Ann Coulter Calls New Yorkers Cowards

[Roger1]

This lady is a trip.

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2005/08/26/ann-coulter-new-yorkers-_n_6277.html

[MacDawg]

Controversy, and radical rhetoric keep the pot stirred and pundits in the limelight. News and news magazine shows are mostly entertainment these days. We get about as much substance from reality TV as we do most news stations. From shock jocks to shock journalists, the step is not far.

She has gone over the edge, as have many on both sides.

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[Roger1]

I would love to see senater Clinton, Governer Pataki (it is him, right?), and Rudi Juliani run very nasty ads, verbally skewering her. I've only passed through New York once, but to label an entire state cowardly like that is plain stupid. New Yorks politicos need to stand up to this woman, and slap her down.

[MacDawg]

I would love to see senater Clinton, Governer Pataki (it is him, right?), and Rudi Juliani run very nasty ads, verbally skewering her. I've only passed through New York once, but to label an entire state cowardly like that is plain stupid. New Yorks politicos need to stand up to this woman, and slap her down.

She would like nothing better than to have them dignify her remarks with a response. She would welcome the controversy and the publicity (and sell another book or two). She is baiting them as it is.

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[iSaint]

Some friends have started this site. (http://www.stopanncoulter.com/) FYI...

[Roger1]

True. But if enough New Yorkers found out about it, maybe some kind of backlash would happen to her.

[latergator116]

It's funny she said that since Ann lives in Manhatten herslef (or at least has a house there). I wonder if people ever pick fights with her on the street?

[Roger1]

I wonder if her house will still be standing. Or is she speaking from personal experience??

edit: personal experience about being a coward.

[PlaceofDis]

It's funny she said that since Ann lives in Manhatten herslef (or at least has a house there). I wonder if people ever pick fights with her on the street?

i would be afraid to pick a fight with a mad woman myself.

[MacDawg]

I'm sure that most have better things to do than to react to her rhetoric. Life is full of enough drama that we don't need to fabricate any.

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[zimv20]

i love the first two comments from the page linked above:

This New Yorker would kick her ass. Bring it, Mann Coulter. Bring it.

I do believe that Ms Coulter's greatest achievement to date is that she seems to have reached the age where she can no longer reproduce herself.

[skunk]

I like the bit about her "noxious crack"...

[leekohler]

This woman is nothing more than a media whore. She loves the attention. Although I would love to see someone beat the crap out of her. She deserves it. She's a moron.

[latergator116]

This woman is nothing more than a media whore. She loves the attention. Although I would love to see someone beat the crap out of her. She deserves it. She's a moron.

After making this comment three days after 9/11, "We know who the homicidal maniacs are.They are the ones cheering and dancing right now. We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity", she deserves a good punch.... or ten.

By the way, she never took back the comment.

[Thomas Veil]

Yeah, a lot of New York firemen and policemen surrendered on Sept. 11, 2001.

Stupid b****. :mad:

[IJ Reilly]

I'm sure that most have better things to do than to react to her rhetoric. Life is full of enough drama that we don't need to fabricate any.

So you think if her remarks aren't countered that eventually she will stop making them? That she won't get herself invited onto Fox News to make them any longer?

[yg17]

she deserves a good punch.... or ten.

Yes, one punch for each commandment Mrs. Holy Bitch breaks each time she opens her mouth.

[leekohler]

After making this comment three days after 9/11, "We know who the homicidal maniacs are.They are the ones cheering and dancing right now. We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity", she deserves a good punch.... or ten.

By the way, she never took back the comment.

Actually, I'd be surprised if her Manhattan residence survives the night. Right now, I wish I lived in NYC. :)

[yg17]

Actually, I'd be surprised if her Manhattan residence survives the night. Right now, I wish I lived in NYC. :)


All joking aside, I would not be surprised (if it survived) one bit either. I've been to New York and there's one thing I've noticed there that's not in most cities: people who live there generally love NYC and are proud to be from there. And with several million people there, chances are, there will be a small group of proud New Yorkers looking for there revenge

[leekohler]

All joking aside, I would not be surprised (if it survived) one bit either. I've been to New York and there's one thing I've noticed there that's not in most cities: people who live there generally love NYC and are proud to be from there. And with several million people there, chances are, there will be a small group of proud New Yorkers looking for there revenge

Yeah- I have friends who were there and barely escaped. I'm sure they're not happy with her right now.

[~loserman~]

She has no shame.
I'm reminded of a quote I heard one time that runs something like this...
There are always people on your side of an argument that always make you wish you were on the other side.

Vile Ann, Shameless Hannity, Tom dumdum DeLay and several others make me feel like that every time they open their mouths.

[solvs]

I would say how I really feel about Ms. Coulter, and her rhetoric of hate... but I don't want to be banned.

