Ann Coulter (Is she hateful?)

Joe McCarthy would be so proud of you.

Our country Doctor rambles: Just thinking now about the campaign ads that were basically oriented towards the tone-deaf Republicans and Romney towards women ("The War On Women!!") that came out during this campaign. The last ones were all about changing your clocks back 1 hour as Daylight Savings Time ended November 4th, with the added caution not to set your clocks back 60 years!Sure, the tax brackets in the Eisenhower years would be nice to have again. But the Ozzie & Harriet cream-of-wheat white patriarchal family shit is not something we want to see be dominant again.The bridge at midnight trembles....

Faith writes: I am hoping instead that the younger generation studies to this great depth from an open mind. Like a blank slate. They should be SAVED from the brainwashing of established religions. A brainwashed viewpoint, no matter how well-studied, is still a brainwashed viewpoint.

NoNukes writes: Hell, let's see JUST ONE!

How about giving us some examples instead of running away every time someone asks for actual examples of your accusations. So now we're thought police?You are the one throwing around accusations of traitorous ideas, faith. Why stop there, faith? The obvious next step is to execute a few liberals (traitors) as an example and deterrent for impure thoughts. After all, some things can't just be politely treated as a mere difference of opinion.The America you want is my scariest nightmare! It brings to mind images of Iran in the 1980s when people were executed for impure thoughts, images of all the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century, when FEAR was part of everyday life.What you want goes against everything good America has ever stood for!

I think this generalization is unfair. It's the other side of the coin from the sentiments foreveryoung and Faith have expressed in this thread, and it is equally far off base.Let's be frank. We all smell the sweaty ape under the tarp.The stuff Faith is spouting off here is not standard conservative rhetoric. This isn't the kind of thing you'd ever hear Romney or McCain say. Conservatives believe that liberals are wrong. Some even accept that liberals are principled but wrong. But 'Liberals are all traitors' is pure wing-nut stuff.In reality, it is actually possible to be against gay marriage without believing that gays and lesbians should be dragged behind a pick up truck or isolated in a compound with an electric fence. Most people would find jokes advocating killing a political opponent to cross the line. Yet some people pray earnestly for the death of their least favorite Supreme Court Justice. That's wing nut.Conservatives are people who oppose O'bama because they favor small government and disagree with him on social or fiscal policy. Wing-nuts think O'bama is a Muslim AND the anti-Christ. Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

Hi xongsmith Indeed, and a history that is not the biased viewpoint of the victors of history. The history of native americans and their contribution to the concepts and ideas that went into the constitution, for example; the scandalous history of intentionally spreading sickness among native tribes to kill them off, for another. Good and bad not just the rosy glow of what you would like to believe occurred.Enjoy.

[sarcasm]Good grief, RAZD! You liberals are always trying to tear down America. At least we gave them blankets. [/sarcasm]

Hi foreveryoung, So between your 8 and my 2 we disagree about whether the people between us are liberal or conservative. According to your breakdown that would be 60% of americans. You mean those who accept pure fiction as an economic theory? Do you know than Rand lived on Social Security at the end? Curiously, you are assuming positions you have no basis for assuming ... except for your personal perception that they are liberal.Fordham being historically a catholic and jesuit university that espouses catholic and jesuit

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Fordham University, the Jesuit University of New York, is committed to the discovery of Wisdom and the transmission of Learning, through research and through undergraduate, graduate and professional education of the highest quality. Guided by its Catholic and Jesuit traditions, Fordham fosters the intellectual, moral and religious development of its students and prepares them for leadership in a global society.

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Fordham affirms the complementary roles of faith and reason in the pursuit of wisdom and learning. The University encourages the growth of a life of faith consonant with moral and intellectual development. ...
Fordham gives special attention to the study of the living tradition of Catholicism, and it provides a place where religious traditions may interact with each other and with contemporary cultures.

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Fordham draws its inspiration from the dual heritage of Christian Humanism and Ignatian Spirituality, and consequently sees all disciplines as potential paths to God. ...

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Given the emphasis on Catholic and Jesuit teaching, I would be rather surprised if they supported abortion ...Enjoy.Edited by RAZD, : 60%

I'll bet their insurance carrier doesn't pay for birth control for their employees, either. I'm not sure about Viagra, though.

Well, I'm not sure how to parse 1.61803's post. If he means that all Republicans defend Coulter, then he is clearly wrong. If he means that all those Republicans who do defend her are in sympathy with her, then he may well be right.And I have no idea what he thinks the word "insipid" means, but I'm sure it doesn't mean what he thinks it means.

Wait, unpack this for me. Tell you that we disagree with your ideas, that's "the Thought Police", but telling us that our ideas are tantamount to treason against the country, and that a few guys ought to swing from yard-arms to scare us into silence, that's not? How do you make that make sense? And you don't think calling our positions "subversive" is "the Thought Police"? Explain to me how that works for you. Just to unpack this, what you're calling "political correctness" is the position that in America, we don't execute people in order to intimidate others from expressing completely conventional, mainstream views. (Or really, any views.)

I saw upthread you got burned for this a little, and I just wanted to express an alternate view; this is another example of the thoughtfulness and reflection that I've always enjoyed in many of your posts. It's to your credit, IMO, even if others may consider it baby steps.

You want to talk about "physical intimdation". I will relay something that happened to a friend of mine. She's gay, and when she was visiting home to SC with her girlfriend, she and her girl friend got assulted.. she got a cracked skull, and her girlfriend was in a coma for 10 days.At the trial the people who did it claimed they were doing 'the lords work'.Is that 'physical intimidation' enough for you?

Agreed, I retract that statement as written, I meant to mean some republicans Yes it is, but is it possible to believe that American's of all races, religions and sexual orientation should be afforded equal civil rights under the law, and be against gay marriage? Yes we do. That's why I feel that identifying with and defending hate speech while at the same time abhorring violence is kind of dis-ingenious. To avoid this conflict best, one can only like Ann Colture in the presence of like minded republicans. Otherwise one might come off as a hateful bigot. That wouldn't do. It would be like saying in the presence of like minded republicans something like 47 percent of Americans are refuse not worthy of consideration.