Dear Friends…
Ever since the presidential election of 2000 when George W. Bush became our president via the Supreme Court and since that moment I have been highly interested and active in the political system of the United States of America. I am a 29 year old man, who is of Haida and Scandinavian decent, and I am married to “the” smartest woman I know. In my life, I have endured many things including; drug use, physical/verbal abuse (as a child), lost loved ones through suicide, and a vast range of other issues. The reasoning behind this open self-disclosure is to give people a sense of who I am. I am a very quiet man by nature, and I internalize a lot of issues, meaning that when an issue is brought to me, or when an incident happens I spend a great deal of time thinking on all the pros and cons of the subject before coming to “my” own conclusion.
The area of discussion that I would like to share my thoughts on is the right wing firebrand Ann Coulter. I had the pleasure (displeasure) of watching her on CSPAN this morning pushing her current book “Godless” and I was taken a back by this Right Wing Conservative thinker. I have been on democraticunderground.com for over a year and I have seen countless threads, and post on Ann Coulter, but I have never responded to any of those threads, because I have never heard nor seen her on TV. In truth, I never heard of this woman until I came to the confines of democraticunderground.com, and the impression I got of Ann from DU, is that she is a very insensitive, bitter woman.
After watching her on CSPAN I had a lot of jaw dropping moments, actually I lie, I had a damn lot of draw dropping moments. Some of the issues she brings forth made me shake my head in disbelief, but more importantly, my disbelief is grounded in the people that listen to every word that drips from her lips. What I am about to do is take you through my thought patterns on the discourse that Ann put forth in the CSPAN program.
First, some definitions are in order.
1. Liberal-lib·er·al (l b r- l, l b r l)
adj.
1.
a. Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.
b. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.
c. Of, relating to, or characteristic of liberalism.
d. Liberal Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political liberalism, especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.
2.
a. Tending to give freely; generous: a liberal benefactor.
b. Generous in amount; ample: a liberal serving of potatoes.
3. Not strict or literal; loose or approximate: a liberal translation.
4. Of, relating to, or based on the traditional arts and sciences of a college or university curriculum: a liberal education.
5.
a. Archaic Permissible or appropriate for a person of free birth; befitting a lady or gentleman.
b. Obsolete Morally unrestrained; licentious.
n.
1. A person with liberal ideas or opinions.
2. Liberal A member of a Liberal political party.
2. Conservative-con·ser·va·tive (k n-sûr v -t v)
adj.
1. Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.
2. Traditional or restrained in style: a conservative dark suit.
3. Moderate; cautious: a conservative estimate.
4.
a. Of or relating to the political philosophy of conservatism.
b. Belonging to a conservative party, group, or movement.
5. Conservative Of or belonging to the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada.
6. Conservative Of or adhering to Conservative Judaism.
7. Tending to conserve; preservative: the conservative use of natural resources.
n.
1. One favoring traditional views and values.
2. A supporter of political conservatism.
3. Conservative A member or supporter of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada.
4. Archaic A preservative agent or principle.
Both definitions I pulled from --à Site
http://www.thefreedictionary.com Now with that out of the way, the dive into Ann Coulters brain, via my point of view.
Ann Coulters point of view on the public school system and colleges in our country is very astounding. She hates colleges, and the public school system, but her reasoning behind that thought is very strange. She believes that liberals are running some sort of power grab scheme, and saturating both educational systems with an anti-conservative, pro liberal agenda. My first thought after her initial statements on our education system was rather simple, I thought “Well Ann, if those education systems were promoting conservative views, and anti liberal rhetoric, you would be appeased.” In short, she disagrees with anyone who has a different point of view than hers. She attacks liberalism, and blames the education system, teachers, principals, and professors, for the growth of the liberal state of mind. She like a painter uses a very BIG brush to define the “people” who disagree with her, and she defines them as “Liberals” but she never gives any substantial stats, proof, or evidence of her claims. She also claims that kindergarteners are taught “fisting” yes folks, fisting, and she blows away the Liberal agenda on safe sex.
Her attack on the educational systems was a broad-brush smear on a grand level. In my discourse with fellow Liberals, and conservatives I try very hard to steer clear of broad brush statements and stick with the issue at hand, its only common sense to stick to the debate, with facts, ideas, and intuition, which Ann gladly avoids. Now, on to the next subject.
I was really taken a back when she said that Fox News is not conservative enough. My jaw dropped to the floor, and I had to literally pick my jaw back up, and stick it back into place. She boldly said that Fox News isn’t conservative enough that is like saying that the ocean is not wet enough, catch my drift? She attacked Fox News, with the exception of Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly, and proclaimed that within a year or two that Fox News will be another liberal haven. The insanity of her comments on Fox News made it hard for me not to laugh aloud.
The next subject that she brought forth was the notion that Liberals hate America. She went into a rhetorical avalanche of nonsense about how Liberals want America to be destroyed, and about how Liberals root, and cheer for Terrorists to destroy America. With this statement, I knew that I could not take this woman seriously at all. I gave her some slack, and thought maybe, just maybe she would say something smart, but I was completely wrong. In addition, of course, she provided no proof, no polls, surveys, and no concrete evidence to back her claim.
I am going to mesh some of her comments/ideas because I could be at this all day! She believes that the media lies about everything that George W. Bush does, about the war in Iraq, about Osama Bin Laden, and about coverage of Terrorist Cell busts. She blames all the Republican mistakes and faults as get this, “Them taking on Democratic faults.” She also blames the Supreme Court for judicial activism, and her main burden of proof is Roe vs. Wade. Heaven forbid that women control their own bodies Ann! Pigs and dogs must be wailing because women have choice. The Liberal lied about AID’S, yes folks its because of Liberals that AIDS has spread through our country. She goes into a little diatribe about how only AIDS effected homosexuals, and through Liberal sin AIDS started infecting good Christians. The biggest issue she brought forth was Evolution, Darwinism and she hammered scientist big time on those theories. She claimed there was no proof that any animal evolved, heaven forbid Ann, what about all those fossils of Cro-Magnon man, and Neanderthal man? I guess she missed that day in her science class.
There is a ton of hypocritical statements in Ann’s arsenal. She says that she likes debating other dissenting POV’s but I have never seen, nor could find any instance on Google, where she had a debate with a dissenting point of view. She also states she doesn’t’ read dissenting POV’s, and then goes on a rhetorical attack about the slanderous New York Times. What Ann? I thought you did not read dissenting POV’s.
After watching the program, I felt like I needed to take a shower, a bathe to rinse of all of those negative, and down right slanderous waves that was pouring forth from her mouth. I definitely have a strong opinion on this woman now, and I do believe that anyone who believes, or takes serious what this woman berates about needs to be deprogrammed though some 12 step course. The program lasted about an hour and a half, and I do believe she said “hate” about 60 plus times, and Liberal at least 100 plus times. I have never heard a LW pundit talk, or use the same language like this woman does, and I do not understand her appeal in the least bit. I do believe she believes in what she is saying, and I do not think it is a rouse or some ploy. I did get the impression that she craves attention, and the 50 or so (mainly white woman, 1 latino in the whole crowd) woman in attendance showered her with the praise, that Ann seems to so desperately desire.
Thank you for listening to me rant I appreciate it, after watching her little diatribe I just had to work it out of my system. I cannot believe there are people like this out there, and it amazes me even more that people actually believe in what she says. If this is what the democratic movement needs to overcome, this insane egotistical zealotry, we got a fight on our hands brothers and sisters. I have come across a lot of hypocritical people but this woman takes the cake. But, I’m ranting again….sorry!…Have a nice day! J
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