[MacDawg]

So you think if her remarks aren't countered that eventually she will stop making them? That she won't get herself invited onto Fox News to make them any longer?

I don't think there is anything to be gained by Sen. Clinton, et. al. rising up to have a press conference just to say, "we are not cowards". It dignifies the statement to begin with. Its all about rhetoric, flame baiting and ratings. She will always have a following in the radical community, but she is getting more and more off the wall because it takes that to get in the limelight. Sure Fox will keep having her, because she stirs controversy. But her remarks are intended to get a response and make people mad. She wants to polarize people.

Like I said, life is full of real drama, we don't need to manufacture passion this way. Her remarks are intended to have shock value and get people talking about her, not the issues. She wants the spotlight. Why give it to her. Nothing to see here, move along.

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[Thomas Veil]

I don't think there is anything to be gained by Sen. Clinton, et. al. rising up to have a press conference just to say, "we are not cowards".No, but it might make useful fodder for the Democrats come election time, if they want to make the neo-cons look bad. (Not that they need any help with that.)

[mactastic]

I'm sure that most have better things to do than to react to her rhetoric. Life is full of enough drama that we don't need to fabricate any.
Oh yeah? Fox seems to have managed to find a few people without enough drama in their own life to go harass a poor, innocent family (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=145892). So yes, while most people have better things to do, there are enough that don't that it can be a problem.

Most muslims have better things to do with their lives than to commit acts of terrorism, right? Is that an absolution of the problem?
No, but it might make useful fodder for the Democrats come election time, if they want to make the neo-cons look bad. (Not that they need any help with that.)
As in the party of Pat Robertson, and Ann Coulter? Yeah, that brush oughta be sufficient, particularly if the right isn't going to give up 'the party of Michael Moore and Jane Fonda' talk. ;)

[IJ Reilly]

I don't think there is anything to be gained by Sen. Clinton, et. al. rising up to have a press conference just to say, "we are not cowards". It dignifies the statement to begin with. Its all about rhetoric, flame baiting and ratings. She will always have a following in the radical community, but she is getting more and more off the wall because it takes that to get in the limelight. Sure Fox will keep having her, because she stirs controversy. But her remarks are intended to get a response and make people mad. She wants to polarize people.

Like I said, life is full of real drama, we don't need to manufacture passion this way. Her remarks are intended to have shock value and get people talking about her, not the issues. She wants the spotlight. Why give it to her. Nothing to see here, move along.

These people don't go away just because nobody responds to their opinions, and not especially when they are given a national platform from which to preach their vile doctrines. So no, I disagree with you. People who spread stupidity, misery and hatred have to be condemned by all thinking people. That's how these things are made to go away -- not by averting our eyes.

Ann Coulter is a despicable individual. The more people say this, the more likely it becomes that even Fox will begin to recognize her as a liability and take away one of her biggest megaphones.

[skunk]

These people don't go away just because nobody responds to their opinions, and not especially when they are given a national platform from which to preach their vile doctrines. So no, I disagree with you. People who spread stupidity, misery and hatred have to be condemned by all thinking people. That's how these things are made to go away -- not by averting our eyes.

Ann Coulter is a despicable individual. The more people say this, the more likely it becomes that even Fox will begin to recognize her as a liability and take away one of her biggest megaphones.I agree she's a despicable individual, but surely if us "liberals" - for lack of a better word - find her despicable, that's nothing but a plus in the eyes of "conservatives" - for lack of a better word.

[solvs]

I agree she's a despicable individual, but surely if us "liberals" - for lack of a better word - find her despicable, that's nothing but a plus in the eyes of "conservatives" - for lack of a better word.
I, and many others, are sick of the Dems taking the "high road" all the time. We want you to fight back! :mad: The neocons aren't going to stop because liberals keep saying things like "I'm not going to dignify that with a response". They keep saying this stuff because they know they can get away with it, even if they cry about it when people try. Dean's mistake is lowering himself to their tactics with no one to back him up. But just ask Kerry and Gore how well people respond to "just the facts" and not fighting back.

Stir up some rhetoric of your own and smack the ***** down.

[MacDawg]

OK, I'll bite... what response would actually make sense and not sound as foolish as her comments?



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[solvs]

OK, I'll bite... what response would actually make sense and not sound as foolish as her comments?
Who says it has to not sound as foolish? People like foolish. Bring it on seems to be the most popular from what I've seen. Coulter has already pissed people off. Dems just have to play the same game as neocons and egg them on. Fire with fire.

Of course they could just say they find her comments despicable... but that would be too easy.

