by Hari SeldonDateline: June 07, 2006 Wednesday
Today, as I watched the evening national news (World News Tonight), an outspoken and most benevolent Anne Coulter was quoted as spewing her usual treatment of liberals. In this case, she pounded, nailed, stomped, berated, incited, demonized, and victimized four women whose husbands were killed in the 9/11 World Trade Center Towers. The following quote is out of context, but illustrates her perspectives and attitude of how she feels about her polar opposites politically, quoted as followed from the NBC, Today Show:
Lauer to Ann Coulter: "Alright on the 9/11 widows and in particular a group that had been outspoken and critical of the administration.’ These self-obsessed women seem genuinely unaware that 9/11 was an attack on our nation and acted as if the terrorist attack only happened to them. They believe the entire country was required to marinate in their exquisite personal agony. Apparently denouncing Bush was an important part of their closure process.' And this part is, is the part I really need to talk to you about. 'These broads are millionaires lionized on TV and in articles about them reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzis. I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' death so much.'"
-Admittedly, her remarks are to be considered rude, sweeping, and are a hasty generalization of these women.
-Admittedly, this is only a small snippet of her book, and a viewpoint to create sales for it.
-Admittedly, this book will create an "active discussion" the role of the victim, nonetheless, the tone of her statements in the book makes one wonder about her true motivation.
-Admittedly, what is fascinating, is that, the gullibility of MSM (Main Stream Media) in the reporting of her "controversial statements" throughout her book has the extremes frothing at the mouth.
-Admittedly, this is truer of the Far Left than the Far Right.
-Admittedly, this outspokenness is her shtick (and to some degree tiresome) to generate publicity for her books.
-Admittedly, what is unfortunate that her tone and vitriol is necessary to be heard above the fray of the public minutia.
-Admittedly, such attitudes can lead to intolerance and can eventuate into fascism for the Right, and eventuation of socialism for the Left.
-Admittedly, with a Democratic Republic this will lead to a hybrid of "fascioism" (my term) where the "nannyist" on the Left and the "authoritarians" on the Right both meet at the edges and willing to restrain the liberties of the citizenry.
-Admittedly, this leads to the cognitive dissonance to schizophrenia of logic and the irrational emotion of the public forum.
-Admittedly, the social ills that Ann Coulter point towards with "doctrine of infallibility" of victims has been pierced but not destroyed.
-Admittedly, this may embolden victimization and set a new level for pity and "infallibility."
-Admittedly, Ann's remarks will do more harm than good in the public debate, in that, her ultimate goal may have been to undermine the "illusory" role if the "infallible" victim so that their "magical defense" can be pierced, but her divisiveness precedes her and lessens her credulity.
-Admittedly, this is because of the own groups that she represents has been guilty of the same tactic, the use of the "doctrine of infallibility" to their own political agenda.
-Admittedly, this is hypocritical, and marginalizes her, which eventuates in her own level of victimization aiding her to sell more books.
-Admittedly, that is and was her and her publishers point. After all, it is just another day in paradise....
5 comments:
I think she gives a woman a bad name. All Woman.
Wow, I didn't think she was that bad but I am reading what she said and I don't know. I have to admit I didn't hear the entire interview so I am having ahard tiem being so agianst her. What she said is shocking though.
Admittedly, she is a twit.
Admittedly, she is a twit.
Admittedly, she is a self-centered twit.
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