I just figured out something wonderful. Ann Coulter, as we all know, is one of the most abrasive voices in the political right. She goes beyond any idea of 'reasonable discussion' by being one of the most close-minded activists in recent history. But I just thought of something. Maybe she's a liberal in disguise, helping to keep the fire under those of us in the progressive movement. Honestly, how many right-wingers actually buy into the crap she's feeding them? Even her means of explanation are unreasonable to the most irrational members of conservative America (and the ones who actually believe her are written off by intellectuals). I'm almost convinced that she's doing all this to help the liberals, by throwing herself out as an easy target. If she's actually as ignorant as she leads us to think, then I have renewed hope in the progressive cause to erradicate ignorance in this nation. Here's food for thought:
"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war."
Yeah, I don't even know. Okay, here's one more:
COULTER: I take the biblical idea. God gave us the earth.
PETER FENN (Democratic strategist): Oh, OK.
COULTER: We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees.
FENN: This is a great idea.
COULTER: God says, "Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours."
FENN: Terrific. We're Americans, so we should consume as much of the earth's resources...
COULTER: Yes! Yes.
FENN: ... as fast as we possibly can.
COULTER: As opposed to living like the Indians.
For many more go to
http://users.rcn.com/skutsch/anticoulter/quotes.htmlI'm trying to be a better open-minded realist, but I have my limits.
Tell me I'm not crazy.