[zimv20]

OK, I'll bite... what response would actually make sense and not sound as foolish as her comments?

ann coulter is afraid. she is afraid of communities which are different than what she knows, a community of all-whites who agree that all their problems stem from those inferior to themselves.

ann coulter wouldn't last 10 minutes in new york city. not because she would be harmed, but because she would be unable to comprehend an environment where people from hundreds of countries live side by side in relative peace.

where a jew would eat falafel. where a black businessman would shop in chinatown. where hippie white kids and latinos would sit in central park, on the same bench, and watch a transgendered half-asian princess practice her ice skating jumps on roller blades.

ann coulter is afraid of a great city which can rebound so tremendously after 9/11. where forgiveness is more powerful than hate, the only weapon ann coulter has.

that is why she bashes new yorkers. because she is the polar opposite of them, and she is afraid of them.

[IJ Reilly]

ann coulter is afraid. she is afraid of communities which are different than what she knows, a community of all-whites who agree that all their problems stem from those inferior to themselves.

ann coulter wouldn't last 10 minutes in new york city. not because she would be harmed, but because she would be unable to comprehend an environment where people from hundreds of countries live side by side in relative peace.

where a jew would eat falafel. where a black businessman would shop in chinatown. where hippie white kids and latinos would sit in central park, on the same bench, and watch a transgendered half-asian princess practice her ice skating jumps on roller blades.

ann coulter is afraid of a great city which can rebound so tremendously after 9/11. where forgiveness is more powerful than hate, the only weapon ann coulter has.

that is why she bashes new yorkers. because she is the polar opposite of them, and she is afraid of them.

Now that didn't sound the least bit foolish. I don't understand the presumption that responding to foolishness requires more foolishness.

[Xtremehkr]

http://img46.exs.cx:81/img46/5414/coulterlosesitani6qd.gif

Obligatory.

I understand where Ann is coming from, she hasn't had any public attention in quite some time now. I also understand that her lack of ability to make relevant statements of social and political poignance force her hand. It's not Anns fault, it's the fault of the corporate media whose only requirements are that a statement, whatever that statement maybe, draw some attention and ratings.

Out of curiosity though, why did Ann ever become a personality anyone cares about? These statements are not too far out of line, compared to everything else she has said to date.

[mactastic]

OK, I'll bite... what response would actually make sense and not sound as foolish as her comments?
Ann Coulter is nothing more than forged documents?
:p

[IJ Reilly]

The Arizona Daily Star drops Ann Coulter:

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/opinion/90500.php

You see, complaining does make a difference sometimes.

[Dont Hurt Me]

The world needs to ship off the ann coulters,shawn hannity's and the george bush's of this world and let them go fight this war of theirs in Iraq. Allways amazed how the biggest mouths are never the ones fighting. Its just fine for others to die over propaganda and spin but never these folks with the biggest mouths.

[Thomas Veil]

Yeah, just read about the Arizona Daily Star dropping Coulter. Good for them!

On the other hand, how did I miss this? One of the most consumately detestable magazine covers imaginable:

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/photos/2005/08/W5/ann_coulter_timecov.jpg

Hate to be so superficial, but check out the pointed black shoes. Along with the dress, all she's missing in this picture (April 25, 2005 edition) is a pointed hat and broomstick.

No doubt by this time she'd already done away with Toto.

[StarbucksSam]

No doubt by this time she'd already done away with Toto.

LMFAO. Oh my God. Wow. So true. Read Al Franken's book about Liars. He has a whole chapter on this Coulter bitch.

[zimv20]

On the other hand, how did I miss this? One of the most consumately detestable magazine covers imaginable:
when that came out, a number of people expressed outrage that such an ass would find its way to a Mies Van der Rohe chair.

[IJ Reilly]

when that came out, a number of people expressed outrage that such an ass would find its way to a Mies Van der Rohe chair.

Good one, I hadn't heard that. A Barcelona chair as it is known, designed by Mies.

Not to be confused with a Barcalounger, which was not designed by Mies.

[mactastic]

At the time I recall Coulter and some of the other wingnuts were claiming that Time deliberately altered the photograph to make her look bad. It was supposed to be more proof of theliberalmediabias. Of course they didn't mention that the photo was part of a cover story about the one of the most conservative of the conservative media

[Thomas Veil]

At the time I recall Coulter and some of the other wingnuts were claiming that Time deliberately altered the photograph to make her look bad.Ann Coulter needs absolutely no help looking or sounding bad.

[kalisphoenix]

Coulter's absolutely insane -- she's not on anyone's "side." She doesn't say what she says because she loves conservative policy (which, in some instances, even an anarchist-socialist like me can find coherent)... but rather simply because she hates liberals.

It's like saying that a vicious pit bull (that wants to eat children and has to be tazer'ed whenever friends visit) is a good watchdog.

[tristan]

:rolleyes:

This nation is obviously in a health care crisis. That poor women isn't getting the mental health treatment she desperately needs. Maybe she can't afford to take her meds.