Question about Conservatism/Ann Coulter

[shinerbock]

Did you miss a couple weeks ago when she was vindicated about the plagerism claims regarding her last book?

Also, you saying she can't debate makes me think you've never actually watched her. Ann is a little brash for me at times, but I've seen her shame quite an array of opponents.

[Drolefille]

I read her column as it is in our local newspaper and I've seen/read some of the rest of the stuff she's done. Her column is flat out poorly written (and has been preempted more than 10 times by my newspaper because she's promoting her book, they gave her once and then yanked it when she didn't write about anything but the book.) As far as debate, name calling and insults do not a debate winner make. Mocking your opponent and his/her stance and not actually addressing the issue doesn't win you a lot of points.

I haven't seen that actually, last I heard she was still in trouble over it. And dropped from a newspaper or two. Now, I looked at some of the comparison between footnotes and quotes and they don't match up, at least not in my opinion. And for what its worth, when you challenge the integrity of someone's writing and that person says "look I have lots of footnotes, it must be right" it just makes me want to

She is an extremist in every sense of the word and I dislike her for that. People like her make it hard for people like me to take either the left or the right seriously. Look I'm Christian and I believe in evolution! On NOes!! Apparently that's impossible according to Coulter/Moore types.

I don't really listen to them because they don't represent me.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Also, you saying she can't debate makes me think you've never actually watched her. Ann is a little brash for me at times, but I've seen her shame quite an array of opponents.

Oh she can definitely dish it out, and her turns of phrase can surely make me laugh. But intelligently debate? No. One can't actually debate if one refuses to even listen to other opinions or relies on dismissive reponses. (And yes, I have watched and read her a fair amount. She can dodge answering a question with the best of them.)

At core she's an entertainer who panders to a specific audience.

Munchkin03 is dead on -- Coulter and Michael Moore are the the shadow images of each other. It may be fun to see what comes out of their mouths next, and we all love hearing our own opinions equated with The Truth, but are either one of them going to convince anyone who doesn't already agree with them? (Remember that the purpose of debate is to persuade, not to annihilate.) Neither of them really advances political discourse in this country -- they lower it to "[choose your politician/party] is (1) the worst thing ever to happen to this country, and (2) is the devil."

Neither conservatives nor liberals, Democrats nor Republicans have a monopoly on avoiding the actual conflict or throwing around blame and insults.

[moe.ron]

She's a good entertainer. Trying to see who is a better debater between Ann Coulter and Michael Moore is trying to see who has a better street credential, N'Sync or the Backstreet Boys.

[sdsuchelle]

I hate her. She is clearly only out to get attention.

Ann Coulter and Michael Moore are both idiots.

As for the fact that she calls herself Christian and seems to be full of hate... well, unfortunately a LOT of "Christians" do not practice the Christian ideals. There are some Christians who think that you're going to Hell if you don't agree with their interpretation of the Bible, religion, politics, etc. It makes me really sad, as someone who is both liberal AND holds Christian ideals.

[Shortfuse]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Also, you saying she can't debate makes me think you've never actually watched her. Ann is a little brash for me at times, but I've seen her shame quite an array of opponents.

Name one person she's shamed. Bill Maher makes it a sport of making her look foolish.

Shouting down an opponent isn't shaming a person. Screaming and throwing insults doesn't mean a person can debate. Stating facts does that.