You know I can't go through an election season without talking about one of my "favorite" people: Ann Coulter. The Conservative columnist is up to her usual, no good tricks again.
This time, she appeared on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" seeming as defiant as ever making statements that are low, even by her standards.
This time, she appeared on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" seeming as defiant as ever making statements that are low, even by her standards.
When asked by Morgan on why she called President Obama "the retard" after the third debate on her Twitter account, Coulter gave a haphazard response, claiming she was not calling the president a "Down Syndrome child" and claimed that the "R-word" is now synonymous with "loser."
Since when and on what planet?
As far as I know, people have (and always will) use the "R-word" as a derogatory term toward people with disabilities.
John Franklin Stevens, a Special Olympics athlete and global messenger who has Down Syndrome responded by saying:
John Franklin Stevens, a Special Olympics athlete and global messenger who has Down Syndrome responded by saying:
"I’m a 30 year old man with Down syndrome who has struggled with the public’s perception that an intellectual disability means that I am dumb and shallow. I am not either of those things, but I do process information more slowly than the rest of you. In fact it has taken me all day to figure out how to respond to your use of the R-word last night.”
What was Coulter's response?
“It would be one thing if I said in my tweet a joke about Special Olympics, a joke about Down Syndrome,” she said. “No one would call someone with Down Syndrome ‘retard.’ I call you a ‘retard.’"
And to her critics, or "word police" as Coulter harped on, who had the audacity to make a true comparison of calling a black person the "N-word" and calling a disabled person the "R-word:"
“Oh, screw them. That’s what they feel I do? I feel they’re being authoritarian bullying victims.”
Yes Ms. Coulter, these people are just "victims." Give me a freaking break!
In my opinion, Ann Coulter is a pathetic person who obviously has nothing better to do with her time than bring people down with her highly offensive comments.
Not to mention, she obviously has zero respect for the president so I have zero respect for her, to put it nicely.
Here is the video of her discussion with Piers Morgan...
UPDATE: According to my news writing professor, the historical, medical term "idiot" actually meant someone with mental retardation. Just an interesting fact!
In my opinion, Ann Coulter is a pathetic person who obviously has nothing better to do with her time than bring people down with her highly offensive comments.
Not to mention, she obviously has zero respect for the president so I have zero respect for her, to put it nicely.
Here is the video of her discussion with Piers Morgan...
UPDATE: According to my news writing professor, the historical, medical term "idiot" actually meant someone with mental retardation. Just an interesting fact!
Next Stop: Richard Mourdock
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