It is simple. And it isn’t just her. But since this is just the latest incident of hate speech from the right wing talking meatsticks, she is just as good an example as any. It could be Glenn Beck. It could be Michelle Malkin. It could be Hannity, Limbaugh or O’Reilly. It really doesn’t matter – the premise is the same.
Within 10 minutes of any of these pathetic jackholes uttering their latest diatribe or calling liberals "evil terrorist lovers" or whatever the hell else it is, we get 400 diaries here expressing outrage. Yes, what they said is outrageous and outlandish and total bullshit and hateful, bigoted, xenophobic, homophobic or whatever other adjective you want to call it.
But nobody other than their foaming at the mouth rabid followers really care – and they are uninformed hate filled bigoted, xenophobic, homophobic fucktards anyway who will never be reasonable people. They are the 30-something percent that still supports Bush and Cheney.
They are trolls.
And what do we say around here about trolls? No, not "get your best recipe ready". Don’t feed the trolls.
None of the 60-something percent or 70-something percent of people who are reasonable people – those who want out of Iraq, those who think gay marriage isn’t going to ruin the world, those who think that this is the worst administration ever, those who know that this country is on the wrong trace – give a rat’s ass or would take any of this seriously if they knew what was said.
These morons are cartoons – laughable pathetic trolls. They have an audience that is shrinking as people get tired of the same old hate speech. People that care more about how they are going to pay their bills than what some idiot says – even if it is ultra offensive.
There are two wars going very badly right now, and the prospect of a third. There are nearly 50 million people without health insurance. There is an executive branch that the general public is about to find out that in addition to the warrentless wiretapping and everything else they have done – they are firing many US Attorneys for political reasons. That will piss off more people as they find out. It will remind them of Nixon – which isn’t a good comparison.
Ann Coulter sucks. So does Rush Limbaugh. So do the rest of them. But they are not going away – they are just being minimized. Their purpose is to distract this country, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE THE MOST VOCAL (LIKE US), from the horrific shit that is going on.
Let me put it another way – if we are bitching, pissing and moaning about their comments, that means that we are not focusing on what is really important. It’s hard enough with the "all Anna Nicole, all Britney all the time". Let’s not fall for this shit.
They are trolls.
Don’t feed them.
Update [2007-3-3 21:28:36 by clammyc]: For those who are outraged by this, please read this most excellent comment by TrueBlueMajority (hat tip to ogre, who made the original comment). To clarify - this whole issue should be about Mitt Romney, not about Ann Coulter.
Update [2007-3-3 23:40:25 by clammyc]: For those who are still confused as to my point, I refer you to my comment here as well as TexDem's comment and link to a TPM comment here. Hope that clarifies things a bit more....