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June 7, 2006
I Heart Ann Coulter
I heart anyone who has the amazing ability to make Tucker Carlson, Bill O'Reilly and their ilk seem like moderates.
Because that takes a level of skill. She reminds me of the fifth grade on a pure gut level. She's taunting me, thowing a kick-ball at my head. But better angels appear on my shoulder. One can't get angry with her. One can't get angry by what she says. Because that's what she wants you to do.
She wants liberals to hate her, because in her mind, this will validate her opinions. And deep down, one has to believe she is frightened of us. Hatred that intense can only be ignited by fear. Why is she afraid of us? Did one of us steal her lollypop? Did one of us dump her in the 12th grade?
I give her the attention she so desperately craves and pat her on the back is she realizes that, to the vast peoples, she is nothing more than a circus act. We all witness what comes out of her mouth and pen with our hands in the air, but this does nothing more than encourage her to greater acts of self-parody. As she tars and feathers 9-11 widows, I will hand it to her. There is perhaps no group more immune than 9-11 widows. Ann always goes after the sticky brass ring.
I will gladly let her shoot me with the bullets she does not have. Because, in her paradigm, I am one of the traitors, one of the godless, a deacon in that church of liberalism she so desperately wants to carve stained glass for. She gives us all the credit in the world for a level of organization we don't have and can't have. She wants me shot, or at least exported to Belgium, and I will gladly take my one-way ticket.
Those angry with the GOP and the President are many: true liberals, progressives, lefties and socialists in this country are still few. To fear us as Ann does means we must have some power and perhaps in Connecticut it still looks that way. But if she's really so afraid and so hateful, she should move to Salt Lake City and be among those who agree with her. Why she stays among those she hates... mystery.
Ann, I'm guilty of everything you've accused "us" of. I want gay people to be able to marry, burn a flag at the cerimony, and then recycle the charred remains for some stem-flag research. I want the illegal immigrants to take over the country, the Constitution re-written in Spanish and Jennifer Lopez to replace the Statue of Liberty. (If she's turned into a statue, she can't make any more movies.) I'm proudly guilty. I'm glad you're there, assigning me my guilt.
Ann, we need more like you. To tar us, flame us, turn us into demons. I welcome it. You will never convince the majority of Americans to agree with you, but you also fail to convince the majority of Americans to disagree with us. When a parady hits you with their venom, you only stand to look good.
Posted by emily at June 7, 2006 3:03 PM
Comments
She is using the same game as her opponents have been using since the last presidential election. The only problem is it didn't work for the left wing and it will not work for the right.
Posted by: jame at June 10, 2006 3:56 PM