Posted on 03/06/2007 3:04:14 PM PST by pissant
I'm positively amazed at all the serious American conservative voices who are throwing right-wing flamethrower Ann Coulter under the bus for her schoolyard joke about political correctness and the word "faggot."
The snorts of disapproval and huffs and puffs are pouring in. "I was not amused." "She hurts the conservative movement." "We should never name-call." "She was a distraction from the serious straw poll that featured strong showings by Romney and Guiliani." And on and on...
Why are so many conservatives afraid to fight back?
Time and time again, we're called a variety of names by liberal Democrats. We wag our finger at them and warn them to stop calling us Nazis and liars and warmongers and the like.
So when one of our own gets under the skin of wimpy liberals, we burn her at the stake?
I hope everyone who wants to bash Ann Coulter had a chance to see her on "Hannity and Colmes" last night. As the videotape proved, her entire speech to the CPAC crowd included a series of zingers and punchlines and potshots at the other side. And as she said on the show, her joke was intended to be a commentary about the idiocy of sending a Hollywood actor into rehab because he used a bad word. Besides, unless John Edwards was preparing to announce that he's coming out of the closet, the happily married man with children should have no real worries about being called something he's not. She intended it to be the schoolyard taunt of "wuss", something said all the time.
Well, I'm not going to cave with the rest of the weenie liberals and pompous conservatives who like to eat their own. I think Ann Coulter is gutsy and terrific. Besides, she's a commentator, not a U.S. Senator.
>>>I think Ann Coulter is gutsy and terrific. <<<
She is also a true American Hero and Patriot! And, as a Freeper's tagline says, "God Bless Ann Coulter, Angel of Truth!"
I think Anne was funny and within the bounds of good taste.
At least she didn't call him a Nazi.
Flame me.
Faggot (epithet)
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Look up faggot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Faggot or fag, in modern American, Canadian and Australian English usage, is a generally pejorative term for a gay or effeminate man.
....or effeminate man.
Now you must admit, the Breck Girl is a little too pretty!
This is the same BS they tried against the guy who used "niggardly".
bump
He is right, and so am I.
Someone has to take the high road.
The High Road doesnt work when your opponent is undermining it. Just like conventional war does not work with terrorism.
Good points.
I'm still a fierce Ann C supporter.
Because they are pussy's.
Only nazis are allowed to call each other nazis. If non-nazis say that n word, it is offensive.
What is anyone willing to bet that Mr. Edwards has EVER;
Gone hunting or fishing alone at night before he was old enough to drive.
Taken a running car engine apart to see if he could put it back together.
Suffered a broken bone or a cleat wound in any sporting event.
Delivered a baby.
Had to take cover from gunfire.
Worked more than two jobs at once.
Fell out of a tree.
Coached Little League.
Taught Sunday School.
Ann's comment was provoked by actor Isaiah Washington's "faggot" reference to his co-star on the TV show "Grey's Anatomy." The co-star is not just effeminate, but is genuinely homosexual. Ann was not complaining about someone being forced into rehab for calling an effeminate heterosexual man like Edwards a faggot, but for calling a genuine homosexual a faggot. So, Ann did not mean "effeminate."
This is the same BS they tried against the guy who used "niggardly".
No, it is not. The word "niggardly" is a perfectly legitimate non-derogatory word, with no negative racial connotations. The staffers in the D.C. mayor's office who were offended when a white aide used the word were apparently too stupid to understand what the word meant.
The vast majority of seventh graders know exactly what "faggot" means, know that it is derogatory, and know how much fun it can be to use the word to offend adults. Just the way Ann did.
I should have said "obscene" instead of "derogatory."
So, we could just say this was a "botched joke" and move on, right?
"...conventional war does not work with terrorism."
That doesn't mean we have to start decapitating them.
"Wussie" has been suggested on this thread. I would have no problem with another word that rhymes with wussie.
And there's always "girly-man".
I almost forgot..."nancy boy" is good too.
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