I HATE ANN COULTER!!!!

(If memory serves correct, that's a "no", but my memory is about as reliable as Ms. Coulter's fact-checker.)

And he was shot in Weehawken, NJ by Aaron Burr!

Yes! The winner of the annual Obscure Peanut Butter Commercial Reference Award is once again Dan Perry!

(But he did have a mouthful of peanut butter, right? RIGHT!?! BOO-YAH!)

Nah, that was Chris Rock's comment about Laura Ingraham (another blonde conservative pundit -- but a much better looking one, for whatever that's worth.)

I worry about Ann Coulter. I think she's really very unhealthy.

Ann is getting really old now, the new McCarthyism-wuz-right! shtick embarrassing for even her usual fanbase to unquestioningly support, but hey - the more obnoxious she becomes, the more entertaining it is for the rest of the sane world. I think she's going to resort to wearing a string bikini in a Fox interview someday, while again regurgitating her views re: how women should never have gotten the right of suffrage

ew nvrmind

Good governor? Experience? Who cares? What California needs is a charismatic personality who looks good on television. That's what gets problems solved. I'd prefer Warren Beatty, of course, but Arnold will do.

i think thats all her "liberal-baiting" shtick though, innit? i mean she said so herself in that interview, how she is just saying the obvious things which would horrify and piss the left to pieces and then play off of it . what she wasn't bright enough to anticipate tho, was that her game would eventually be seen through and fall apart, as it approaches farce, leading to even the right leaving her out there on her own as well, since no one wants to be caught supporting a joke..

right?

i didnt get a real response, but i didnt expect one

if warren beatty's term = something like Bulworth happening in real life haha, no contest

More background on the story here.

http://www.whitehouse.org/news/2002/082002.asp

No argument there.

She bombed hard on the Rob Lowe roast. I almost felt bad for her (but not really).

“The unacceptable threats of violence that have led to the ‘hecklers’ veto’ of Ann Coulter’s speech at Berkeley are inconsistent with free speech principles that protect us all from government overreach. Hateful speech has consequences, particularly for people of color, LGBTQ people, immigrants, and others who have been historically marginalized. But if the government gets to decide which speech counts as hate speech, the powers that be may later feel free to censor any speech they don’t like.

“For the future of our democracy, we must protect bigoted speech from government censorship. On college campuses, that means that the best way to combat hateful speech is through counter-speech, vigorous and creative protest, and debate, not threats of violence or censorship.”

https://www.aclu.org/news/aclu-statement-ann-coulter-speech

I have a feeling she--just like Milo before her--had no intention of actually speaking at Berkeley. Book the gig...agitators gonna agitate...cancel the date and Oh Hai! loads of free publicity giving me the illusion of a upper hand.

^^
Most likely scenario. Still, I have to wonder why Berkley is even booking her (or Milo) in the first place?

Is it UC-Berkeley booking her or is it some shitstirring student group booking her?

http://www.snopes.com/2017/04/21/berkeley-coulter-speech-lawsuit/

apparently they offered a venue that could accommodate better security, but she turned it down because

UC Berkeley had imposed “new, more burdensome conditions” on her constitutional rights.

Is it UC-Berkeley booking her or is it some shitstirring student group booking her?

it's the latter

ie this guy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/04/27/i-invited-ann-coulter-to-speak-at-uc-berkeley-heres-why/?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.9bf8c1d1bb45

who just seems more naive than shit-stirring but the results are the same

we need to alleviate polarization by inviting dumb, incendiary, polarizing idiots to speak

jfc there are a million people you can invite to encourage dialogue and respectful conversation. coulter is not one of them

what an ass

yeah like invite ross douthat or something you feeb

disrespectful conversation not permissible, check

did you read what the guy said?

jfc there are a million people you can invite to encourage dialogue and respectful conversation. coulter is not one of them

exactly. this is what you get when either side engaged in this ostensible "debate" engages in bad faith. The college Republicans aren't interested in dialogue, they're interested in inflammatory, attention-getting stunts. (The inverse of this on the left can, and I'm sure does, exist as well)

(fwiw I agree w the ACLU's position on this in terms of the university's actions)

i mean, freshman year you get an article in the washington post. the opportunities are there for those with the least shame.

Speak of the devil: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/04/26/milos-appearance-at-berkeley-led-to-riots-he-vows-to-return-this-fall-for-a-week-long-free-speech-event/?utm_term=.e0fbc6a9fb92

trying to think of some comparable right-wing public college the left can go cause problems at

Bob Jones University? Oral Roberts University? Liberty University?

Trump University? Oh wait...

trying to think of some comparable right-wing public college the left can go cause problems at

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there isn't one, because free speech isn't actually a value of the right

Well, yeah.