I think the best possible outcome would be that Coulter shows up, speaks to her little wingnut crowd of a dozen maladjusted malcontents, and leaves with little ceremony. I deeply, deeply loathe her, but this media circus is precisely what she hopes to create: free publicity, media relevance, a martyrdom narrative to sell, and so on. She's just an internet troll manifesting IRL, and the cardinal rule is: don't feed the trolls. Protesting her is like Christians picketing Marilyn Manson concerts: you're just selling more tickets. Go home, do something else.
If you're very clever and have sufficient memetic clout and/or savvy, genuinely comedic parody is a very effective way of denying a celebrity's cultural capital (e.g. Scientology's numbers have dropped since they've become a punchline to jokes). But anger begets bunker mentality begets polarization begets proselytization (just ask the early Christians how being fed to lions worked out for their enrollment: actually, really well).
Her complaint is about as sincere as a televangelist's apology. Maybe some interesting legal sausages will come from the gory process, but she's just taking advantage of a wonderful media opportunity that was handed to her on a steaming platter.
If you're very clever and have sufficient memetic clout and/or savvy, genuinely comedic parody is a very effective way of denying a celebrity's cultural capital (e.g. Scientology's numbers have dropped since they've become a punchline to jokes). But anger begets bunker mentality begets polarization begets proselytization (just ask the early Christians how being fed to lions worked out for their enrollment: actually, really well).
Her complaint is about as sincere as a televangelist's apology. Maybe some interesting legal sausages will come from the gory process, but she's just taking advantage of a wonderful media opportunity that was handed to her on a steaming platter.
Holy science, I hate her.
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