Words to describe Ann Coulter

[noamnety]

Corrupt
Hateful
Hatemongering
Vile
Unethical
Asshole
Shit head
dumbass
greedy
pathetic
terrorist
Lying
Ignorant
Spiteful
Vicious

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See how none of these attack her based on her gender, or her ability to conform to narrowly defined gender roles? Is that so hard to do?

[whistle]

1. Criminal, domestic terrorist

[proud patriot]

2. Translucent

[ronnykmarshall]

3. I can't post it.

She is a vulgar repulsive piece of shit.

[pwb]

78. She needs to sleep with a democrat.. She is grumpy..

She just never had good sex.

[Raven]

4. Grotesque...twisted...comes to mind. nt

[Bluebear]

5. Violent, unaccomplished

And thank you for the very progressive post. :hug:

[aquart]

6. Yes, discuss her, give her lots of buzz.

You've just doubled her income.

[Bluebear]

9. I don't think lwfern just doubled her income.

If so, I invite them to discuss ME!

[noamnety]

37. OMG

Does she actually get royalties when those words are used? I had no idea!

[npincus]

7. sick- f*ck- who's- laughing- all-the-way- to -the -bank

[AndyA]

8. Isn't asshole normally reserved for the male species?

I almost never hear anyone refer to a female in that manner.

I apply descriptive terms to the individual person, regardless of their sex. I can think of several other words to describe Ann Coulter, and a few of them would probably really put you on edge.

It isn't a reflection of women in general, it's a reflection of one woman, namely Ann Coulter.

And, for the record, I'm still not certain it is a woman. Or human, for that matter.

[noamnety]

13. Asshole is gender-neutral.

If you use any sort of gender slur against women, it's a reflection of women's oppression, not of one woman. Just like when she uses the fag word to describe Edwards, it's not a lone insult against him, it embodies contempt for all gay people, and carries the weight of a long history of abuses against the entire group.

[AndyA]

23. I think there's a difference.

When you call a gay person the F word, it is an insult to all gay people because that word transcends all sexes and lumps them all together and demeans them as a group of people identified by their sexual preference.

But calling a woman a b*tch is not representative of all women, because not all women are, for instance, crabby, nasty, pieces of sh!t who spew venom and hatred everytime they move their lips.

But some are. And Coulter, very definately, is.

I have enormous respect for women, and I have some very close friends who are women. I'll ask them if my calling Ann Coulter a b!tch is oppressive to them. That certainly isn't my intention. In fact, I'll try to call them tonight.

[noamnety]

32. That's swell that you have some friends that are women.

There are women right here, right now, that are telling you directly that they perceive this as an insult to women. Why are you discounting their views?

If a woman tells you they hear in that word the history of gender slurs being used as hatred against women, if they tell you it is tied to rape scenes, to violence against women, if they tell you this is the history of the word, to attack women as women, you should listen to that, not argue against it.

If you don't understand it or agree with it, that's okay. Maybe it will sink in later, maybe not. But listen to those voices, because they are speaking out of their own direct experience and knowledge.

If you call some other woman on the phone and she tells you it is not offensive to her, that does not erase the history of other women. I'll tell you right now some women hear the history in the word, and others don't - other women use it themselves.

It's a word that is, in fact, NOT only used at crabby, nasty, pieces of sh!t who spew venom and hatred everytime they move their lips. It's a word used against women in anger for any perceived offense and sometimes their actions have nothing to do with being the target of that speech. You don't think the right uses that word against Cindy Sheehan, against Hillary Clinton, against every left-leaning woman who speaks out? You don't think the left uses it against all the Bush women, Cheney's wife, every republican female commentator?

It's used by all sides, against all women.

[AndyA]

75. I spoke to 2 friends last night.

They both said that term was not offensive to them in any way, nor did they feel it was oppressive in any way. In fact, both of them said that description was a fair one for the particular person in question (Coulter), and one of them even said the c word applied in her case.

I guess the difference is they know me and you don't. I do detect some condescension in your post, so I'll just leave it at that. Some people just like to fight and argue with others. I don't. And when another person gets rude, insulting, or condescending with me, they have lost their opportunity to change my mind or opinion.

