Ann Coulter's use of the R-word

adpimiz · #1 10-24-2012, 02:53 PM

What an inspiration this young man is! Reading his letter almost brought tears to my eyes.
http://now.msn.com/john-franklin-ste...r-retard-tweet

As a Republican, I am disappointed and appalled at the way Ann Coulter used the word retard to describe President Obama. I do not agree with many of Obama's views, but is it that difficult to have some respect? Jeez, Ann.

ForeverRoses · #2 10-24-2012, 03:01 PM

Almost brought tears to your eyes?

I completely teared up reading the letter. So well said. and Ann Coulter really needs to just shut up.

DubaiSis · #3 10-24-2012, 03:28 PM

It would be one thing if she appeared to mean what she says about ANYTHING, but she will say anything just to be harsh and confrontational. She hated Romney up until the day he was nominated. The least she can do is keep her trap shut now that he's their choice. She is one more example of why, IMO, the Republican party needs to take back their party. The people with the strongest voices don't represent any Republicans I know. I may not agree with those Republicans, but I don't think they're horrible despicable people. And most of the ones I hear on TV I do see as horrible despicable people.

NinjaPoodle · #4 10-24-2012, 04:49 PM

From my friends fb:
The last comment

agzg · #5 10-24-2012, 08:35 PM

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From my friends fb:
The last comment

Palin was too busy creating her own less-than-savory sound bytes. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics...jive-on-libya/

People can whine about "Political Correctness" all they want, but, to be quite truthful, there's off color and there's intentionally incendiary.

AOII Angel · #6 10-24-2012, 08:18 PM

Your friend is so right with that post, ninja poodle!

I read the letter from the man with Trisomy 21 (I don't like the term Down Syndrome. Dr. Down was an asshole!) and was touched by his warmth and graciousness. I fear his words have fallen on a hardened heart with Ann Coulter, however. She is downright vicious. I will be more careful with my own words in the future after reading his thoughts, though.

CutiePie2000 · #7 10-26-2012, 12:33 AM

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(I don't like the term Down Syndrome. Dr. Down was an asshole!)

Oh dear, I just saw this now after mentioning Down Syndrome up above. Why is he an asshole -- what did he do?

AOII Angel · #8 10-26-2012, 07:27 AM

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Oh dear, I just saw this now after mentioning Down Syndrome up above. Why is he an asshole -- what did he do?

He was quite prolific into describing the mental characteristics/ deficiencies of the races. You might remember that Trisomy 21 patients were called "mongoloids" in the past. That was because Dr. Down thought they looked Asian and that Asians were mentally deficient! Yeah. Basically he gets credit for the syndrome because he described the features, but his life's work was spent codifying how Caucasians were the smartest and best race and all the others were inferior. Personally, I hate when they name syndromes/ diseases for people. It's much better when it's called by the proper name.

ForeverRoses · #9 10-26-2012, 10:02 AM

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He was quite prolific into describing the mental characteristics/ deficiencies of the races. You might remember that Trisomy 21 patients were called "mongoloids" in the past. That was because Dr. Down thought they looked Asian and that Asians were mentally deficient! Yeah. Basically he gets credit for the syndrome because he described the features, but his life's work was spent codifying how Caucasians were the smartest and best race and all the others were inferior. Personally, I hate when they name syndromes/ diseases for people. It's much better when it's called by the proper name.

thanks for this! As a kid I volunteered with my church's SPREAD group- which is basically Sunday School for people with Special Needs. One of the older volunteers always referred to those with Trisomy 21 as "mongoloids" and I never understood why.

33girl · #10 10-26-2012, 11:00 AM

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Personally, I hate when they name syndromes/ diseases for people. It's much better when it's called by the proper name.

You have to remember this is back in the day when the average person did not have as much faculty with medical terms (including "penis" or "vagina") as they do today. He sounds like an asshole, true, but we all know what the disease is when we hear the name. "Trisomy 21" will take a few more years to come to the mind as easily.

AOII Angel · #11 10-26-2012, 12:52 PM

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You have to remember this is back in the day when the average person did not have as much faculty with medical terms (including "penis" or "vagina") as they do today. He sounds like an asshole, true, but we all know what the disease is when we hear the name. "Trisomy 21" will take a few more years to come to the mind as easily.

Oh, I agree. We have to start somewhere. At least mongoloids isn't common terminology anymore. There is a push in medicine to stop the use of eponyms.

happilyanchored · #12 10-24-2012, 08:20 PM

That letter he wrote was wonderful. I'm so glad that so far the majority of people, Republican or not, are condemning her comments for being as wrong as they are.

A lot of girls in my chapter have said that they refuse to consider someone so vicious their sister. I wouldn't go that far, but I definitely won't be offering up our shared letters any time in the near or distant future....

AOII Angel · #13 10-24-2012, 08:22 PM

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That letter he wrote was wonderful. I'm so glad that so far the majority of people, Republican or not, are condemning her comments for being as wrong as they are.

A lot of girls in my chapter have said that they refuse to consider someone so vicious their sister. I wouldn't go that far, but I definitely won't be offering up our shared letters any time in the near or distant future....

She's a Delta Gamma? I did not know that. I'm sorry.

DGTess · #14 10-24-2012, 08:30 PM

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That letter he wrote was wonderful. I'm so glad that so far the majority of people, Republican or not, are condemning her comments for being as wrong as they are.

A lot of girls in my chapter have said that they refuse to consider someone so vicious their sister. I wouldn't go that far, but I definitely won't be offering up our shared letters any time in the near or distant future....

She definitely challenges our ability to live up to our oaths. HOWEVER, remember (as some religions teach) to separate the act and the person. Ann Coulter gets paid to do what she does -- it's her job. Few of us know how much of that is the person and how much is the persona.

happilyanchored · #15 10-24-2012, 08:35 PM

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She definitely challenges our ability to live up to our oaths. HOWEVER, remember (as some religions teach) to separate the act and the person. Ann Coulter gets paid to do what she does -- it's her job. Few of us know how much of that is the person and how much is the persona.

Yep. Unfortunately, nothing can condone her comment. And for every informed person who understands the separation of persona/person, there's another two that think that the Ann Coulter they see is the one and only Ann Coulter. It's just frustrating that the one we do see is this vicious and offensive...

And I agree. I was just looking over our creed and such because our elections are coming up, and she is in no way demonstrating social responsibility or the finest qualities of character right now