DesertFox
12-12-2005, 11:36 PM
Remember this maxim: when a liberal says something outrageous, it's a courageous embrace of First Amendment freedoms, intended to catalyze discussion; when a conservative does the same, it is hate speech. This is the lesson liberals at the University of Connecticut (UConn) were attempting to teach students until last Wednesday, when they went too far by repeatedly interrupting Ann Coulter's remarks. Now, students are rebuking their liberal counterparts. ...
When asked what her thoughts were on pre-marital sex, [Coulter] replied, "That's got to be the worst pick-up line I've ever heard." When asked what she would say were she to find out her child was gay, Coulter suggested, "Did I ever tell you that you were adopted?" When made aware that she would not be able to complete her comments, she skipped the rest of her speech to go into Q&A, explaining, "I enjoy engaging in repartee with people stupider than I."
It was Coulter's coolness which earned her the respect of the audience -- as soon as they understood she was engaging in pointed satire, they saw the rabblerousers, who were calling out throughout the Q&A, as being the most hateful. One student remarked, "You know, by calling Ann Coulter's remarks 'hate speech' they're showing how little they have to offer by way of ideas. The speaker was making her point through humor, while the humorless just didn't have a point."
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=9138
When asked what her thoughts were on pre-marital sex, [Coulter] replied, "That's got to be the worst pick-up line I've ever heard." When asked what she would say were she to find out her child was gay, Coulter suggested, "Did I ever tell you that you were adopted?" When made aware that she would not be able to complete her comments, she skipped the rest of her speech to go into Q&A, explaining, "I enjoy engaging in repartee with people stupider than I."
It was Coulter's coolness which earned her the respect of the audience -- as soon as they understood she was engaging in pointed satire, they saw the rabblerousers, who were calling out throughout the Q&A, as being the most hateful. One student remarked, "You know, by calling Ann Coulter's remarks 'hate speech' they're showing how little they have to offer by way of ideas. The speaker was making her point through humor, while the humorless just didn't have a point."
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=9138