Guest hardyz1 Report post Posted September 1, 2002 About three months ago my local paper started printing Ann Coulter's weekly column. Immediately, tons of letters to the editor poured in condemning her. The paper refused to print one of her columns which, I think, had some kind of personal attack against a Democrat. The editor tried to say that this was "editing" and not censorship. Well, lo and behold, in today's paper I find out that her column will no longer run, due to constant hate mail they keep receiving. I, personally, would not listen to these idiots, because they are the same people who voted "For Better or Worse" as their favorite comic strip, so their opinions mean nothing. What does everyone think of Ann? She is quite amusing to me, sort of like a conservative counterpart to everybody's favorite net columnist, Eric S. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cancer Marney Report post Posted September 1, 2002 I love her. She's great, but she really needs to make an effort to look a little less grim on TV. She's smart and funny already; I think she could also be pretty with a bit of work. And she needs speech lessons. For some reason her voice always sounds weird to me, and her enunciation can be off-kilter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest danielisthor Report post Posted September 1, 2002 I like Ann, and basically i think most of the people that are writing in enough to get her taken off your paper are probably liberals who are scared of what she has to say and afraid the rest of the readers are listening. By the way, i like "For Better or Worse", its a very good comic strip, not as great as Calvin and Hobbes but far better than Cathy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kkktookmybabyaway Report post Posted September 1, 2002 I'm a registered Republican, but for some reason I don't care too much for her. I can't explain why since I tend to agree with most of her arguments. Oh well... But what I really wanted to comment on is her column getting pulled from your local newspaper. Now I'm all about free speech, and people complaining about a certain writer is free speech, IMO, just as much as the writer producing his/her column. However, for people to be so intellectually lazy that they can't cope with someone writing a freaking newspaper column is just so sad. (Side question: What's the newspaper's name) I remember watching some years back on the O'Reilly factor that the LA Times "edited" a George Will column that had a paragraph in it saying, in a nutshell, that Bill Clinton was a rapist (Juanita Broderick *sp*). If you need your A. Coulter fix, just log on to one of many websites that publish columns of her (I know townhall.com is one such site). And next time a bunch of pinheads from your town get their panties in a bunch because someone has a different opinion from them over a political/social issue, make sure you, and other, voice your support to said publication. The only way to battle free speech is with free speech -- my fry Mumia stance at pseudo hippie rallies taught me that... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest NoCalMike Report post Posted September 1, 2002 Ann Coulter is alright. I don't agree with just about everything she says, but like Bill 'O Reily, she does SOMETHING that keeps me watching...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MrRant Report post Posted September 1, 2002 Ann Coulter is alright. I don't agree with just about everything she says, but like Bill 'O Reily, she does SOMETHING that keeps me watching...... Yeah I don't know what it is either... she doesn't really have any tits. But I bet she is a screamer in bed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Some Guy Report post Posted September 1, 2002 I like her and tend to agree with her, but she can come across as very arrogant like O'Reilly which irritates me. She's very smart and knows her shit, I haev yet to see her dumbfounded in a debate on TV. I don't get why someone would write in and ask for the removal of her column, if you don't like it don't read it. Simple solution. BTW my favorite columnist is Thomas Sowell on www.newsandopinion.com. He's a little repetitive but very smart and a great writer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ozymandias Report post Posted September 2, 2002 All news-paper columns have their fates decided through feed-back, the editors decide whether or not a column is doing well and is successful BASED ON THE FEEDBACK OF THOSE READING IT (imagine that). Republicans would've written letters if they liked it, and the column would have stayed if there was a balance of positive reaction. Reading the column isn't enough because this ain't TV - there's no way for them to know what columns people are or aren't reading. Ann Coulter FAILED. Simple as that. My guess would be because people who read newspapers tend to be a bit smarter than those who watch TV news, and her slanderous, amateur-hour writing