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Title: Time for Conservatives to Reject Ann Coulter for Good
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URL Source: http://www.mediaite.com/online/time ... o-reject-ann-coulter-for-good/
Published: Aug 7, 2015
Author: Alex Griswold
Post Date: 2015-08-07 20:47:22 by Willie Green
Keywords: None
Views: 4448
Comments: 16
Ann Coulter first rocketed to conservative stardom because she possesses two things so many in Washington desperately lack: razor-sharp wit, and a willingness to say exactly what she’s thinking. Perhaps more importantly, she isn’t afraid of tackling issues that GOP leadership considers too hot to handle. Her most recent book “Adios America!” has shot to the top of the bestsellers lists by tackling the one issue many conservatives care the most about: illegal immigration. But Ann Coulter isn’t anti-illegal immigration. She isn’t even anti-immigration. She’s just a bigot. That point was proven ten times over in her most recent column, in which Coulter, based on seven incidents over a course of eight years, decides that “there’s a cultural acceptance of child rape in Latino culture.” To reiterate, based on seven instances, Coulter declares that the entire Latino culture — including about 604 million Latin-Americans and more than 50 million Latino-Americans — are accepting of child rape. Coulter doesn’t even bother offering up any statistics proving Latinos are more likely to commit child rape, just anecdotes. Her rather weak response is, “When the crime is this bizarre, it’s not ‘anecdotal.’” Instead she offers up outsourced allegations that in immigrant communities, police don’t ever bother investigating statutory rape when 12-year-olds give birth. “This happens all the time, they say,” Coulter writes, since apparently “they” never provide their names or a shred of evidence. That’s not a brave, Ivy League-educated lawyer speaking. That’s just an unhinged Hispanophobe. As a conservative, I believe we ought to tell uncomfortable truths about correlations in race and crime… when done in a thoughtful manner. When liberals play up the dozen or so white-on-black murders a year, conservatives are right to point out that the thousands of black-on-black murders are a far greater problem. When CNN’s terrorism expert argues that, hey, maybe terrorist Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez wasn’t a Muslim, he deserved to be mocked for his intentional obtuseness. When liberals tiptoe around politically-incorrect truths, conservatives ought to be the ones unafraid of telling people what’s what. And as a Latino, I’m not happy that we are much more likely to end up in federal prison, and that so-called Latino “leaders” seemingly have no intention of ever denouncing the mass law-breaking committed by millions of undocumented immigrants. And yes, there are probably some crimes we commit at higher rates than other ethnicities (my white relatives never took me to a cockfight). I don’t believe we should shy away from difficult questions if it means addressing and ending those disparities. But to Ann Coulter, there is no difference between illegal Latino immigrants and legal Latino immigrants. And there is no distinction between the vast, vast majority of Latinos who are law-abiding citizens, and literal child rapists. Instead, she just completely invents a made-up child rape crisis and offers up zero evidence for its existence. This is not just a critique of Latino culture devoid of nuance, it’s a critique devoid of reason itself. I understand that Coulter’s writing style relies on irreverence, and that she has never shied away from politically incorrect jokes at Hispanics’ expense. But in recent months, those “jokes” have taken a dark turn into blatant dehumanization. “You have to understand,” she recently said, “screaming and defacing things is how Latin-Americans express disagreement. In general, I’m not a fan of the idea that the entire conservative movement is responsible for one of their members (that logic never seems to extend to liberals and Louis Farrakhan). But Coulter only receives the small shred of respectability she does because thousands of conservatives buy each book she pumps out every year or so, and because conservative media outlets continue to run her column and book her for appearances. I can’t understand why openly anti-Semitic and anti-black racists are rightfully ostracized by the right, and Coulter is so adored. There are some good signs that Coulter’s star is already fading. CPAC’s organizers — who aren’t exactly known for being squishy moderates — banned Coulter this year despite being a crowd favorite. It’s time for the rest of the conservative movement to do the same. Poster Comment: 
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#1. To: Willie Green (#0)
Coulter is a shrill, shrieking harpy who is a glaring example of the psycho wing of the Republican party. ANN COULTER: Don't Believe The Experts, Radiation Is Actually GOOD For You In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much Out of curiosity, what do you know about what conservatives should or should not do?
She's right. There is. To reiterate, based on seven instances, Coulter declares that the entire Latino culture — including about 604 million Latin-Americans and more than 50 million Latino-Americans — are accepting of child rape. BullBush! She never once claimed or even suggested that EVERY spanish-speaking (They are NOT "Latinos"and almost none of them speak Latin) person is a child molester. Not even close to the truth,and no matter how you spin it,she never once said or even implied that. Child rape IS common in that culture,and it happens often and it isn't considered to be the big deal amongst them that it is in cultures that originally came from northern Europe. People that don't do it themselves see or know of a family member that does it,and doesn't consider it to be that big of a deal. Most serial murderers are white. Do you think that means that all white people are serial killers? Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
She doesn't represent the Republican Party. She has never even ran for elective office as a Republican. Like Trump,she is a bomb-thrower and attention junkie. Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
True dat! And according to the poster 'war' she has bad breath due to her smoking addiction.
Where is TLBSHOW when you really need him? BTW, did he ever repay his debt to you? Or were you stuck holding a bag of BS?
I'm stuck like a pig. I learned my lesson.
I suppose you are streatched to the limit of your financial capabilites based on past philanthropic efforts and have rescinded any further discussion. Wasn't this guy, TLBSHOW a close friend of the current moderator?
Not so sure of that. They tolerated each other. And, yes, I'm down and out broke. Can you lend a dime?
I miss TLBSHOW.
I rejected her for good when she went ballistic on Sarah Palin.
I don't care what they do...
Have you ever been a Conservative?
Yeah... in a previous life, I was snake-bit by Papa Bush and swore that I'd never make THAT mistake again...
You are talking about RINOs.
As far as I'm concerned, the term "Republican" is damaged beyond redemption as well.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#2. To: Willie Green (#0)
#3. To: Willie Green (#0)
That point was proven ten times over in her most recent column, in which Coulter, based on seven incidents over a course of eight years, decides that “there’s a cultural acceptance of child rape in Latino culture.”
#4. To: Deckard (#1)
Coulter is a shrill, shrieking harpy who is a glaring example of the psycho wing of the Republican party.
#5. To: sneakypete (#4)
Like Trump,she is a bomb-thrower and attention junkie.
#6. To: Fred Mertz, TLBSHOW (#5)
#7. To: buckeroo (#6)
#8. To: Fred Mertz (#7)
#9. To: buckeroo (#8)
Wasn't this guy, TLBSHOW a close friend of the current moderator?
#10. To: buckeroo (#6)
#11. To: Willie Green (#0)
#12. To: Don (#2)
Out of curiosity, what do you know about what conservatives should or should not do?
As far as I'm concerned, the term "conservative" is damaged beyond redemption.
#13. To: Willie Green (#12)
#14. To: Don (#13)
Have you ever been a Conservative?
So when Ross Perot warned us of that Giant Sucking Sound, I thumbed my nose at the GOP and never regretted it...
I guess you could call me a "reformed conservative" but I would prefer traditional populist or independent or something like that... the Two Pary system is broken and ain't worth trying to fix.
#15. To: Willie Green (#14)
#16. To: Don (#15)
The GOP is scraping the dregs from the bottom of the barrel.
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