Saturday, March 03, 2007
Mad Annie Coulter and the state of the Republican PartyGlenn Greenwald captures it well at his Unclaimed Territory blog, in the ironically titled post, Terrible hatred and anger on the left 03/02/07:So Ann Coulter appeared as a featured speaker today at the Conservative Political Action Conference - the preeminent conservative event of the year - and called John Edwards a "faggot." Her speech was followed by an enthusiastic round of applause from the upstanding attendees.In the psychological projection mixed with political polemics that is so common in today's authoritarian Republican Party, the Reps accuse Democrats of being hateful and incendiary - because liberal bloggers sometimes use cuss words in ways you don't normally see in columns by, say, David Broder, the Dean of All the Pundits. Greenwald continues: But the single most prestigious political event for conservatives of the year is a place where conservatives go to hear Democrats called faggots, Arabs called ragheads, and Supreme Court justices labeled as deserving of murder - not by anonymous, unidentifiable blog commenters, but by one of their most popular featured speakers. ...Yep, that's today's Christian Republican White People's Party. And Mad Annie is one of their favorite stars. Tags: authoritarianism, anne coulter, mad annie, republican party | +Save/Share | | |
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