I'm no fan of Medved's humongous tent approach, but the idea that we're going to advance conservatism by calling someone a faggot is ludicrous.

[PajamaTruthMafia]

First of all, Ann is not RR and she is not running for any office that I know of. Second, this isn't 1980. Things have changed substantially since then. Third, you don't really understand the point she was making which was about "Semantic Totalitarianism" of which you are either a victim or a perpetrator. If you are offended by the use of the word that's your problem, not the worlds. Ann provided a major service by bringing this issue into clear focus.

[PajamaTruthMafia]

You know, to even compare what Ann did to the Leftists idiots is very revealing on your part. To draw some morale equivalence is really an outrage.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

"calling someone a faggot is ludicrous."

And, in the name of "a joke" on top of it, does not change the fact that our society has banned the term as well as its' use.

John Kerry was lambasted twice for calling our troops stupid and later trying to sell it off as a "botched joke".
There is a point where humor or the excuse of it, is no longer acceptable.