Are gay. And some family. And some bridge teammates. And co-workers.
Yet, even if they were not, I would find what Ann Coulter said at the CPAC meeting most insulting. And most stupid. Stupid, not only on the part of Coulter (if indeed she really supports Republicans and conservatives doing well) but of those who continue to invite her when she is such a loose cannon.
Do these people really think that the kind of crap Coulter spews helps them to win elections?
I'm glad to see so many Republican candidates and conservative bloggers excoriating Coulter for her slurs. This, however, is the best of the bunch. I only wish I'd written it myself!
I don’t deny that there are people who don’t consider “faggot” an offensive term. Of course, there are people who don’t consider “kike” an offensive term either. In our current day, the former is a hateful slur word just as surely as the latter is. If you don’t agree with that, it’s important that you at least realize the following – the offensiveness of “faggot” is a certain truth in polite society. And impolite society. And just about everywhere in between. If this comes as news to you, you’ve got to get out more. Don’t quote me a Dire Straits song from 1985 – times have changed. It’s frankly an embarrassment that some conservatives are so eager and willing to embrace Coulter’s comment.
When Ann made her offending comment on Friday, it wasn’t greeted by boisterous laughter as many of you have suggested in your emails and comments. It was greeted by uncomfortable silence. That spoke well of the attendees. The audience at CPAC knew that Ann had transgressed.
Some conservatives, or at least some of the conservatives who have flooded my inbox, think that her transgression was perfectly acceptable. It wasn’t. The use of a hateful slur word in a public forum is beyond the pale. It saddens me that we can’t have unanimity on such a simple and basic point.
As for me, in spite of all the thoughtful emails I’ve received to the contrary, I’m sticking with my original assessment of Ann and her “joke”: Idiotic. Disgusting. Stupid. Moronic.
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