was exposed in print for the bullshit that it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Some Guy Report post Posted September 2, 2002 I've neevr read her articles but people tend to write in negative things rather than positive things. Plus it's typical of people to try to get rid of things they don't like, rather than allowing others to read and let them decide what they like or don't like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest J*ingus Report post Posted September 2, 2002 Hey, if the newspaper gets constant, overwhelmingly negative "hate mail" as a response to a column, without a correspondigly large and vocal number of positive letters, then of course they're going to cancel it. Why keep something that everyone hates? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cancer Marney Report post Posted September 2, 2002 No, SG is right. Everyone doesn't hate her. Just the people who wrote in. If you read something you disagree with, you're much more likely to make an effort to respond to it than if you read something you completely agree with and can't add much to. She didn't "FAIL," she was just punished for speaking plainly. Of course, if it was just a local paper in the first place, I can't imagine she cares. It's just that if you call a spade a spade, or, alternately, a Democrat a Godless hypocritical whiny little borderline Commie bleeding-heart sissy-boy labour-union cocksucker, the so-called "liberals" tend to get their panties in a bunch. Freedom of speech is okay only if no one's feelings are hurt, according to the thought police, and the truth has a remarkable tendency to hurt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Some Guy Report post Posted September 2, 2002 It doesn't really matter as I'm sure it's pretty easy to find her articles on the Net. I am kind of curious as to what column replaced it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kkktookmybabyaway Report post Posted September 2, 2002 "Ann Coulter FAILED. Simple as that. My guess would be because people who read newspapers tend to be a bit smarter than those who watch TV news, and her slanderous, amateur-hour writing was exposed in print for the bullshit that it is." Hmm, I wonder if this person would write in to his/her local newspaper is Ms. Coulter's work were to be published there... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ozymandias Report post Posted September 2, 2002 Naw, I don't have a problem with conservative columns. I can read George Will, Robert Novak - fuck, even Cal Thomas and Pat Buchanan without getting flustered. Which is why I don't buy the excuse of the paper "folding to pressure", there is certainly NO shortage of conservative columnists in U.S. newspapers today. The paper was almost definately just ditching a column which wasn't doing well. If she had any kind of popularity base then I'm sure Republicans and supporters will write the paper and they'll have to bring her back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kkktookmybabyaway Report post Posted September 2, 2002 "The paper was almost definately just ditching a columnist which wasn't doing well. If she had any kind of popularity base than I'm sure Republicans and supporters will write the paper and they'll have to bring her back." Nah, they were too busy probably going out and working for a living... Damn, you read Cal Thomas and Pat B.? All I do is look at the headline and know what they're going to say... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest hardyz1 Report post Posted September 2, 2002 The paper is called the Centre Daily Times, and, yes, it is a small paper, so she doesn't care. Here is a link to the article where the editor writes a letter to Ann: A letter to Ann Coulter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kkktookmybabyaway Report post Posted September 2, 2002 "The paper is called the Centre Daily Times, and, yes, it is a small paper, so she doesn't care." AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHA -- you live in State College, which is the closest thing to hell I've ever experienced. That paper is such a friggin' rag. I understand why Coulter got canned -- all the pseudo hippies and pinhead PSU profs. probably gathered together to get her booted because they love the freedom of speech as long as the person using this freedom agrees with them. Oh God I hated that place. (No offense of course) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cancer Marney Report post Posted September 2, 2002 This bit was my favourite: Hate is easy; love is hard.At least Miss Coulter doesn't have to resort to quoting Barney. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MrRant Report post Posted September 2, 2002 This bit was my favourite:Hate is easy; love is hard.At least Miss Coulter doesn't have to resort to quoting Barney. Aren't you Barney? