Again, Coulter
Ann Coulter calls University of Connecticut students stupid, and CNN is there.
“I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am,” Coulter told the crowd of 2,600 Wednesday.
Before cutting off her speech after about 15 minutes, Coulter called Bill Clinton an “executive buffoon” who won the presidency only because Ross Perot took 19 percent of the vote.
Coulter’s appearance prompted protests from several student groups. About 100 people rallied outside the auditorium where she spoke, saying she spread a message of intolerance.
When reading this type of story, I always enjoy seeing who gets the last word. Kareem Mohni chimed in in this case. Mohni is a student at UConn.
UConn junior Kareem Mohni, 20, said he was disgusted by his peers’ reaction to Coulter.
“It really appalled me that we’re not able to come together as a group and listen to a different view in a respectful environment,” Mohni said.
And calling 2,600 students “stupid” is the height of respect.
Frankly, I think it’s sad that Coulter isn’t allowed to spread her venom and bile wherever she goes without running into people who throw custard pies at her. It’s a perfectly good waste of custard pie. The truth, however, is that Coulter should be allowed to speak her mind in a public forum. And people should be allowed to protest her.
As for listening to different views in a respectful environment, how… liberal. It’s certainly not what Coulter promotes. Just the titles of her books alone – How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must), Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right, Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terror – do not suggest somebody who cares to respect other points of view. Now, granted, there’s something to be said for not stooping to their level. But students who disagree with Coulter should not be expected to simply sit still and take it while she lacerates common decency with her vile invective.
Coulter is not interested in engaging liberals in intelligent debate. She’s not interested in engaging anybody in intelligent debate, for that matter, because she’s sure that nobody has the intelligence to keep up with her. If you disagree with her in the slightest, you are obviously wrong and stupid and should be pushed aside so she can do whatever she likes.
And it’s kind of hard to listen to that point of view quietly and respectfully.
December 8th, 2005 at 11:06 am
Ann’s never been one to let little things like detractors, or facts, or other people’s hangups with common courtesy, stand in her way.
She’s 44 today. That’s not too young for her to retire, is it?
December 8th, 2005 at 11:39 am
Anyone who said the best way to talk to liberals is with a baseball bat is not interested in a “respectful environment,” so screw her.