Tuesday, October 16, 2012

When Ann Coulter tells a Joke, who Laughs?


That's her joke tweet that has mixed reviews. I see this as mess and it's Ann, so I don't get all out of shape.

However, others feel differently. For example, GLAAD didn't find this funny:
I recognize that this is a joke, and that she is not really taken seriously in any context anyway, but with this coming right after National Coming Out Day, at the start of Ally Week and just days before Spirit Day, I thought this would be a good opportunity to talk about this idea of hers. There was a time in our culture's history when, if thousands of LGBT kids were to come out on the same day, the next week genuinely would be exactly what Ann describes, all across the country. Fathers disowning their sons and kicking them out onto the street. Mothers locking up their daughters or sending them to charm school. Children forced to undergo electro-shock or even worse forms of "therapy" to rid themselves of their orientation. To learn how to not be true to themselves.
Okay, I get it. So when Dan Savage calls someone a Faggot, will they respond to that? Will someone talk to him about his ideas?

Just asking.

2 comments:

Gene Perry said...

Just give Ann the standard 24 hours until she issues the standard non-apology apology "I was just kidding, some of my best friends are ... etc." So predictable!

Bob said...

Here's the deal with That Person.
She says the things she says, and writes the books she writes, to get attention.
If the media and blogs stopped talking about her, she'd go away.

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