Enough said. I'll try to remember what you've said, and think twice before I use the b word again.

[noamnety]

80. It's not about "knowing you."

The history of the word is not changed by your intent when you personally use that word.

It's about understanding the history of the word and the context it's often used in.

Yes, I was a little condescending in my previous post, because that "I have some friends who are women" was so much like "I'm not a racist, I have a black friend."

I'm not calling YOU a misogynist. I am saying that WORD is misogynistic, and thus it shouldn't be used.

If I talk to two black friends and they tell me the N word doesn't offend them, that doesn't mean it's not a racist term with a history of oppression.

Next time you have a disagreement with one of those women, try using the B**** word on her, in anger. I'm guessing you'll see a difference between the reaction you'd get with "shut up, dammit" and "shut up, b****." That was the case with another woman here on DU who uses that word and swears it's not offensive, but she started a whole thread about being angry that it was used against her. Not angry that others were mad at her, but angry specifically that they used that word.

Some people haven't examined why that is. Some have.

[femmedem]

33. "They're all bitches."

My partner's friend said this to him one bitter morning not too long ago, referring to all women. And I think this might explain why it really is a woman-hating term, not just a descriptive term like "musician" or "stepmother."

Now don't get me wrong: I sometimes slip up and use the B word myself. It's a decades-long habit. But something about the "there's nice women and then there are bitches" argument reminds me of a white, racist friend of mine from high school. He used to say, "There are good blacks and then there are n*****s." He didn't think the N word was racist, just descriptive. You see what I'm getting at?

[Cerridwen]

10. Steaming sack of poison spewing human offal

is one I sort of like.

:D

[noamnety]

16. That's good. That's one I can live with.

(the words, not the actual steaming sack of poison)

[Cerridwen]

21. Thanks. Though I'm not quite sure how I feel about using 'human'

in relation to that sack of offal.

I may have to work on that a bit.

:evilgrin:

[judaspriestess]

11. I call women assholes all the time

ann coulter is most certainly one of them.

[RadiDem]

12. Much of the 'sexist' LW mockery is in response to RW adulation of her as a sex symbol

[noamnety]

38. we use the same words for all women

I see them used for political women on all sides, including independent ones like Cindy. And for apolitical ones, like Paris. We absolutely don't limit gender slurs to women the RW sets up as sex symbols. We just use them for women in the public eye in general.

[DemoTex]

14. Cornered, thus vicious.

[Wiregrass Willie]

15. Fleshless as a rooster's shin

[ClassWarfare2008]

22. And as useless as nipples on a rooster.

(I went with the "G" rated version of that joke, so as not to offend anyone not named Coulter)

[Wiregrass Willie]

24. I'm familiar with the country version

For some reason every time I see Ann Coulter, I'm reminded of Herman Munster --- in drag.

[Morgana LaFey]

49. It's not about not offending Coulter

We could care less about her feelings -- it's her gender we don't want denigrated because that affects all women because all women share her gender AND all women are and can be demeaned when women you don't like are so easily put down that way. Lwfern has explained very well so far. Have you read her posts?

[dkofos]

17. man

[Jack Rabbit]

18. I can't say those words.

I promised my mommy.

[TahitiNut]

19. I would NEVER call her 'pathetic' ...

... since she warrants NO pathos or pity (or sympathy) from me. None. :nopity: I am not contemptuous of her since she's beneath contempt.

[texastoast]

20. Thank YOU

I didn't see a witch, a bitch, or a cunt.

Let's add Evil Walking.

[Gregorian]

25. Manthrax!

:)

[noamnety]

29. NO.

Anthrax, yes.

Manthrax = transphobic + homophobic + gender slur crap. Not necessary, and not the problem.

[BigBearJohn]

26. a true REPROBRATE in thr truest biblical sense of the word

depraved: marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
a person without moral scruples
unworthy of salvation

[Binka]

27. Fuckwittage n/t

[nam78_two]

28. "dumbass/ignorant"

She and I went to the same school :-/. Not an alum we are proud of for sure :blush:.
Apparently she was "controversial" even as a student :eyes:.

