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scaeagles · 12-08-2005, 09:43 AM

Well, I don't think she called the entire audience stupid. She called those who refused to shut up stupid. Refusing to listen to someone (and inhibiting others from doing so) with an opinion different than yourself, particularly when that person is there for the express purpose of speaking, is, well, stupid.

Name calling? There's name calling all over the place. If you agree with the name someone is being called, the person who does the name calling is witty or articulate or saying it the way it is. If you disagree, the name caller has stooped to a new low in ad hominem attacks. Do you think those that have called the current President names are juvenile? Or because you agree with them does that make it OK?

Bush is not the ideal Coulter President. I would offer that, as for most conservatives, Reagan is the model, and Bush is certainly not Reaganesque. Coulter was very vocal about the.....crud....what was her name? The female appointed for the SCOTUS that withdrew har name and Alito replaced? Oh, well. You know who I mean. Anyway, there was no one more critical, and she is often critical of his policies that do not fit in to the conservative frame of thought.

I have no doubt that Coulter likes controversy. She is a controversial figure. But engage in debate with her rather than shouting her down. If she speaks without incident, there is no press. If she is shouted down, it's a story. The outrageous part is not what she says - she is certainly no more outrgeous in rhetoric than many figures on the left. The outrageousness is that supposed students of higher learning have such little tolerance for opinions that vary from theirs.

SacTown Chronic · 12-08-2005, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

Coulter was very vocal about the.....crud....what was her name? The female appointed for the SCOTUS that withdrew har name and Alito replaced? Oh, well. You know who I mean.

You talkin' about Dubya's partner in hot and heavy abstinence? Harry something or other.

€uroMeinke · 12-08-2005, 11:19 AM

I'm a free speech absolutist - if someone's ideas are so reprehensible, then you should easily be able to combat that through excercising your own free speech, but expounding contrary arguments.

Shouting down someone is an attempt at cencorship, which to me leaves the message that the ideas are too good or sound too to engage in discussion about.

Name · 12-08-2005, 06:06 PM

who's ann coulter?

I feel fortunate, I haven't seen or heard anything she says in a very very very very long time.....

(I bet I just jinxed myself, and now every channel I turn to will have coulter news.... :shudder

CoasterMatt · 12-09-2005, 07:16 AM

Ann Coulter is WAAAY hotter than Paris...

12-08-2005, 09:43 AM	#1
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Well, I don't think she called the entire audience stupid. She called those who refused to shut up stupid. Refusing to listen to someone (and inhibiting others from doing so) with an opinion different than yourself, particularly when that person is there for the express purpose of speaking, is, well, stupid. Name calling? There's name calling all over the place. If you agree with the name someone is being called, the person who does the name calling is witty or articulate or saying it the way it is. If you disagree, the name caller has stooped to a new low in ad hominem attacks. Do you think those that have called the current President names are juvenile? Or because you agree with them does that make it OK? Bush is not the ideal Coulter President. I would offer that, as for most conservatives, Reagan is the model, and Bush is certainly not Reaganesque. Coulter was very vocal about the.....crud....what was her name? The female appointed for the SCOTUS that withdrew har name and Alito replaced? Oh, well. You know who I mean. Anyway, there was no one more critical, and she is often critical of his policies that do not fit in to the conservative frame of thought. I have no doubt that Coulter likes controversy. She is a controversial figure. But engage in debate with her rather than shouting her down. If she speaks without incident, there is no press. If she is shouted down, it's a story. The outrageous part is not what she says - she is certainly no more outrgeous in rhetoric than many figures on the left. The outrageousness is that supposed students of higher learning have such little tolerance for opinions that vary from theirs.
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