Name calling or not name calling has nothing whatsoever to do with christianity.
Let me guess, Matthew 5:21-24 isn't in your bible?
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But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.
No, Sarah would not be upset. She knows exactly what Ann means by "retard" and whom it is directed toward. She also knows that Ann would never even dream of saying what some liberals have said about her down syndrome grandchild. Now, that is downright nasty, hateful mockery. "retard" is a common word in english slang and Sarah is not hung up on poltically correct usage of words.
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The Obama Administration’s Chief of Staff scolded participants, calling them, F---ing retarded, according to several participants, as reported in the Wall Street Journal.
Just as we’d be appalled if any public figure of Rahm’s stature ever used the N-word or other such inappropriate language, Rahm’s slur on all God’s children with cognitive and developmental disabilities and the people who love them is unacceptable, and it’s heartbreaking. -- Sarah Palin
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Of course, that was when a Democrat did it. When someone batting for the same team does it, I don't know what her reaction will be (silence, it seems, for the moment).
It was the president of the college who loudly protested the invitation from the republican club at the college.
I'm not sure how penning an open letter constitutes, 'loud protestation', so perhaps you have more info than me on this subject?
It was this protest that prompted the club to retract the invitation.
Well, technically, it prompted them to research Ann Coulter more, and upon so doing, they decided to retract the invitation:
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Looking at the concerns raised about Ms. Coulter, many of them reasonable, we have determined that some of her comments do not represent the ideals of the College Republicans and are inconsistent with both our organization’s mission and the University’s. We regret that we failed to thoroughly research her before announcing; that is our error and we do not excuse ourselves for it
You don't see that the republican club caving into pressure from the the President of Fordham is exactly equivalent to Fordham banning Coulter?
So no we've established that you are calling the spokesperson for the Republican Club a liar - the next step is asking for the evidence to support your hypothesis that the club 'caved to pressure', presumably having to lie under duress. Or does it just suit your purposes to believe that's what must have happened?
Is Ann Coulter hateful? Maybe, I wouldn't know. I believe she is, or at least has been, quite the influence in American discourse, but here in the UK she is practically unheard of. All I know is from the occasional time she says or does something that makes it onto whatever corners of the blogosphere or the various fora of the 'net I happen to be moving across. And that's generally not good.
America does have itself a serious culture war going on, and Ann Coulter certainly seems a competent warrior for the 'other side'. My impression however, seems to be that her influence is waning and I can't help but think that the Obama-is-a-retard comment was an attempt on her part to still be considered relevant.
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