[Turn CO Blue]

54. Was she mean in school? Because she is just plain mean now.

[nam78_two]

66. Don't know-was well before my time

But if the state of our College Republicans is a guage, then probably yes. We had some of the most scary college Repugs I have ever come across. I could absolutely see many of those kids as budding Abramoffs and Reeds.

[glaeken777]

30. here's mine:

Did you get that? Here it is again:





Yep.

Nothing. Nothing for nothing. That's what she is and what she's worth. NOTHING.

[City Lights]

31. Delusional, mentally ill. eom

[helderheid]

34. Batshit crazy

[many a good man]

35. Republican Icon

Diarrhea brain

[judaspriestess]

36. Flesh eating bacteria

SARS

[saracat]

39. I still think she is a vicious Bitch and I am NOT insulting all women by saying so!

I am insulting her specifically.It is a specific insult to a specific woman. And I have NO problem with it and I consider myself a feminist!

[Morgana LaFey]

50. Sorry, saracat -- you contribute to a climate of woman-hating by

doing so, and there's no two ways about it. Probably all the worse because YOU are a woman, you give permission to men to speak in those terms as well.

I confess that I myself use the word bitch: to exactly one person on the entire planet (my husband), and only very, very occasionally -- literally once or at most twice a year, and it always makes me feel guilty for it while I'm doing it and afterwards, so much so that I've pretty well resolved not to do it any more.

Please rethink this. Your hatred of her doesn't have to -- and shouldn't -- have anything to do with her gender (and my gender and your gender, and our daugthers' and sisters' gender).

Please.

[saracat]

64. Well, I have some choice gender based words I use for men who deserve it as well!

BTW, I gather SOB wouldn't be acceptable either? Sorry Morgana.I believe that people naturally have the permission to insult each other without my usage of a term giving them any extra permission.I in no way think categorizing Coulter as a 'B" undermines any other woman.

[Morgana LaFey]

84. Do you call Clarence Thomas a nigger? Do you call Alberto

Gonzalez a spic or wetback? Andrew Sullivan a queer or fag?


What, you don't?


WHY THE HELL NOT??????????

Don't they "deserve" it? It doesn't harm anyone ELSE, does it?


Of course it does. Hate langauge creates a climate of HATE where minorities, women, GLBT people can be harmed with impunity.

NO ONE, no matter how "bad" deserves to be denigrated, demeaned and humiliated on the basis of their race, sex, sexual orientation.


When we go to war, we have to crate horrible bigoted names for our enemies so that we can kill them -- gooks, ragheads, kinks, jerries and japs. When Hitler started demonizing the Jews -- and you know where THAT ended up -- he and his propagandists used language to convey their lack of humanity, calling them vermin, rats, etc.

THIS KIND OF DEHUMANIZATION, these hate words, cannot help but harm ALL women. If ANY woman can be called those things, ALL women can. The Queen of England isn't exempt from misogynist hate language.

If you don't want women killed just because they are women (4 a day in domestic violence alone), if you don't want them raped and molested (as adults and children), you have to stop supporting and enabling the belief that because of our gender alone we don't deserve respect. BEING A WOMAN IS NOT LESSER. Quit agreeing with those who want to make us so.

YOU don't respect women as a class, yet you yourself are a woman. Look how well the hate language and misogynist attitudes and beliefs and practices have worked on you.

The point is: insult people all you want EXCEPT on the basis of their race, sex, sexual orientation. Capice?

[Warren DeMontague]

67. Fine, she's a dick. nt

[moondust]

40. pond scum

[notadmblnd]

41. How about ....Criminal and Unethical and Nasty and Trite?

[DemGa]

42. She's insane

She's reeeeal sick. The woman just oozes mental illness.

[PBass]

43. Repulsive, Lousy Writer, Not-Very-Smart, Shallow, Angry, Bitter (NT)

[11 Bravo]

44. Crass, Useless, Negative, Twit.. That's all I've got.

[Rockholm]

45. See.you.next.tuesday

Only spelled correctly as to not get the spell check twits in a tizzy.

[The Gunslinger]

46. Ignored

(i wish)

[AlCzervik]

47. vitriolic, fake, sad, shill, and most likely somewhere deep down inside full of

self loathing, i've met some people thoughout my lifetime that were just mean and most of them just really hated themselves.

