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OK, so she said something Not Nice

Ann Coulter. You vixen. Look at you get everyone all riled up. All because you didn't call Sen. Edwards a name. Both sides of the political spectrum are having a spectacular hissy fit now. Proud of yourself? Yes, I thought you would be. That was the whole point, wasn't it?

It's all about Ann. All the time. Her entire agenda is to be as loud, brash and in-your-face as possible. She has good points, and I agree with her basic intent most of the time. It's the delivery of such that raises hackles all over the place. It may well be that the conservatives decide that they have had enough of cleaning up after her verbal droppings and dealing with the inevitable blow-back from the left, and kick her to the curb. Why has this not been done before? There have been many occasions in which she has let loose with a highly controversial statement, cloaked in the pretense of it being "a joke" or just written off as acerbic wit. Perhaps it is because many recognize that she often does have a valid point.

Let's take a closer look at what she said at CPAC:

I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I - so kind of an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards.

And focus on her central theme:

it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,'

That, my friends, is the core of the statement. The fact that everyone has their frillies all in an uproar over her use of the word "faggot" perfectly exemplifies what her message truly is: The worship at the altar of the Politically Correct is stupid.

Recently, an actor called another actor a faggot. He's is now undergoing rehabilitation .. for what, I don't know. Perhaps Foot in Mouth Syndrome is something that can be cured? But I would think that anyone that was aware of this incident would realize that is what Coulter was referring to, and was pointing out the absurdity of it all.

Heck, even some gays think this is all ridiculous. A commenter at Wizbang says:

Please forgive me, but I am at a lost to understand why all you straight people are so bent out of shape over her joke. I found it quite funny. I of course expect it from the nuts on the left, but you straight people should get a life, it was a joke. Get over your PC, for your information Gays use the term as a insult. And before any of you straights start ranting, I am gay and don't object to the joke. But I do object to all you straights joining the left wing nut jobs in your rants about this.

(Quoted verbatim, with spelling corrected ... that's just my little obsession)

Another at GayPatriot:

I enjoy reading Coulter’s comments and am by no means her official gay apologist, but it makes me wonder:

When Sen. Robert Byrd (D-KKK) used the word “nigger” on Fox News Sunday - not once, but twice - why did then-NAACP president Kweisi Mfume not condemn him, but SYMPATHIZE with him? As in, “oh, he’s so old he probably didn’t know what he was saying/we’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.”

When a former NBA player said he hated gay people and called himself a “homophobe,” where was the outrage? Was it because he was black and presumably a Democrat? His statements were worse than John Rocker’s - but he got a pass from not only his community but from ours as well.

That being said - until the NAACP distances themselves from racist, bigoted Democrats, I will neither condemn Coulter for what she said in the spirit of “humor.” Granted, as a joke it was weak, but I think her purpose in doing something that would be headline-grabbing would be to see how many Dems would try to cast the beam out of their own eyes.

And frankly, I’ve considered John Edwards a pouf ever since he exemplified the term “metrosexual.”

Regards,
Peter H.

When we have become so Politically Correct that we can't even discuss the absurdity of some of the parameters of Political Correctness without the Politically Correct crowd going nuts because someone made a crude joke meant to lampoon the Politically Correct, we might as well give it up and no one ever say anything at all to anyone at anytime under any circumstances, because someone, somewhere, in some context could find it offensive.

Newsflash: No one has the right to never be offended, or be protected from offensive words, images or ideas.

It's time that everyone get a really good grip on that ...

Looks like Jay Tea has that grip - Ann Coulter is Da Bomb

UPDATE:
I do not want to hear or read ONE. SINGLE. WORD. of righteous indignation from the left. Not ONE.
The left is forever casting aspersion on the right for the transgressions of individuals ... Sen. Allen, Rep. Foley, Coulter. Yet, the disclaim and disavow any connection or responsibility for the transgressions of their own. Sen Edwards hires two foul-mouthed, offensive bloggers for his campaign and when their potty-mouths are put on parade and under the microscope, the left claims the quotes are taken out of context, that their prior blog posts are not representative of their true Democratic feelings, etc. When Bill Maher says he's sorry the assassination attempt on Vice-President Cheney failed, and his sentiments are echoed nearly verbatim at the Huffington Post and elsewhere in the left-blogosphere. Now we have this steaming pile of liberal peace, love, tolerance and understanding ... starting with this lovely dropping:

Or someone could just shoot the bitch.

PEACE

And it goes on and on and on ... 26 pages so far .. of more lovely invectives such as that, with the Godwin's Law fulfilled in the second comment.

Of course, when called on the carpet for their egregious behavior, they will loudly disclaim any connection to the Democrats, Liberals or Progressive movement whatsoever ... just a few out of control commenters on a blog, they will say. Right. But all conservatives are just as guilty as Ann Coulter.

Got it. The double-standard of the Democrats, once again. Pathetic!



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