Spawns of Coulter
“Of Ann Coulter, Ashley says, ‘She’s someone I would read and admire, and I think she’s correct on most fronts, but I don’t think a whole country of Ann Coulters would be a good idea.'” That is Ashley Delp, president of the UO Network of Enlightened Women (NeW), which “serves as part book club and part activist group for right-leaning women,” in an article in the last Voice of the school year. I have had nightmares about an all-Coulter nation every night since I read this.
NeW calls themselves feminists, “though hesitantly,” opposes abortion, opposes the Vagina Monologues and thinks the radical feminists “took a good thing and ruined it.” I’ll give you abortion, but calling the women’s suffragist movement a good thing is too radical for me. What really grinds my gears about the article was this quote by Holly York, “Chivalry being dead is a disappointment and a bad reflection on society.” Pardon me Miss York, you are cordially invited to come to EMU 319; I’ll show you that chivalry ain’t dead.
I haven’t read any of her books. Her public comments are far more than enough to convince me to never give her a penny of my money or waste my time reading her books. They might very well be funny books, but I don’t really have much time for people who think that calling Presidential candidates “faggots” and Muslims “rag heads”.
Maybe she didn’t really “mean it.” Maybe she was just trying to be “controversial” and to provoke a reaction. Whatever. It makes her look like an idiot either way.
Please, somebody tell me. Which of her books have you read that has upset you so much. Is it me? I think she is a funny writer. And tell me, who is out there now dealing in intelligent discussion? If anyone makes a point, the response is either an ad hominum, tu quoque or at best ad vericundium
argument? Gotta go. I do, however appreciate the civility all of your writers display.
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Blaser, please. What is it that you have read that torques you off? She is a snide, sarcastic beeyatch. Is that like a bad thing??
Maybe it’s because I’m really old and there’s a lot of things I don’t know any more. I mean there was a time when I really knew everything! I was probably in my late teens. Now, all I have are questions. Perhaps Ann Coulter really gets a kick out of being outrageous? I don’t know. There are people who really love her though. In fact Henry Rollins even wrote her a love letter on Youtube.
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I feel sorry for people like Jim who actually see Ann Coulter as a strong and assertive woman. Isn’t it pretty obvious that she is a sensationalist that will say anything to revive her pathetic career because she is an attention whore? Does Fox News ask her to come on their shows because of her political commentary, or do they do it because they know the crazier the commentator, the higher the ratings?
General commentary:
You have a nice publication. I just read your mission statement. I’m impressed. Keep up the good work.- Best wishes from the “Live Free or Die State”
Timothy & Vincent: Specifically, what is it that you have read by her that supports your positions. I thought “How to talk to a liberal-If you must” was hillarious. Again, specifically, what is it that sets you both off? Remember, she is a columnist-that’s all. I might suggest that an”Attention-craving harpy who will say just about anything to sell books…” seems to me more like Hillary. And speaking of Hillary, or Nancy Pelosi, whose ideas are “…flat crazy”? Sorry guys, I just don’t see your point. Unless of course you follow the logic of Henry Rollins? 😉
What is wrong about a strong, assertive woman who calls it as she sees it.
Nothing. Unfortunately, that doesn’t describe Ann Coulter.
“Attention-craving harpy who will say just about anything to sell books and does a lot of damage to the conservative movement,” is much more descriptive of Ann Coulter.
Or it could be that her ideas are flat crazy.
I don’t think a whole country full of Ann Coulters would necessarily be a bad idea. What is wrong about a strong, assertive woman who calls it as she sees it. I think a lot of the criticism of Ms. Coulter comes from: a) People who have never read her, and (b) Those who have issues with their own sexuality. She strikes me as being the king of woman who would not hesitate to call me an a**hole if,and no doubt when, I deserved it. But, you know what? I’d still hold the door open for her, and act like a gentleman. A role that too many men neglect.
Saves you the “trouble”? Isn’t that the best part?
Come now, you can’t ruin an abortion. Saves you the trouble of shaking the little tykes once they’re out, dang, think ahead fellas.
Calling themselves enlightened is a sick joke and a total misuse of the term. Talk to any of my five daughters and then you will know what enlightened really is and what a wonderful condition it is.
I whole-heartedly agree about the suffragists. Everyone can agree that giving women the vote can only portend disaster.