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cancer Marney Report post Posted September 2, 2002 Barney: 4'11" Me: 5'7" Conclusion: 8" discrepancy Barney: virulent purple Me: delicately tanned ivory Conclusion: ~320 HSLRGB discrepancy Barney: fat Me: slender as a willow-wand, clearer than clear water Conclusion: ~100 lb discrepancy Barney: furry Me: smooth Conclusion: unquantifiable but major discrepancy Barney: willingly spends time with children Me: only spends time with children when cornered like a rat in a trap Conclusion: unquantifiable but major discrepancy Barney: nauseatingly sugary Me: acidic Conclusion: 13.6 pH discrepancy Barney: doesn't smoke or drink Me: smokes like a chimney, drinks like a fish Conclusion: unquantifiable but major discrepancy Barney: crude, dwarfish, and revolting generic male facsimile of extinct Cretaceous therapoda Me: tall, polished, amazingly attractive and utterly unique female specimen of Caucasian homo sapiens Conclusion: unquantifiable but staggeringly major discrepancy Final conclusion: I am not Barney. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kkktookmybabyaway Report post Posted September 3, 2002 Maybe you’re Barney in a parallel universe... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cancer Marney Report post Posted September 3, 2002 According to multiple-world theory, everyone is Barney in some universe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest J*ingus Report post Posted September 3, 2002 Me: slender as a willow-wand, clearer than clear water Tell me you didn't just quote Tolkien there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cancer Marney Report post Posted September 3, 2002 But sir, I cannot tell a lie. O slender as a willow-wand! O clearer than clear water! O reed by the living pool! Fair river-daughter! O spring-time and summer-time, and spring again after! O wind on the waterfall, and the leaves' laughter! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted September 3, 2002 Barney: nauseatingly sugary Me: acidic Conclusion: 13.6 pH discrepancy That would've worked so much better if you'd said Barney was basic which he is, considering that show is for the exceedingly young/retarded kids. Sugar doesn't have a whole lot to do with pH, unless we're talking about bacterial reactions on unbrushed teeth. Marney, I have actually attempted to determine the exact acidity of your comments. Phenolphthalein showed no presence of any alkaline substances. Blue litmus paper, when held near the monitor showing a Marney statement, came up a flourescent hue of magenta. Which begs the eternal question: Is Marney really more caustic than concentrated HCL, or just pretty in pink? Discuss. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest J*ingus Report post Posted September 3, 2002 We've all seen the Alien movies, right? Well, there ya go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cancer Marney Report post Posted September 3, 2002 Sugar doesn't have a whole lot to do with pH, unless we're talking about bacterial reactions on unbrushed teeth. Hmm. True. OK, we'll go with "basic" then. Phenolphthalein showed no presence of any alkaline substances. Blue litmus paper, when held near the monitor showing a Marney statement, came up a flourescent hue of magenta. Which begs the eternal question: Is Marney really more caustic than concentrated HCL, or just pretty in pink? Discuss. Thank you for the quick results. I've conducted a brief study myself, and according to the preliminary two opinions, I am indeed exceedingly pretty in pink, although I'm told it worked even better when I was a blonde. A need for further, more comprehensive research is clearly indicated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest HoffmanHHH Report post Posted September 6, 2002 According to multiple-world theory, everyone is Barney in some universe. No, no, everyone is Masked Yodeler. And also, I have to wonder about the pH imbalance. Even if Barney is so basic that his pH level is a whopping 14, that puts you at .2, which I'm pretty sure would cause you to melt and stuff. //arrogant dick All right, think of it like this. You draw a straight line, and put a dot at each end and one in the middle. The key here is that the farther to one end of the line you are, the more people on the other end you'll offend. For instance, a moderate Republican will only infuriate strong to fanatic Democrats, and vice-versa. Ann Coulter, though, is far enough down the line that she'll offend a greater number of people, so of course she'll get more hate mail. Plus she likes to get under your skin. In a way, hate mail is the POINT. So, I'd say she didn't fail -- she succeeded quite nicely Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cancer Marney Report post Posted September 6, 2002 No, no, everyone is Masked Yodeler. Whatever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Spaceman Spiff Report post Posted September 6, 2002 No, no, everyone is Masked Yodeler. Whatever. It's a joke from another board. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
