Ann Coulter received an exemption from the Palm Beach County property appraiser removing her name from public records identifying where she lives. She was receiving too much "hate" mail. Oh, the irony.
Coulter, 45, has called Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards a "faggot" and said she wished he would be killed by terrorists. She once said President Clinton "could be a lunatic" and wrote of a group of widows of men killed in the World Trade Center that she had ‘never seen people enjoying their husbands’ deaths so much.’"
So maybe it came as no surprise when somebody delivered a greeting card to her home in March with this salutation: "You self-aggrandizing -- sociopath!! The only thing left after a nuclear war are you and cockroaches."
The public records exemption is generally limited to people who have a fear of violent attacks on themselves and their families at their homes, such as those in law enforcement and victims of domestic violence. There are about 1.3 million people living in Palm Beach County, and there are 2,674 properties that have this exemption.
I'm not taking a stance on whether Coulter should have received the exemption or not (the application for the exemption is not public record). I do find it ironic, however, that she's asking the government to protect her from having to listen to or read nasty words about herself. This is the woman who has CoulterizedTM political discourse with her intellect-free vitriol.
I didn't see a diary on this. Please let me know if it's already been diaried. This is my first.