Originally Posted by happilyanchored (Post 2186722)

I don't think any of us outright said we hate her, though whether that's the undercurrent of any other members' comments is up for debate.

We are sisters through our shared rituals, but at the same time it is hard to fully respect someone who so deliberately flouts the words of our open creed, let alone our more secret and sacred bonds. Obviously the members of her chapter saw something in her, and she saw something in our organization that made her want to share in our oaths. I have many sisters in my chapter alone whose views I do not agree with, whose points I may not understand, but they are my sisters and I will still always respect them and honor them the way I should. The same way I respect and honor Ann Coulter as a person and how she has carved out a niche and place for herself in the world, regardless of whether or not I disagree with her stances on many things. Also, it was sisters who did note that Ann Coulter the person and Ann Coulter the persona may be two entirely different things, which no one else has really spoken about or taken into account. I would even say that as her sisters, we have been especially careful in our comments.

However, as pretty much everyone said, nothing can really justify her comments on a political or social level. There is a line between saying something politically charged and saying something that is so outright offensive, especially in the age when we are only just beginning to understand what being "retarded" really is and people are beginning to look at those with mental handicaps as real people, not just defined by how their chromosomes may have mutated or changed in relation to our own.

I hope others feel the same, and that the charged political culture we are currently living in as we head toward the election in just over a week can be blamed for much of the overt hatred and vitrol that is being spewed all over the internet, not even just here.