[PA Democrat]

48. Cruel, shrill, twitchy, twisted, putrid, rabid, arrogant, foul,

opportunistic, callous, lying, and just plain EVIL.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

51. Unnecessary.

[QC]

52. Satan's Concubine. n/t

[FloridaJudy]

53. A venemous psychopath

What's the difference between Ann Coulter and a Rattlesnake?

One's a cold-blooded menace that spews poison. The other one's just a reptile.

[SeattleGirl]

55. I once used a particular word to describe her in another forum, then

wished I hadn't. Not because I don't think the word describes her, but because a lot of people would be upset, so I won't use it again. (And no, it's not the "c" word.)

I do see that lots of folks on this thread have come up with plenty of other words that I can wholeheartedly agree with, in terms of describing Coulter.

[triguy46]

56. asshat. butthead. f*brain.

[Infomaniac]

57. Hatemongering Harpy or Lying Troll Ok?

Harpy with the y is defined as a predatory person. It can also mean a shrewish woman. Harpie is a monster in Greek mythology with the head and torso of a woman and claws of a bird. Is there wiggle room on words that apply to both sexes? Harpy is one of my favorite pejoratives. I could always use clown instead. Problem is I like clowns. She's much too vicious to be a clown. Is pit bull okay? She does remind me of an ill-tempered inbred dog. Rabid harpy or Rabid pit bull. Hard to decide.

[B3Nut]

79. My pitties would take exception to that ;)

they're much smarter than Annthrax. Hateful Hinkypunk, maybe? ;) Grizzly Grindylow? Spokeswoman for Lord Voldemort? :)



Deuce is too regal...

Even No-Brain Cain is smarter than that harpy...



Lovable oaf. Dumb as a box of rocks, and a health mess, but running away nicer than Coultergeist. :D

Leila just wants a bellyrub...she doesn't care about loudmouth righties.... ;)



Todd in Cheesecurdistan

[Hubert Flottz]

58. Repulsive, Gross, Caustic, Nasty, Sickening, Shallow, Deranged

nauseating, abhorrent, loathsome, disgusting, revolting, offensive, crude, maddened, grotesque, typical, Rovebotic, GOPer, airhead.

[Oeditpus Rex]

59. The one she'd hate the most

is "irrelevant."

[Lugnut]

60. Subhuman works for me

:puke:

[Swamp Rat]

61. Outer Space Succubus

[Rocknrule]

62. Fraulen Coultenfuherer

[upi402]

63. FESTERING BUCKET OF PUS

[libnnc]

65. She's trying really, really, really hard

to make me use the "C" word...


really hard...

[Warren DeMontague]

68. Foul.

Oh, and "Shithead" is one word, at least in my Funk and Wagnall's.

[Reterr]

69. Attention-seeking, sensationalistic dimwit.eom

[lpbk2713]

70. What a jerk.

Her fifteen minutes expired long ago.

[Faux pas]

71. Not worthy of being mentioned on DU. n/t

[Dulcinea]

72. Right-wing shock jock.

Some people will do or say anything for attention. How pathetic.

[Eurobabe]

73. Hide Thread

:hi:

[treestar]

74. Illogical, overemotional, dishonest, unjust, injudicious, appalling

attention-seeking, anti-social, low, unlikeable, unappealing, poorly-dressed

[SoonerPride]

76. Republican

That's all you need to know

[guitar man]

77. Irrelevant

and hopefully someday soon, Ignored.....

[KamaAina]

81. Heinous

a dear friend, now deceased :( , used to describe those she found distasteful for whatever reason as "heinous". Yes, she was a bit of a "Valley Girl", but still...

[indepat]

82. The ultimate cockamamie cockalorum

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

83. VERMIN!!!

ver·min (vûrmn)
n. pl. vermin
1. Various small animals or insects, such as rats or cockroaches, that are destructive, annoying, or injurious to health.
2. Animals that prey on game, such as foxes or weasels.
3. a. A person considered loathsome or highly offensive.
b. Such people considered as a group.

That about sums it up!!!